ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the national innovation system, its focus areas and activities in the construction industry and real estate sector, and to provide an overview of successful projects. The methodology is literature review and analysis of evaluations of innovation policies. Industrial companies participating in the construction process joined under the leadership of the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation to agree on a common strategy for the future. The objective was to launch and reinforce research, development and innovation (RDI) activities in these fields, to increase the size of the technology programme's and to promote company-driven RDI activities. Tekes supports high-quality research that generates significant commercial potential for business development while also promoting better competitiveness and welfare for society at large. Tekes funding is allocated to individual projects, many of them with global impact through leading research. In practice, this criterion for funding allocation translates into the need for collaboration between public research institutions and private industry.
