Front page News News MDI proposes new economic development organization to the City of Jyväskylä MDI proposes new economic development organization to the City of Jyväskylä 23.2.2017 Sustainable vitality is one of the core tasks of future cities in Finland. A successful city must be attractive and appealing. All sectors of the city organisation are responsible for building vitality. But frankly, only a fraction of this new vitality is result of actions by the city itself. Vitality is becoming more depended on the activities of other community actors such as businesses, educational institutions and civil society. The current economic development organisation model is no longer the best possible way for the future. The report contains a proposal for a new organisation model, as well as the main content areas. In addition, the report contains suggestions for organising more extensive participation and development forums to be held in Jyväskylä. Vibrant Jyväskylä study was made in the autumn of 2016 and carried out by MDI’s Senior Advisor Eero Holstila. The city makes decision based on the study in the spring 2017. 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?
