References

Strategy process support

Education

19.3.2021–30.6.2021

The municipal education and training consortium of Raahe will update its strategy during 2021. MDI…

Vitality
Growth
Business
Future
Innovation

1.2.2021–31.3.2021

Novia is involved in the international CE Wood project which aims to promote the possibilities…

Education
Society

1.3.2021–31.8.2022

The main goal of the project is to describe the scope and supply of market-based…

Regions

27.1.2021–31.1.2022

MDI participates in a Europe-wide study on ERDF and Cohesion Fund operations and on the…

Urban
Vitality
Knowledge management
Future

1.3.2021–

This strategy evaluation examines the implementation of the Nokia’s previous strategy through both statistical indicators…

Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Employment
Business
Knowledge management

15.3.2021–

This analysis of the current situation and operating environment of Lempäälä examines the development and…

Communication

26.5. 24.8. and 26.8.2021

Three lectures will be provided for the Uudistuja programme which consists of several modules. The…

Wellbeing
Impact
Knowledge management

With this research project, the Parliamentary Audit Committee is investigating the functionality of the youth…

Communication
Regions
Business
Knowledge management

27.10.–31.12.2020

MDI implements a digital information service for Vaasa Region Development Company VASEK. This service can…

Growth
Society
Business
Knowledge management
Innovation
Networks

11.2.2021–31.12.2021

Innovation ecosystems are recognised as playing an increasingly important role in the implementation of innovation…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Business
Knowledge management

1.10.2020–28.2.2021

A clear data package of the area was needed in Salo in order to attract…

Vitality
Regions
Future

15.2.2021–31.3.2021

The Regional Council of Satakunta is preparing a regional programme. As part of the preparation,…

Education
Communication
Vitality
Growth
Society
Regions
Employment
Business
Knowledge management
Future
Innovation
Digitalisation

15.2.2021–15.3.2021

In connection with the implementation of the government programme, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and…

Rural
Vitality
Growth
Regions
Business
Knowledge management
Networks

9.2.2021–15.4.2021

In the spring of 2021, MDI will carry out an analysis of the current state…

Rural
Vitality
Growth
Regions
Business
Knowledge management
Networks

2.2.2021–28.2.2021

In February 2021, MDI will conduct an analysis of the current situation for Leader Outokaira…

Vitality
Growth
Employment
Business
Future
Innovation

9.11.2020–31.5.2021

MDI implements innovation sessions for SMEs that are customised to the needs of the participating…

Wellbeing
Society
Governance
Involvement

9.2.2021–30.6.2021

The project will include a light literature review, a survey, focus group interviews for youth…

Impact
Urban
Vitality
Business
Involvement
Digitalisation

15.12.2020–31.3.2021

Forum Virium Helsinki is implementing the Fiksu kaupunki – Helsinki Innovation Districts project (2020-2023), in…

Population
Migration

1.2.2021–1.3.2021

MDI updated the migration analysis with the latest data for Akaa.

The migration analysis of the city of Kirkkonummi

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Knowledge management

12.12.2020–31.1.2021

MDI examined the volume, structure and direction of internal migration in Kirkkonummi and its effects…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Knowledge management

1.1.2021–31.1.2021

MDI examined the demographic development of the Tampere City Region, especially the changes that have…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Knowledge management

1.1.2021–16.2.2021

MDI examined the demographic development of the city of Jyväskylä, especially the changes that have…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Knowledge management

1.1.2021–7.2.2021

MDI examined the demographic development of the Kuuma-region, especially the changes that have taken place…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Knowledge management

1.2.2021–31.2.2021

MDI examined the demographic development of the city of Vaasa, especially the changes that have…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Knowledge management

1.2.2021–15.3.2021

MDI examined the demographic development of the city of Kuopio, especially the changes that have…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Knowledge management
Future

MDI examined the demographic development of the Turku sub-region, especially the changes that have taken…

Urban

1.12.2020–28.2.2021

As the refusal of ARA rental housing offers has negative consequences for different parties, there…

Education
Vitality
Employment
Networks

7.1.2021–15.8.2021

In 2018, 15% of Helsinki’s residents spoke foreign languages and the number is expected to…

Urban
Rural
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Regions
Knowledge management
Future

1.1.2021–31.3.2021

MDI will create a population plan for Pirkanmaa region up to 2050 and a plan…

Vitality
Future

15.6.2020–15.8.2020

MDI studied how South Savos position among other region would change, if Savonlinna subregion would…

