MR. JAN-HENRIK JOHANSSON


Biodata


LanguagesSwedish/Finnish/English (fluent), French (good), German (good)
EmailJan-Henrik.Johansson [at] wikivision.fi,
Webwww.wikivision.fi
DegreeMA 1968, Phil. Licentiate 1970 (Mathematics, Physics, Mathematical Logic, Philosophy)
 Diploma in European Studies, Helsinki University, 1995

Job History


1986-International Consultant
 EU Commission (DGXIII/ISPO, DGIII and DGX):
 Chairman: PROMIS programme mid-term evaluation in 1999-2000;
 Adviser: eTEN mid-term evaluation 2000-2002;
 Evaluator for several IST calls and grants since 1998-;
 Reviewer of IST projects (1999- )
 -Terra2000 - Modeling the global knowledge economy
 -Saskia - Roadmap for social research regarding the Information Society
 -ASSIST - Sustainable Information Society
 World Bank: TA project appraisals in Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon)
 Asian Development Bank: Project appraisal (regional statistics, econometric models)
 United Nations University/Wider (Tokyo/Helsinki): Consultative fellow of UNU (development economy statistics)
 Various private and public organisations: Project design and EU-funding preparation
 
1996-08Senior Adviser (cross-border cooperation, information society and innovation policy),
 Uusimaa Regional Council, Helsinki, Finland
 Recent activities, in various capacities (2003-present)
 - Uusimaa Innovation Strategy, 2006
 - Uusimaa Regional Information Society Strategy, 2003
 - Uusimaa Regional Broadband Strategy, 2004
 - Baltic Sea Information Society Conference,
 - Innovative Action Programme for the South of Finland
 - Baltic Sea IS Indicators (Interreg IIIB)
 - E18 Information Highway
 - Erisa/IANIS Innovative Regions network in Europe (Innovative Actions programme)
 - Helsinki-Tallinn Twin Science City, Euregio IS working group
 - Russian-Finnish-Swedish ICT/innovation-cluster development
 Chairman/speaker/raporteur in international and national conferences
 Adviser/consultant/evaluator: Information technology projects, policy design, public sector information
 management, government-regional-municipal ICT coordination
 Regional representative in governmental working groups for ICT
 Regional representative: European Regions Research and Innovation Network (Errin, Brussels)
 
1986-94Business Manager/Senior Consultant, IVO Group, Helsinki, Finland
 Strategic planning for organisations in energy sector in Finland and Russia;
 Business development in Russia (nuclear energy safety and IT-sector)
 Business re-engineering
 
1980-85Head of Systems Unit (Economic Projections Department), World Bank,
 Washington DC, USA
 Statistical databases and global modelling (World Development Report)
 IT strategy planning (statistical services, econometrics and modelling)
 Project appraisal in Nigeria, Cameroon, China and Mexico
 
1974-79Head of Systems Development and Design, Nokia Service Bureau, Helsinki, Finland
 Implementation of data base projects and of computer networking projects
 
1973-74Associate Expert, UN/ILO, Baghdad, Iraq
 Training of Iraqi counterparts in data base implementation

Other activities


  • Member of the Finnish Futures Studies Society
  • Articles in the local press and in professional magazines (Information Society)
  • Author of book: Environmental technology and Employment, Helsinki 1995
  • Hobby: philosophy, cultural history, LAMP-software, elementary Chinese