Front page News News The analysis of regional cities reveals the high-flyers The analysis of regional cities reveals the high-flyers 21.5.2018 Along with the major cities and provincial centers, there are a number of cities in Finland, which serve as centers of their own area and at the same time as the locomotives of vitality throughout the region. These cities are called regional cities, which make up the regional network of districts co-ordinated by the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities. MDI carried out a statistical analysis of the vitality and attractiveness of 55 Finnish regional cities on the basis of the regional network of districts and the SEUTU program. The number is called the T55 cities. The thread of the analysis is the position, role and importance of regional cities in the field of Finnish regional development and urban policy. According to the analysis, the regional cities in Finland have more dividers than connecting factors. In particular, the differences in employment and business dynamics are considerable. In 12 districts the employment rate exceeded 70% already in 2016, while in the four districts the employment rate is even below 60%. The vitality of the regional cities is destroyed by two key factors: negative population and job development. Only four districts of the suburbs managed to grow in demographic growth in 2010-2017. The report presents the results of vitality and attraction analysis based on statistical analysis and a series of suggestions for the development of regional cities Download the analysis (in Finnish) here. Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme News 12.1.2023 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 News 12.10.2022 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
A new project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture will explore multi-locality from the point of view of companies and their employers: is place-independence becoming the future norm of successful companies? News 4.10.2022 Although remote working and place-independent work have already been examined extensively from both the public administration implications and individual perspectives,… Read more A new project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture will explore multi-locality from the point of view of companies and their employers: is place-independence becoming the future norm of successful companies?
