MDI accelerating rush to FRUSH in Forssa

FRUSH is an event of circular economy gathering experts, developers, companies and financiers from 11 to 12 October, 2017 to Forssa’s old Mill. The aim of the event is to generate new circular economy business models and accelerate the growth of start-up companies in the field. FRUSH includes speeches, workshops and pitching. The event provides the latest knowledge, as well as the opportunity for networking and finding funding opportunities. FRUSH is organised by Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), and funded by Hämeen liitto, the City of Forssa and SEUTU programme. MDI is sparring HAMK for organizing the event, as well as doing background work to activate, engage and inspire participants. The MDI team is in this case strengthened by Erkki Virtanen. He was one of the initiators and activists of the circular economy in Finland in his former position as the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Employment and the Economy.

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A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme

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.

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MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities

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.

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