MDI to Draw Future-Oriented Vision for Kotka-Hamina Region

The ongoing gigantic structural reforms in Finland dramatically reshape municipalities in the near future. Cursor Oy, Kotka-Hamina Regional Development Company, has appointed MDI to carry out a future-oriented study in the region. The main objective for the study is to find out, how the region of Kotka-Hamina secures the important development of vitality and lobbying especially from the point of view of administrative structures. The study will be carried out as an intensive process. In the first phase Perlacon Ltd, MDI’s partner in the study, will conduct an analysis on Kotka-Hamina municipalities’ financial performance. Building on this, MDI will continue by designing and implementing an online survey to the municipalities in the region, interview the most central city officials and organise workshops for the regional council. The study will be completed by the end of February 2017.

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.

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

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