Urban
Vitality
Regions
Business

26.2.2020–31.3.2020

In the autumn and winter of 2019-2020, the city of Rovaniemi conducted two surveys of…

Population
Migration

Article for Akava Works about the effects of housing benefit on migration

Infographics for Akava Works

Population

MDI produces infographics for Akava Works

Facilitation of OmaStadi workshops

Urban
Future
Governance
Involvement
Culture
Digitalisation

16.12.2020–4.4.2021

OmaStadi is the City of Helsinki’s way of providing participatory budgeting services. Helsinki has allocated…

Rural
Regions
Future
Involvement

19.11.2020-31.1.2021

MDI carried out the Rural2040 process together with Futures Gardens. During the process, a vision…

Impact
Future
Involvement

17.11.2020–28.2.2021

KEINO is a network-based Competence centre for sustainable and innovative public procurement funded by the…

Communication
Urban
Vitality
Regions
Future
Involvement
Culture

30.3.2021-7.10.2021

The city of Oulu is applying for the status of European Capital of Culture for…

Communication
Future
Involvement

15.9.2020–10.12.2020

Keski-Uusimaa Development Center Oy FORUM (Keuke) operates in the area of seven owner communities and…

Communication
Future
Involvement

1.9.2020–31.10.2020

The municipality of Sulkava has decided to renew its municipal strategy. MDI helped the municipality…

Impact
Growth
Business
Innovation

30.11.2019–31.3.2020

Business Finland’s people-centered programs, Liideri, Fiilis, Luovimo and Lifestyle, promoted new value creation, customer experience…

Education
Rural
Regions

1.4.2020–26.11.2020

The European Evaluation Helpdesk provided training to officials of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture…

Regions
Business
Innovation

1.10.2020–31.12.2021

Keuke is implementing the ERDF-funded RECOIN project in its area. One of the main measures…

Education

1.11.2020-30.11.2020

In December, the city of Hyvinkää organised a webinar for the council. For this event,…

Urban
Population
Employment
Future

1.11.2020-28.2.2021

The project describes the effects of the corona crisis on population and employment development, housing…

Urban
Vitality
Transport

11.10.–15.12.2020

MDI is currently ‘sparring’ Business Kangasala OY (Kangasala City Group Development Company) to determine the…

Education
Communication
Networks

6.2.–30.10.2020

MDI launched its own training programme for regional developers. The MDI Academy supported the work…

Regions
Future
Involvement

1.12.2020-30.9.2021

The work supports and produces materials for the preparers of the Council of Oulu region…

Vitality
Growth
Regions
Business

10.11.–31.12.2020

MDI is preparing a regional placement strategy for the Development Company, Karstula-Region Oy. The area…

Rural

13.11.2020-31.1.2021

MDI is conducting a background study with Innolink Research regarding the potential for multi-location and…

Urban

The City of Espoo will procure management consulting services and service design through a framework…

Online hearing

5.11.2020

MDI conducted an online hearing for the Ministry of Justice based on the preparation of…

Digitalisation

1.11.2020–31.3.2021

Over the past 15 years, Business Finland (formerly Tekes and Finpro) has supported the digitalisation…

Wellbeing

12.10.2020–21.12.2020

‘Healthy Kids of Seinäjoki’ is the City of Seinäjoki’s operating model for promoting the wellbeing…

Rural
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth

15.9.2020 - (1.2.2021)

‘The Women’s Perspective on Kainuu’s Vitality Policy’ experiment is a progressive regional development pilot that…

Environment

1.10.–5.11.2020

MDI organised two events for the Regional Council of Satakunta to support the preparation of…

Digitalisation

11.9.2020

MDI facilitated a webinar on the EU and digitalisation for the Regional Council of South-Ostrobothnia.…

Environment

22.9.2020

MDI facilitated an online workshop and webinar “Circular Economy – New Opportunities for the Wood…

Urban
Rural
Regions
Business

15.9.-24.9.2020

The developers of the Iisalmi area wanted to organise a study trip to Ostrobothnia and…

Mid-term evaluation of Fingo's advocacy work 2020

24.6.-30.11.2020

Fingo is a Finnish NGO platform and an expert on global development, representing 300 Finnish…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Regions
Knowledge management
Future

