The Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia has appointed MDI to design and carry out a long term scenario work and facilitate workshops. The work is related to the preparation of regional strategy, a political statement on the objectives of the development in the region. The strategy comprises of sections of regional programme and regional plan. The target year for the scenarios and long-term objectives is 2040, and mid-term objectives 2014-2017. The work will be finalised in February.