Hankekustannusten laskentamallit EU:n 7. puiteohjelmassa

Tutkielma on luonteeltaan deskriptiivinen kirjallisuuskatsaus, jossa pyritään määrittämään puiteohjelmahankkeiden EU-rahoitusmallit ja kuinka niitä tullaan soveltamaan käytännössä. Työn tarkoituksena on ymmärtää ja kuvata EU:n tutkimus- ja kehitysrahoitusta koskevan 7. puiteohjelman hankekustannusten korvausperiaatteet. Tavoitteena on laatia malli ja esimerkkejä oman kustannusosuuden laskemiseksi hankkeessa. Tutkimustulosten perusteella 7. puiteohjelmassa on tärkeää kustannusten suora kohdentaminen hankkeelle, sillä suoraan kohdennettavien välittömien ja välillisten kustannusten korvausosuus on yleensä selvästi korkeampi kuin kiinteitä korvausosuuksia tai kiinteää kokonaissummaa käytettäessä. Kustannusten raportointi edellyttääkin tarkkaa kirjanpitoa, jonka avulla myös tulevien hankkeiden budjetointi on tarkempaaja helpompaa.

Future vision of information networks according to EU 7th framework

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate projects funded in European 7th framework Information and Communication Technology- work programme. The research has been limited to issue ”Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructure” and the aim is to find out which are the most important topics into which research will concentrate in the future. The thesis will provide important information for the Department of Information Technology in Lappeenranta University of Technology. First in this thesis will be investigated what are the requirements for the projects which were funded in “Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructure” – programme 2007. Second the projects funded according to “Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructure”-programme will be listed in to tables and the most important keywords will be gathered. Finally according to the keyword appearances the vision of the most important future topics will be defined. According to keyword-analysis the wireless networks are in important role in the future and core networks will be implemented with fiber technology to ensure fast data transfer. Software development favors Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and open source solutions. The interoperability and ensuring the privacy are in key role in the future. 3D in all forms and content delivery are important topics as well. When all the projects were compared, the most important issue was discovered to be SOA which leads the way to cloud computing.

“THE PATIENT SURVIVED DESPITE THE TREATMENT”. A study of Finnish health policy and New Public Management. Case: The Government Resolution on the Health 2015 public health programme.

Internationally, Finland has been among the most respected countries during several decades in terms of public health. WHO has had the most significant influence on Finnish health policy and the relationship has traditionally been warm. However, the situation has slightly changed in the last 10-20 years. The objectives of Finnish national health policy have been to secure the best possible health for the population and to minimize disparities in health between different population groups. Nevertheless, although the state of public health and welfare has steadily improved, the socioeconomic disparities in health have increased. This qualitative case study will demonstrate why health is political and why health matters. It will also present some recommendations for research topics and administrative reforms. It will be argued that lack of political interest in health policy leads to absence of health policy visions and political commitment, which can be disastrous for public health. This study will investigate how Finnish health policy is defined and organised, and it will also shed light on Finnish health policy formation processes and actors. Health policy is understood as a broader societal construct covering the domains of different ministries, not just Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (MSAH). The influences of economic recession of the 1990s, state subsidy reform in 1993, globalisation and the European Union will be addressed, as well. There is not much earlier Finnish research done on health policy from political science viewpoint. Therefore, this study is interdisciplinary and combines political science with administrative science, contemporary history and health policy research with a hint of epidemiology. As a method, literature review, semi-structured interviews and policy analysi will be utilised. Institutionalism, policy transfer, and corporatism are understood as the theoretical framework. According to the study, there are two health policies in Finland: the official health policy and health policy generated by industry, media and various interest organisations. The complex relationships between the Government and municipalities, and on the other hand, the MSAH and National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) seemed significant in terms of Finnish health policy coordination. The study also showed that the Investigated case, Health 2015, does not fulfil all necessary criteria for a successful public health programme. There were also several features both in Health 2015 and Finnish health policy, which can be interpreted in NPM framework and seen having NPM influences.

Helsingin ammattikorkeakoulu Stadian kulttuurituottamisen suuntautumisvaihtoehto : ensimmäisen opintonsa aloittaneen vuosikurssin seuranta

This thesis is based on a questionnaire presented to pilot students on the Degree Programme in Media, at Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia, of 1999. The initial aim was to discover whether the school was of use in the transition process into a field of work. Based on this, the questions for a questionnaire were formulated. The research thus aimed at answering questions concerning a) whether the education answered the need of working life b) the work situation of respondents and c) how respondents saw the future of Arts Management as well as themselves. The questionnaire was prepared using Stadia's Elomake software on the Internet. There was also a project specific contract for this final project, allowing information gathered during the project to be used in regional curriculum work. The thesis deals with Arts Management curriculum work within the framework provided by polytechnic law as well as Stadia's curriculum work processes. Research and education in Arts Management in Finland generally is also studied, and specifically in Stadia itself. The essence of this final project is derived from the analysis of the answers to the questionnaire. All responses were analysed, with the answers being divided into three subheadings according to the research questions. Questions and answers were also examined through a correlation matrix in an attempt to discover the dependency between things and conclusions were made in the light of relevant source literature. The questionnaire is meant to be used for the follow-up of every graduating Arts Management group. Information obtained through this questionnaire will of benefit in preliminary curriculum work.