Front page News News Hearing and discussion events on linguistic rights and the status of national languages were facilitated virtually Hearing and discussion events on linguistic rights and the status of national languages were facilitated virtually 8.12.2021 During the autumn of 2021, MDI facilitated a series of ‘hearing and discussion’ events on linguistic rights and the status of national languages, Åland included. which includes several projects related to the theme. (More information: https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/linguistic-rights) The series of events began with a hearing event on the Strategy for the National Languages of Finland in September and continued with a discussion event on the preparation of the Åland Government’s Åland Strategy in November. In December, work continued on a discussion event on a project to improve the language climate, aimed specifically at bilingual municipalities. The discussion sought to identify good practices and examples with a view to strengthening and maintaining bilingualism. The series of events ended with the announcement of the Strategy for the National Languages of Finland. Although implementation of the strategy is particularly focused on government actors, bilingualism affects society much more broadly and affects both the individual citizen, municipalities, the third sector and the business sector. Read more about the Strategy for the National Languages of Finland: https://oikeusministerio.fi/kansalliskielistrategia (available in Finnish and Swedish) More information: Lead Specialist Kaisa Lähteenmäki-Smith, MDI Communication Specialist Marjo Honkaranta, MDI discussion Finland 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?