1.6.2020–31.8.2020

MDI carried out a study of the attractiveness factors of the city of Seinäjoki. The…

Urban

Together with the Uusi Kaupunki collective, MDI prepared a vision for the Mellunkylä area. The…

Regions

21.9.–28.10.2020

Finland is receiving its share of the EU’s EUR 750 billion recovery package. In a…

Rural
Regions

1.10.–30.11.2020

A provincial image survey has been conducted in Kainuu every four years since 2000. The…

Regions

Espon lakes is a targeted regional analysis of the regional development and integrated development opportunities…

Urban
Regions
Future

1.10.–28.2.2021

The main goal of the work is to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the implementation…

Employment

1.9.2020–30.11.2020

During the autumn of 2020, MDI, together with Owal Group Oy and Melkior, will carry…

Employment

1.8.2020–31.12.2022

Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s government programme and its implementation plan aim to raise the employment…

Regions

1.9.–30.11.2020

The Regional Council of Southwest Finland, together with Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council, the Regional Council of…

Transport

6.10.2020

MDI facilitated the Southern Ostrobothnia Traffic Day webinar for the Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia.…

Population
Regions

1.9.–30.11.2020

The main goal of this study is to provide information supporting the development of housing…

Study to support the implementation of obligations set out in Directive EU 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment and the revised Directive EU 2019/883 on Port reception facilities

1.2.–30.6.2020

MDI acted as Finland’s country expert in an international consortium that carried out a study…

Knowledge management
Future

10.8.2020–30.11.2020

The Kymenlaakso Smart Specialisation Strategy (RIS3) will be updated during 2020. In addition, the scenarios…

Rural

1.8–30.11.2020

MDI supports the Leader Groups in Päijät-Häme and North-Kymenlaakso in the strategy process for the…

Urban

2.5.–15.6.2020

MDI provided a concise overview of urban development in the post-corona period. In addition to…

Regions
Innovation

8.–30.6.2020

MDI carried out a study for a consortium of four provinces in Western Finland (Robocoast…

Regions

1.6.2020–30.9.2020

MDI implements a digital information service for the Central Uusimaa Development Centre (KEUKE), which can…

Future

25.6.2020–28.2.2021

MDI conducts a study examining the future of Finnish contract fire brigades. The study is…

Regions

1.5.2020–30.10.2020

The Kunteko 2020 Programme, launched in 2015, is a development programme implemented by KT local…

Rural

1.6.–30.9.2020

MDI supported Leader North in its self-assessment process. The work included the design, implementation and…

Environment

26.5.2020–26.6.2020

MDI conducted a nature relationship barometer survey for the Ministry of the Environment which was…

Rural

1.6.2020–(2021)

MDI will support Leader Suupohja in their strategy work for the next programming period. The…

Population

1.6.2020–30.6.2020

MDI produced demographic analysis and population projections for districts of Iisalmi. The goal of the…

Employment

MDI and Melkior are collaborating to carry out a study to evaluate the results and…

Regions

6.4.–31.5.2020

The population development of Finland’s 56 regional cities has been negative in the 2010s. However,…

Vitality

15.3.–15.6.2020

The aim of the project was to analyse the regional importance of Kanta-Häme central hospital,…

Regions

22.4.–30.9.2020

MDI evaluates the provincial programmes of four provinces in Northern Finland (Kainuu, Central Ostrobothnia, Lapland…

Impact
Governance

18.5.2020

Impact-driven leadership through anticipatory governance: A digitally implemented workshop for the executive group, based on…

Governance

1.–30.4.2020

The Marin governmental programme includes a decision to create the post of legal representative for…

Population

MDI conducted a light impact area analysis for the city of Pieksämäki, which examined the…

Rural

1.4.2020–

MDI will carry out a mid-term evaluation of the Kainuu Regional Rural Development Plan 2014–2020.…

Culture

15.4.2020–

MDI implements a cultural programme for the City of Porvoo together with the City of…

Wellbeing
Urban
Rural
Population
Vitality
Knowledge management
Future

1.4.2020–(31.12.2021)

MDI, together with the Finnish Environment Institute and the Natural Resources Institute Finland, carries out…

Analysis of the requirements on evaluation of State aid in the 28 Member States and in-depth analysis of implementation of the evaluation requirement in the cases for which an evaluation plan will be under discussion or approved by a Commission decision by 31.12.2019

