Front page News News MDI takes part in designing vision and road map for arctic excellence in Finland MDI takes part in designing vision and road map for arctic excellence in Finland 26.10.2012 Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation – has launched a strategic opening for mapping out the arctic operation environment and its possibilities in Finland. The objective is to design a vision and a road map for the concrete activities for the development and utilisation of arctic excellence. The project focuses on analysing the sectors of arctic excellence in Finland and it seeks to point out the areas where both research excellence and businesses are interlinked to form a harmonic and competitive value chain. MDI takes part in the work as a subcontractor to the University of Oulu (SMARTIC – Roadmap to a smart Arctic specialization) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (ArctiComp, road map for arctic excellence – strategic openings of Finland). The project is due in 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
