Front page News News MDI gave hints to Norway MDI gave hints to Norway 8.5.2013 MDI made a quick visit to the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (KRD) in Norway. KRD has launched a programme for the development of small and mid-sized city regions. The Finnish experiences and practical knowledge on the Regional Centre Programme, COCO-programme and the Centre of Expertise programme as well as new openings (Innovative Cities, growth agreements) were highly appreciated among the personnel of KRD. The Ministry has an interesting concept of lunch lectures: visiting or in-house experts give presentations on topical issues while the personnel enjoy light lunch. 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