19.2.2020–20.5.2020

MDI acts as a national expert for Sweden and Finland on fact-finding study on evaluation…

Employment

1.2.–30.9.2020

In the area of the Ostrobothnian ELY Centre, employment development has been good throughout the…

Vitality

1.2.–31.3.2020

Guided by its city strategy (2019–2022), the city of Kajaani aims to strengthen municipal vitality…

EU and province -events

1.2.–31.10.2020

Finland has been part of the European Union for 25 years. The Regional Council of…

Migration

MDI produced an migration analysis for cities of Hämeenlinna and Riihimäki about the structure and…

Vitality

1.10.2019–30.10.2019

The town Keuruu comissioned a light vitality analysis, in which MDI analysed the vitality of…

Population
Regions

Tuusula aims to brand the different neighbourhoods of the municipality. To do this, MDI profiled…

New openings of cancer screening in Europe: iPAAC WP5 conference

5.12.2019

Facilitation of a workshop: New openings of cancer screening in Europe: iPAAC WP5 conference

A Survey related to the reform of the MRL concerning co-operation between authorities in land use planning

Regions

1.8.–15.10.2019

The Ministry of the Environment is preparing a reform of the Land Use and Building…

Governance

9–10/2019

In the autumn of 2019, MDI facilitated two preparatory workshops for the Ministry of Social…

Rural

1.3.–(31.12.2020)

MDI supports the Rural Policy Council (MANE) in the process of drafting the Comprehensive Rural…

Urban

24.2.2020–31.3.2021

Aiming to grow in a sustainable way, the Tampere metropolitan area, consisting of eight municipalities,…

Transport

1.12.2019–1.8.2020

A joint mobility service for children and young people is being tested by several sports…

Rural

5.2.2020–(31.12.2020)

MDI and Ubigu are carrying out a study for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry…

Population
Future

MDI produced demographic analysis and population projections for districts of Naantali. The goal of the…

Rural

20.1.–23.3.2020

MDI supported Leader Fell Lapland in its self-evaluation. The work included the design, implementation and…

Wellbeing

1.1.2020–15.4.2020

MDI conducted a customer satisfaction survey of Purchasing Services in the Social and Health Care…

Employment

1.2.–13.3.2020

MDI carried out consultancy work for the Pirkanmaa TE Office to support it in developing…

Society

20.2.2020–20.2.2021

State control systems are constantly changing and in Finland no comprehensive review of the current…

Culture

18.11.–12.12.2019

MDI prepared an Urban Innovation Action (UIA) EU project application for the City of Oulu…

Rural

7.10.2019–(10.2020)

MDI manages a consortium (MDI Public Oy, Spatia and Gaia Consulting), in order to carry…

Employment

29.9.–31.1.2019

The study examines the availability, quality and effectiveness of the TE administration services that support…

Urban
Population
Regions

MDI will provide the City of Naantali with a sub-regional demographic analysis and sub-regional demographic…

Digitalisation

MDI facilitates a Sustainable Digital Industry strategy process for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and…

Urban

23.1.2020–

MDI is conducting a study for Tampere City Region on housing policies and housing programmes…

Impact
Urban

MDI is currently carrying out an impact assessment of Forum Virium’s Smart Kalasatama project in…

Employment

Continuing change in the conditions of working life, rapidly changing skills requirements and the mismatch…

Wellbeing
Environment

MDI, in association with Marko Nurminen of Tietotakomo, will provide SOSTE (Finnish Federation for Social…

Future

2.1.2020–31.5.2020

MDI is carrying out a prospective study for the Regional Council of South Karelia which…

Wellbeing
Innovation

18.12.2019–30.4.2020

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has commissioned a study on research, development and…

Rural
Regions

13.1.2019–

MDI carried out an evaluation of Leader Liiveri which looked at the added value of…

Culture

31.12.2019–28.2.2020

MDI conducted an external evaluation of the Culture Finland coordination project promoting cultural tourism coordination…

Impact
Communication

28.11.2019

MDI planned and conducted an impact communication training day for five Leader groups in Sappee,…

Business

1.12.2019–31.3.2020

Pielinen Karelia Development Centre, Oy PIKES, responsible for the development of Nurmes, expanded through municipal…

