Front page News News Update to Regional Development Plan of Lapland Update to Regional Development Plan of Lapland 24.6.2013 MDI assists the Regional Council of Lapland in updating the regional development plan outlining the desirable development and strategy for the year 2040. The update looks at the impact of grand challenges and megatrends on the chosen vision and development guidelines. The update especially focuses on the competitiveness of local businesses, the regional expertise areas, and the service structure and location of welfare services. According to MDI, becoming or staying as a developing region requires the region both resources and the ability to renew. MDI takes part in the whole process from setting the targets to the final report. The work is due in February 2014. 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
