Front page News News Concept for leading cooperation in Suupohja region Concept for leading cooperation in Suupohja region 6.4.2017 SEK is a federation of municipalities in the Suupohja region (Isojoki, Karijoki, Kauhajoki, Teuva) focusing on business and regional development. SEK is developing the competitiveness of Suupohja region by supporting and sparring startups and SMEs, carrying out regional development projects, and taking care of regional lobbying. SEK is also coordinating the regional cooperation between municipalities and other public sector organisations. In the summer 2016, municipalities in the region launched a regional strategy outlining the joint vision and commitment to cooperation and development. MDI will provide SEK with support and sparring to design concept for leading regional cooperation in the coming years. In addition, MDI will help SEK to launch hands-on cooperation in specific themes. This project is partly funded by Tekes and the work will continue until the end of 2018. Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
Station areas are organic and locally driven entities News 30.11.2023 Experts from MDI and FCG have been exploring models for the development of station areas, op-portunities for EU funding and ways to projectise the development work of different types of station areas during the autumn. Read more Station areas are organic and locally driven entities
Multi-functional development of station areas News 28.11.2023 In the early autumn period, MDI and FCG worked on the development of the Asemanseutu project which is part of the project package – Vitality for Urban Regions. The work undertaken clarified the basic models for the multi-functional development of station areas, as well as providing recommendations for their development and financing. Read more Multi-functional development of station areas
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