Impact
Communication

25.11.–31.12.2019

MDI evaluated the FAME (Fisheries and Aquaculture Monitoring and Evaluation Helpdesk) communications concept and communication…

Regions

21.11.2019–

The Ministry has initiated the preparation of new strategies for regionalisation. Regionalisation refers to the…

Impact
Communication
Employment
Business
Governance

1.2.–31.12.2019

In many ways, the effectiveness of action and hence of impact-based guidance, has come to…

Future

20.11.2019–

MDI provides the Regional Council of Satakunta with a scenario review that includes 4-5 scenario…

Rural

19.11.2019

Leader Aisapair has included a social accounting budget in its strategy for the 2014-2020 programming…

Impact

4.11.2019

MDI planned and conducted impact communication training for EAF funded national projects, EIB and coordination…

Impact
Funds

1.11.2019–31.3.2020

MDI evaluated the effectiveness of Structural Fund operations in South Ostrobothnia, commissioned by the Regional…

Education
Future

22.9.2019–31.1.2020

In the Multi-Campus project, the accessibility, quality and impact of education in the area is…

Business

22.9.–13.12.2019

The City of Raahe decided to include corporate impact assessment in all its proposals from…

Regions
Networks

24.9.2019–28.2.2020

MDI sparred on the Finnish Growth Corridor Network in the content reflection of the new…

Population
Employment

2.5.2019–16.9.2019

MDI worked on an action plan for employment development in Central Karelia. The work involved…

Wellbeing
Population

18.9.2019–6.10.2019

MDI estimated the future social and health care expenditures for the Confederation of Finnish industries.…

Urban
Vitality
Regions
Future
Culture
Transport
Environment

12.4.–30.9.2019

Malmi is one of the major business and service centres outside the inner city in…

Business

1.6.–30.9.2019

MDI facilitated a workshop for Linnan Kehitys Oy to support the development of the Moreeni-Rastikangas…

Regions
Future
Digitalisation

15.11.–2019-31.1.2020

MDI helped the City of Kokkola with its strategy in 2017. A mid-term review will…

Business

Evijärvi will build service paths for business services and develop a service path tool for…

Innovation
Networks

1.5.–30.11.2019

The aim of this work was to activate the innovation platforms operating in North Karelia…

Wellbeing
Population

9.9.2019–10.9.2019

MDI collected statistics and produced maps on the cost of social services and healthcare per…

Investigation of operation conditions of the model of agile piloting within the city of Oulu.

9.9.2019–20.1.2020

MDI studied the requirements for the Rapid Experiments model as a permanent model in Oulu.…

Society
Knowledge management
Future

22.10.2019

The workshop on knowledge-based thinking for the network of public libraries included a session on…

Population
Society
Future
Governance
Involvement

30.10.2019

Facilitating a workshop on demographic change and ageing. :Integrating policies, programmes and services in an…

Wellbeing

9.9.–29.11.2019

In the autumn of 2019, MDI surveyed customer satisfaction with the services of the social…

Environment

15.9.2019–31.12.2019

MDI sparred the city of Rauma in developing a circular economy map. The work aimed…

A proactive evaluation for a program addressing safety of school children in Turku

1.9.2019–10.1.2020

MDI creates a framework of proactive evaluation for a program addressing safety of school children…

Rural

20.9.2019

Three Leader groups in Southern Savo, Finland, were helped to prepare for the coming EU…

Urban
Population
Regions
Environment

29.8.–15.11.2019

MDI carried out work for the City of Kuopio, examining the housing preferences of Kuopio’s…

Wellbeing
Urban
Involvement
Transport

15.5.–30.9.2019

The main idea behind this project is to solve the challenge of mobility faced by…

Networks

14.5.–5.6.2019

MDI facilitated the International Maritime Spatial Planning Conference, held June 4-5, 2019 in Helsinki. At…

Education
Vitality
Employment
Business
Governance
Networks

1.5.2019–24.10.2019

MDI carried out a study for the Regional Council of Häme and the City of…

Urban
Rural
Society
Regions
Governance
Networks

1.5.2019–29.2.2020

The Government commissioned a study project to provide information on different operating models and funding…

Urban
Future
Involvement
Networks

15.5.–30.11.2019

Between May and November 2019, MDI carried out a project, in cooperation with the City…

Population

21.3.2019–8.5.2019

MDI calculated the population forecast for the municipality of Korsholm. The population forecast also included…

