Front page News News MDI’s Think Tank Gives Uplift for Regional Development MDI’s Think Tank Gives Uplift for Regional Development 13.4.2015 In the beginning of the year, MDI got worried about the depressed tone in the discussions and activities concerning national regional development. We, at MDI, do not believe in melancholy or in negative mumbling. Therefore MDI organised a think tank in the end of March to tackle the issues of regional development. Professor pair Perttu Vartiainen and Sami Moisio teased the discussion with their presentations, and a group of 25 active thinkers came up with concrete measures for giving regional development a well-deserved uplift in the near future. You can read the bright ideas from MDINEWS below (in FInnish). MDINEWS (page 1), (page 2) Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
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