Front page News News Kouvola continues to strengthen its vitality Kouvola continues to strengthen its vitality 7.1.2019 As the key development figures suggest, Kouvola has faced a challenging period since the 2010s. In 2016, MDI produced a Vital Resource Report with 10 actions to strengthen vitality. At the beginning of 2019, MDI facilitated the vitality strategy day, based on an earlier report, an updated the vitality review package with recent municipal survey data. The workshop focused on urban strategy themes: New Creative Town (Education, Housing), Business Growth (Jobs and Entrepreneurship Accessibility) and Best Active Life (Communality, Cosiness, Security). 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