Population

18.3.2019–12.4.2019

MDI calculated population forecast for the region and municipalities of South-Ostrobothnia. The population forecast focused…

Population

18.3.2019–8.4.2019

MDI calculated pop. forecasts for C21+2 cities and compared these forecasts to the cities own…

Population

17.12.2018–28.3.2019

MDI analysed the regional and population development, evaluated the trends in regional and population development…

Population
Migration

13.5.2019–5.6.2019

MDI calculated pop. forecast for the municipality of Kikkonummi. The population forecast focused on the…

Population

6.5.2019–6.6.2019

MDI calculated pop. forecast for different language groups for the city of Porvoo

The Study on population, anticipation and matching for lifelong learning

Education
Population
Society
Regions

1.8.2019–31.12.2019

MDI carried out a study on population, anticipation and matching for lifelong learning for The…

Innovation
Networks

3.10.2019

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK) is a member of the European S3 platform, Agri-Food.…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality

1.8-30.10.2019

Akaa has suffered from migration loss in recent years and now wants to look more…

Evaluation of the development of evaluation practices of the Dutch VM for CSES.uk Improving evaluation practice in policy making, a benchmarking study commissioned by the European Commission and the Netherlands government

1.8.-30.10.2019

Improving evaluation practice in policy making, a benchmarking study commissioned by the European Commission and…

Funds

1.10.2019-

MDI acts as a national expert for Finland and Sweden as regards the Evaluation Helpdesk.…

Rural
Networks

15.5.2019 - 31.1.2020

MDI supported the European Rural Networks (ENRD and EIB-AGRI networks) in a self-assessment of the…

Impact
Employment
Future
Involvement

4.10.2019-2021

MDI is assessing the impact of the Tolkkupaja (ESF) project implemented by the City of…

Urban
Culture

11.9.2019-31.1.2020

The City of Savonlinna and the Regional Council of South Savo utilised MDI’s expertise in…

Environment

20.5. - 2.9.2019

MDI evaluated the availability, usability and functionality of renovation and building energy efficiency advice. The…

Rural

1.8 - 4.9.2019

MDI planned and executed a sparring day for all Leader groups in Finland. The sparring…

Urban

1.6.2019-31.9.2020

The final evaluation of the 6Aika-strategy reflects on its results and their value in relation…

Environment

1.9.2019 -

MDI will carry out an external evaluation of the NoICE (Nordic Icing Centre of Expertise)…

Urban
Regions
Networks

26.6.2019-

MDI will evaluate the functioning and operating model of the Finnish Growth Corridor network. The…

Rural

25.6.2019-7.11.2019

MDI evaluated the projects of the Finnish Cereal Council (VYR) for the years 2015-2019. The…

Knowledge management
Innovation

4.6.2019-28.6.2019

The Council of Tampere Region is a part-implementer of the 6Aika: Growth Ecosystems project, which…

Wellbeing
Impact
Population
Society
Employment
Involvement

1.1.2019-31.1.2020

This VN TEAS project, used different perspectives and methodologies to produce new research knowledge on…

Business
Knowledge management

20.12.2018-31.4.2019

As requested by Business Tampere, MDI implemented a digital information service where the most important…

Impact
Rural
Regions

5.5.2019-6.6.2019

MDI designed and facilitated the Leader Days in Sodankylä, 5-6 June 2019. The aim of…

Impact
Communication
Rural

4.4.2019-10.5.2019

MDI designed and arranged Show your impact! -training for Leader and Project Operators in Southeast…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Knowledge management
Future

23.3.2019-3.5.2019

The analysis examined the causes of demographic change in relation to Orimattila’s negative population growth…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Regions
Knowledge management
Future

16.4.2019-24.5.2019

The analysis looked at the internal and external demographic trends in Akaa and quantitative and…

Rural
Environment

8.4.2019 -

MDI and Luke (Natural Resources Institute Finland) supported ELY centres in the Finnish Lake District…

Rural

10.3.2019 - 23.3.2019

MDI designed and facilitated a workshop for the Leader Groups Evaluation Team. During the workshop,…

Communication
Rural
Networks

2.4.2019 - 10.5.2019

MDI designed and facilitated the first workshop in the Maritime and fisheries network in Finland…

Urban
Population
Society
Knowledge management
Future

27.3.2019-31.8.2019

The study on free pre-school education for 5-year-olds in the Tampere metropolitan area described the…

