For regions, the steps that are needed for sustainability involve multiple stakeholders and a seamless cooperation between public, private and third party organizations. Therefore, every region is made up of multiple chains that lead to well-being for citizens in terms of services, goods and, fundamentally, income. This brings us to the idea that supporting these chains and maximizing their value will lead to greater sustainability while not sacrificing local socioeconomic conditions. We like to call this Resource Wisdom Value Chain Thinking and we at the city of Jyväskylä offer to help our international partners to develop their local value chains.

2. Resources Production / Refining / Service
Design
End Product Consumption
Upstream Downstream
oApplied Resource Wisdom activities:
oTo develop local value chains where benefits are maximized and local resources are used sustainably
oTo recognize regional synergies between different actors
oTo map potentials within the regional resources
oTo reinforce existing value chains within the region
Value chain (jobs ,money, goods and services)
Research and education
institutions
CompaniesCity experts Non-profit sector

3. THANK YOU.
Otso Tolonen
Project Worker – Resource Wisdom
+358 40 805 4227
otso.p.tolonen@jyu.fi