Front page News News Background Study for Local Government Reform Background Study for Local Government Reform 10.5.2016 The operational environment of municipalities will meet major changes due to the structural reform in social and health care services as well as in the establishing new counties. Municipalities’ tasks, operations, financing and role in the public administration altogether will change substantially. An online questionnaire will be sent to all municipalities in Finland. Additionally six focus groups in different regions will be arranged to analyse the themes during the summer. The report will be completed by the end of August. The Ministry of Finance has commissioned the work. MDI’s background report supports the local government reform in Finland. 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