In line with the Olympic Committee’s guidelines, the activities of both winter and summer species will be concentrated on a limited number of operating environments. This decision will create two Olympic Coaching Centres (OVK). Winter species focus on Vuokatti-Ruka area and summer species in Helsinki. The project aims to ensure the launch and quality of the Olympic Coaching Centre Vuokatti-Ruka. After the project, OVK Vuokatti-Ruka will continue its activities funded by top sports and regional resources. Objectives The main objective of the project is to launch expert and R & D activities at the new Vuokatti-Ruka Olympic Coaching Centre and to create an operating model for these activities throughout the Olympic Coaching Centre. The launch of expert and research and development activities will improve the availability and effectiveness of these activities in the Finnish top sports field. The above-mentioned reforms enable, support and serve the coaching of top Finnish athletes and contribute to the even better success of top athletes. MeasuresThe following measures shall be taken into account in the expert’s activities: 1. Develop model 2 for expert activities in Vuokatti and Kuusamo. Resourcing a doctor specialising in exercise medicine to develop health care throughout the OVK environment and to create a healthcare operating model for the use of the entire OVK, as well as the resources of the so-called Academy Doctor to carry out the training and consultation of the sports academy’s coaches and experts, the reception of athletes and to bring the OVK as a co-worker of a doctor. In the field of research and framework activities, the following measures will be taken: 1. Develop an operating model for research and development 2. Resourcing the sustainability species expert to develop the T&K sustainability species in the operating environment of the OVK. 3. Develop test methods adapted to the needs of OVK species. The Sustainability Species Expert works together with the person in charge of research and development activities by defining and implementing the development needs of the OVK species. ResultsProject enables the OVK’s expert activities and research and development activities to be started and sustained more quickly and extensively. The result of the project is to create an operating model for expert and R & D activities supporting the performance of top sport. The financial contribution of the parties operating in the operating environment will increase in proportion to the project funding as the project progresses. After the project, the activities will continue through the joint resources of the parties operating in the operating environment. The project will provide regions with specific expertise in a wide range of fields and will intensify cooperation between regional actors (OK, municipal actors, OVK, sports academy, sports college and university). The development of the project will be carried out in the entire operating environment of the OVK. As a result, the know-how created as a result of the project utilises the entire area of OVK’s operations in Vuokatti and Kuusamo-Ruka region. The project will create attractive jobs in high-level sports, attracting experts from different fields to the region. The results of the project can be measured, for example, by the number of experts in the operating environments and by the number of days of camping of species. The concrete measures of the project focus on Vuokatti, but the results of the project will benefit the entire operating environment of the OVK.