MDI is carrying out a study examining the future of Finnish contract fire brigades

MDI conducts a study examining the future of Finnish contract fire brigades. The study is designed to produce a comprehensive view of changes affecting the operating environment of contract fire brigades, identifying critical operating conditions etc., and produces three scenarios up to 2035.

The study describes the current state of the contract fire service and the operating environment and changes in the light of regional and demographic development based on documentary and statistical analyses. Three case studies are conducted in different operating environments. Interviews with key experts in rescue services were held and stakeholder workshops were used to create the scenarios. Juha Heikkala Consulting, which specialises in associational activities, is also involved in the work as a subcontractor. The study report will be published in spring 2021.

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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