30.3.2015 MDI to Spar Innovation Environment in Central Ostrobothnia

Kaustinen region is implementing a KASVUINNO project (growth and innovation) aiming at designing a practice-oriented operation model for local innovation environment in Central Ostrobothnia as well as developing business services related to growth, innovation and internationalisation of SMEs as an entity. The project is partially funded by ERDF. During the spring 2015, MDI helps Kaustinen region in the development of local innovation environment, drafting a common service platform, and setting a motivating vision for the innovation services. The work includes an online survey to SMEs and development organisations, personal interviews with key people in the development organisations, and two intensive and inspiring workshops with the appointed local development team. The work is due in spring 2015. 

A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme

AGDA is a Nordic development project funded by the Nordic Gender Equality Fund (NIKK). The project focuses on the opportunities that a greater focus on diversity and inclusion could create in the RDI-field, particularly in respect of green transition.

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MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities

The challenge bundle work is the cross-cutting co-development of the “Sustainable City” programme, co-ordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of producing and sharing information, knowledge and solutions to the challenges linking cities’ management and practice in the area of leading work towards sustainability. The work produces concrete development measures, new ways of doing things and peer learning.

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