MDI Asks Municipalities about Prospects for Growth and Development

In Finland, municipality reform has been under construction during the last years. MDI is irritated about the fact that development and growth of (and in) municipalities has been hidden under services in the discussion of municipality structure. Before one splits the cake, it needs to risen first. MDI wants to be escorting Finland to new rise. Therefore, we have launched a broad online survey to all political decision makers and top officials in all Finnish municipalities to gain perspectives on growth and development. We want to initiate discussion on growth policy of municipalities and how it reflects to municipality structure. Information and facts based on the survey will be passed on to national, regional, and local actors. National results will be published in October, but first tasters will be available at the Kuntamarkkinat event, where we join our partner Mapita’s stand.

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.

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

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.

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