MDI analyses sub-regions of Finland

MDI carried out a statistical analysis of the vitality and attractiveness of 55 Finnish sub-regions on the basis of the sub-regional network and the SEUTU program. The group is called T55-cities. The common thread of the analysis is the position, the role and importance of sub-regions in field of Finnish regional development and urban policy. According to the analysis, there is more distinctive than connecting factors between the sub-regions. In particular, the differences in employment and business dynamics are considerable. In 12 sub-regions the employment rate exceeded 70 % already in 2016, while in the four sub-regions the employment rate was even below 60 %. The vitality of the sub-regions is eaten away by two factors: negative population and job development. Only four sub-regions had positive demographic growth between 2010-2017. The report presents the results of vitality and attraction analysis based on statistical analysis and a series of proposals for the development of sub-regions. Download the full analysis here.

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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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?

Although remote working and place-independent work have already been examined extensively from both the public administration implications and individual perspectives,…

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