Monthly Archives: September 2016

  MDI has signed a frame agreement with the city of Tampere concerning management consulting services on the strategic development of the city. The contract covers two years and has an option for another two-year period. MDI is looking forward to helping the booming city in its strategy work!

During the latter part of summer and early autumn, MDI has been busy with thoroughly studying regional programmes of four regions in Northern Finland (Kainuu, Central Ostrobothnia, Lapland and Oulu region). Of especial interest have been the preparation process and impacts of the programmes. Based on a compact document analysis MDI has carried out an … Continue reading Final Sprint in the Evaluation of Regional Programmes of Northern Finland →

The ongoing gigantic structural reforms in Finland dramatically reshape municipalities in the near future. Cursor Oy, Kotka-Hamina Regional Development Company, has appointed MDI to carry out a future-oriented study in the region. The main objective for the study is to find out, how the region of Kotka-Hamina secures the important development of vitality and lobbying … Continue reading MDI to Draw Future-Oriented Vision for Kotka-Hamina Region →

The most important tasks for future municipalities may be summarised as development, education, and planning. This is what we state at our study Municipalities as places for activities ordered by the Ministry of Finance in Finland. In the future, the development and decision-making in municipalities will be based on active discussion between decision-makers, experts and … Continue reading Study on Future Municipalities Completed →

Valtteri Laasonen has been asked to become a business partner in MDI. Valtteri has been working in MDI since 2010 and he continues his work as a Project Designer. In addition, Valtteri is currently preparing his doctoral thesis on regional studies at the University of Tampere.