Tekes is the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation and offers programmes and initiatives to help businesses and public research units develop new know-how, build networks and increase their impact in a given field.

One of Tekes' programmes closely related to the resource efficiency theme is the Smart and green growth, clean transition to the bioeconomy. It aims to create internationally attractive R&D environments and business ecosystems in the Finnish bioeconomy and clean solution sectors, and covers:

• BioNets
• CleanWeb
• Arctic Seas
• Bioeconomy and cleantech pilots and demos
• Clean soil