Front page Janne Antikainen Page 3 Janne Antikainen Development Director Lic.Phil. 040 764 1829 janne.antikainen@mdi.fi regional development municipalities regions public administration Twitter Linkedin I encourage a broad approach to regional development combining multiple perspectives. For over a quarter of a century I have immersed myself in the process of administrative reform, the growth of regions and municipalities and network-like and strategic development. I have participated in hundreds of different assignments from local policy issues to EU projects. I have been Development Director and Chairman at MDI since the spring of 2012. You have to know the rules before you can break them. Twitter Feed Tweets by jannemdi My References Term List All Aged Agriculture and forestry Archipelago Building Circular economy Cities Climate Communication Companies Culture Customer satisfaction Digitalisation Education policy Employment Entrepreneurship Environment Equality and non-discrimination EU Funds Governance Growth Immigration Impact Industries Knowledge Knowledge management Land use, Housing and Transport Leader Municipalities Networks Participation Physical activity Population and migration Programme Provinces RDI Regional development Rural Smart specialisation Social and Health care Strategy Tourism Vitality Wellbeing Young Developing the International VAR+SC (Vitality, Attraction and Retention + Social Cohesion) index Immigration Impact Knowledge management Population and migration RDI Regional development Vitality Date: 9.3. –15.6.2026 Check out the reference Developing the International VAR+SC (Vitality, Attraction and Retention + Social Cohesion) index Sparring support for the City of Lohja’s Economic Development Programme Industries Knowledge management Strategy Vitality Date: 12.1. –27.2.2026 Check out the reference Sparring support for the City of Lohja’s Economic Development Programme Update of Pirkanmaa’s Digital Compass Digitalisation Growth Regional development Strategy Date: 1.12.2025 –28.2.2026 Check out the reference Update of Pirkanmaa’s Digital Compass Facilitation of the strategy process for the City of Hanko Municipalities Strategy Date: 29.9.2025 –31.3.2026 Check out the reference Facilitation of the strategy process for the City of Hanko Implementation of Inkoo’s strategy process Municipalities Strategy Date: 27.8. –23.12.2025 Check out the reference Implementation of Inkoo’s strategy process Eight million Finns in 2050? Communication Immigration Participation Population and migration Date: 26.5. –31.12.2025 Check out the reference Eight million Finns in 2050? Support for the Preparation of Vaasa’s Strategy Strategy Date: 15.5. –31.10.2025 Check out the reference Support for the Preparation of Vaasa’s Strategy Children’s Independent Travel and Public Transport Use – Experimental Initiative Cities Land use, Housing and Transport Young Date: 5.5.2025 –31.1.2026 Check out the reference Children’s Independent Travel and Public Transport Use – Experimental Initiative Load More
Developing the International VAR+SC (Vitality, Attraction and Retention + Social Cohesion) index Immigration Impact Knowledge management Population and migration RDI Regional development Vitality Date: 9.3. –15.6.2026 Check out the reference Developing the International VAR+SC (Vitality, Attraction and Retention + Social Cohesion) index
Sparring support for the City of Lohja’s Economic Development Programme Industries Knowledge management Strategy Vitality Date: 12.1. –27.2.2026 Check out the reference Sparring support for the City of Lohja’s Economic Development Programme
Update of Pirkanmaa’s Digital Compass Digitalisation Growth Regional development Strategy Date: 1.12.2025 –28.2.2026 Check out the reference Update of Pirkanmaa’s Digital Compass
Facilitation of the strategy process for the City of Hanko Municipalities Strategy Date: 29.9.2025 –31.3.2026 Check out the reference Facilitation of the strategy process for the City of Hanko
Implementation of Inkoo’s strategy process Municipalities Strategy Date: 27.8. –23.12.2025 Check out the reference Implementation of Inkoo’s strategy process
Eight million Finns in 2050? Communication Immigration Participation Population and migration Date: 26.5. –31.12.2025 Check out the reference Eight million Finns in 2050?
Support for the Preparation of Vaasa’s Strategy Strategy Date: 15.5. –31.10.2025 Check out the reference Support for the Preparation of Vaasa’s Strategy
Children’s Independent Travel and Public Transport Use – Experimental Initiative Cities Land use, Housing and Transport Young Date: 5.5.2025 –31.1.2026 Check out the reference Children’s Independent Travel and Public Transport Use – Experimental Initiative
