Location

Main cities: Odense, Svendborg

Funen County is situated in the centre of Denmark. The county consists of Denmark’s second-largest island and 90 other large and small islands where 25 of these small islands are inhabited. Funen is connected to rest of Denmark by bridges and a tunnel. The railroad and highway crossing Funen is major transport routes between Scandinavia and Germany.

Co-ordination

40% of the population in Funen County live in Odense.

County of Funen
Office of Regional Development and European Affairs
Att. Birger Christensen
Ørbækvej 100
5220 Odense SØ
Denmark

Tel.: 0045 6556 1000; Fax: 0045 6556 1305
e-mail: bac@uua.fyns-amt.dk; http://www.fynsamt.dk

Business Location

Traditionally Funen was a region with a strong economy based on agriculture, iron and metal working, ship building and production of machinery. The traditional industries today have developed high international competitivenes through use of advanced production technologies and materials. Shipbuilding and production of transportation equipment are important sectors. The industry is characterised by a few large companies and many sme’s working on a global arena as subsupliers.

Funen has the largest cluster of horticulture, floriculture and seed production in Denmark. This production both outdoor and in the greenhouses constitutes a basis for high quality food production. Food for health has special attention in the region.

ICT, robot technology and biotech/medico are rapidly growing business sectors supported by world class competences in South Denmark University and other research and education centres.

Economic Data

Participation in EU-Programmes

20,54 % of the population lives in Object 2 area.
Funen County has a bilateral Interreg IIIa Programme with the German K.E.R.N.-Region in Schleswig-Holstein.

Economy Sectors

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Floriculture
• Food processing
• Iron-industry
• Port and transport logistics: Shipyard
• Tourism
• Construction industry
• Energy and Environment

Main Companies

• Odense Steel Shipyard
• GASA Odense
• Danish Crown
• Roulunds Group
• Marius Pedersen
• Micro Matic
• Skanska Denmark
• University of Southern Denmark
• The University has departments and institutes in neighbouring counties.

Faculty of Science and Engineering

• MCI Mads Clausen Institute
• The Maersk MC-Kinney Moller Institute for Production Technology
• Centre for Agro Industrial Biotechnology
• Dept. Of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Institute of Biology
• Physics Department
• Dept. Of Chemistry
• Centre for Proteome Analysis
• Dept. Of Statistics and Demography
• Dept. Of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory
• Institute of Business Communication and Information Science

Faculty of Health Sciences

• Department of Medical Biology
• Clinical Department

Faculty of Social Sciences

• Centre for Applied Health Services Research and Technology Assessment
• Institute of Public Health
• Department of Marketing
• Department of Enviromental and Business Economics
• Department of Organization and Management
• Department of Accounting, Finance and Law
• Department of Political Science and Public Management
• Department of Economics
• Centre for European Studies

  Odense University Hospital
  The Engineering College of Odense
  Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Årslev
  Institute for Service Development
  Institute for Senior Politics
  European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education
  Danish Centre for Health Telematics
  

Education

University of Southern Denmark: www.sdu.dk 15.000 students
Odense University Hospital: www.ouh.dk
The Engineering College of Odense: www.iot.dk 1200 students
Tietgen Business College: www.tietgen.dk 4276 students
Odense Technical College: www.ots.dk 4500 students
IT University West: www.it-vest.dk 628 students

Incubators

International Science Park Odense www.spo.dk
Several local IT and development parks

Technology Transfer

• The network of technology transfer organisations include:
• Southern Danish Innovation A/S
• Science Shop, University of Southern Denmark
• Service Point for entrepreneurs
• Funen Industrial Development Centre www.fec.dk
• EU Center Funen
• Danish Technological Institute, Odense
• Product Development Center, Svendborg

Services offered by STRINNOP - Partner

County of Funen participates in STRINNOP in collaboration with International Science Park Odense, Funen Industrial Development Centre and Information Society Funen. The County and the Information Society operates on the strategic level and with specific development projects.

International Science Park Odense is the meeting place for the regional industry and research institutions. It is the place where researchers can test their ideas in the real world and where companies can get assistance with their research and development. The International Science Park Odense provides an environment which encourages this interaction.

Funen Industrial Development Centre (Fyns ErhvervsCenter-TIC). Core competences:

• Analyses of regional development
• Coordination of cluster initiatives, Project development
• Regional Investment promotion
• Advise to companies concerning product, production, market, organisation
• Information, advise and assistance to SMEs from the region of Funen to EU funding, the euro, public procurement, internationalisation
• Information on EU legislation, EU and the information society, enlargement and other EU business related areas.

Publications

• Several publications in Danish. Information material in English is on its way. At present:
• The Funen Industrial Development Centre. The Funen Food Indystry
• The Funen Industrial Development Centre. The Fairy-tale of my Home Region
• County of Funen: Cross Border Development
• County of Funen: County of Funen (presentation of the county)