Vitality
Growth
Business

1.4.2019-15.4.2019

Kaarina and five other municipalities held a joint vitality seminar for municipal decision-makers in April…

Urban
Population
Migration
Knowledge management
Future

1.3.2019-29.3.2019

MDI calculated a population projection up to 2040 for the city of Turku, describing in…

Urban
Population
Migration

1.3.2019-29.3.2019

MDI calculated a population projection up to 2040 for the municipalities of KUUMA. For each…

Urban
Population
Migration
Knowledge management
Future

1.3.2019-29.3.2019

MDI calculated a population projection up to 2040 for the city of Porvoo, describing in…

Urban
Population
Migration
Knowledge management
Future

1.10.2018-22.2.2019

Statistics Finland released a new population forecast at the end of 2018, according to which…

Urban
Rural
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Future

15.2.2019-15.4.2019

The city of Raahe is developing a growth strategy that is positioned between the urban…

Urban

20.2.-13.3.2019

MDI carried out a comparative analysis of the options for expanding the ITI instrument (6Aika)…

Society
Regions
Business
Governance

MDI drew up a short case study on “How to tackle Challenges in a Future-Oriented…

Culture

1.2.2019-30.11.2019

MDI implemented the Ministry of Education and Culture project to develop a statistical and knowledge…

Business

1.2.2019-15.5.2019

MDI will guide and facilitate the process of preliminary impact assessment of the Pirkanmaa start-up…

Urban

1.2.2019–

First, a snapshot of housing policy, especially rental housing, was drawn up, which summarising the…

Urban
Environment

1.2.-15.3.2019

MDI sparred Kokkola’s urban environmental industry in relation to their preparation of a development plan.…

Vitality

1.2.-31.5.2019

The Ylä-Savo municipalities’ joint industrial policy development plan will be updated. The work includes familiarisation…

Urban
Rural
Population

1.2.2019-30.4.2019

Telia develops mobile-based products that can be used to develop cities and urban areas and…

Governance
Innovation
Networks

1.2.2019-30.6.2019

As a result of the continuing desire for regional and social services reform and, at…

Vitality
Business
Future

30.1.-15.6.2019

The economic strategy for Kotka-Hamina has been updated. The regional economic development strategy 2016–2019 outlines…

Population
Migration
Regions

29.1.-31.3.2019

MDI investigated Inkoo’s incoming and outgoing migration which in recent years has become increasingly inclined…

Vitality
Society
Regions

1.2.-30.6.2019

The regional government, health and social services reform (SOTE) legislation is entering a critical phase.…

Regions

18.1.2019 - 31.3.2019

MDI, together with NHG, conducted a preliminary study on the interrelationships between municipalities and provinces…

Rural

16.11.2018 - 30.1.2019

MDI facilitated the strategic days for Leader Group Outokaira Tuottamhan which were preceded by a…

Culture

11.1.2019-15.8.2019

MDI supported and sparred the piloting of a Regional Cultural Knowledge Base with five provinces…

Vitality
Regions

1.1.2019-

MDI sparred the southern sub-regions of Oulu to prepare and update a strategy to strengthen…

Urban
Vitality
Growth

7.1.-29.1.2019

As the key development figures suggest, Kouvola has faced a challenging period since the 2010s.…

Rural

22.1.2019 -

MDI implemented a fisheries network analysis that creates an overall picture of the national fisheries…

Rural
Innovation

8.1.2019 - 30.4.2019

In a consortium with Spatia and TK-Eval, MDI conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness and…

Business
Governance
Innovation

27.2.2019-28.2.2020

MDI was part of a consortium led by 4Front Oy, which explored the impact of…

Impact
Population
Involvement

5.12.2018-

MDI was a sub/contractor for the evaluation of three homelessness programmes commissioned by the Ministry…

Urban
Vitality
Growth

1.8.2018-30.9.2018

MDI undertook a background and statistical analysis to support the vitality and attraction programme in…

Impact
Business

1.9.2018 - 31.12.2018

MDI participated in aninternational consortium as the Finnish representative. The consortium aims to identify support…

Communication
Regions

15.8.2018-30.9.2018

In the autumn of 2018, MDI organised two workshops: the first for provincial communications officers…

Governance

MDI, together with NHG (Nordic Healthcare Group), has signed a framework agreement with the Päijät-Häme…

