Front page News News Municipal Structure of Kainuu to be investigated by MDI Municipal Structure of Kainuu to be investigated by MDI 19.6.2014 The team of MDI experts, led by Design Director Janne Antikainen, will investigate the municipal structure of Kainuu Region by June 2015. The main idea is to study the vitality of the municipalities and the Kainuu region as well as strengthening the co-operation, whatever the conclusions on the municipal structure are. Work will give building blocks to construct more competitive and attractive Kainuu Region. Most central research question is to define what a municipality actually is after the major changes eg. in social and health care as well as in municipal economy equalization payment are taking place. 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
Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design News 5.4.2023 Kaisa Lähteenmäki-Smith Kirsi Siltanen Laura Väliniemi Implicit norms and structural disadvantages derive from previous innovation policies and therefore policies need to be redesigned. Read more Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design