Population
Migration

1.9.2018-15.10.2018

MDI provided a statistical analysis for the city of Uusikaupunki, in which population growth and…

Population
Migration
Regions

1.9.2018-15.12.2018

MDI provided a regional profile for Central Finland based on a data visualisation of the…

Funds
Society
Governance

6.11.2018-25.2.2018

MDI evaluated the effectiveness of Central Finland’s Structural Fund operations on behalf of the ELY…

Society

1.11.2018-15.1.2019

MDI provides an evaluation of the impact of fast railway in Eastern Finland including a…

Society

1.11.2018-15.1.2019

MDI created an evaluation about the impact of road user prices on the attractiveness of…

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth

1.11.2018-30.11.2018

The city of Hamina is creating a programme for growth and the competitiveness. For this…

Future

1.11.2018-

The scenarios for the Regional council of Uusimaa were prepared with the management team of…

Business

1.5.2018-31.9.2018

The health, social services and regional government reform and its reform of growth services (business…

Transport

1.9.2018-

MDI evaluated the transport strategy of Southwest Finland together with Linea. The strategy was finished…

Urban

1.9.2018-30.11.2018

MDI produced a city guide for real estate investors for Sijoitusovi.com site. In the guide,…

Urban
Culture

1.10.2018-

The City of Oulu sought to become the European Capital of Culture in 2026. The…

Rural
Future

1.9.2018-31.10.2018

MDI undertook an evaluation for the National Audit Office of Finland on sparsely populated rural…

Urban
Population
Migration

15.9.2018-15.10.2018

The City of Kokkola’s population and migration trends have been analysed

Statement of the school network for the City of Kouvola

Urban
Population
Vitality

15.9.2018-30.9.2018

City of Kouvola ordered an expert statement from MDI on the development of the area’s…

Regions
Future

1.10.-30.11.2018

MDI facilitated two workshops for the Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia in relation to the…

Population
Migration
Vitality

1.10.2018-15.12.2018

In this analysis the attractiveness of Pietarsaari, based on the population trends, migration and the…

Communication
Population
Migration
Vitality

1.11.2018 -18.2.2019

MDI carried out an study on the city of Kauhava’s image. The study consisted of…

Population
Migration

1.11.2018-31.1.2019

The city of Tampere is growing at a rapid pace and the region is projected…

Employment
Future

1.10.2018 - 28.2.2019

MDI carried out the final evaluation of the Working Life 2020 -project during the period…

Regions
Future
Digitalisation

1.9.2018-31.12.2018.

In 2018, several projects and experiments related to digitalization were kicked off in Finnish municipalities.…

Rural
Governance

9.10.2018 -

MDI and the Ruralia Institute at the University of Helsinki evaluated the European Leader principle…

Rural

4.9.2018 -12.12.2018

MDI and TK-Eval evaluated the Local Food Programme. The evaluation focused on the execution, results…

Communication
Governance

1.10.2018 -

Interreg Central Baltic Programme 2014–2020 is one of EU’s cross-border co-operation programmes implemented around the…

Regions
Business
Environment

1.10.2018-

The regional strategy for Lapland is being prepared during autumn 2018. MDI, together with LGR-Consulting…

Vitality
Business

1.6.-30.6.2018

The City of Nokia is updating its economic policy. MDI compiled the latest statistics and…

Population
Migration
Vitality

1.5.-31.8.2018

Savonlinna’s Migration and Vitality Analysis examines the quantitative development of urban migration between 2000 and…

Regions

1.6.-30.9.2018

MDI produced a pre-report regarding mobility in Growth Corridor Finland. Regional mobility relates to migration,…

Society
Employment
Business
Future
Involvement

1.7.2018–28.2.2019

The National initiative for basic security and activity (TOIMI, in Finnish only), produces information and…

Culture

12.10.2018-

MDI studies specific cultural features of the so-called Forest Sami people. The study focuses on…

Society

1.6.2018-

The work evaluated the effects of the Vantaa circular railway. The evaluation took a wider…

Population
Regions
Employment

1.7.-30.12.2018

MDI produced an evaluation for Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council on the relevancy and results of a…

Governance

1.6.-30.11.2018

Together with the regional reform, a new National Supervisory Authority Luova was due to be…

Employment

8.8.2018-

Work try-out is a service designed to support the employment of unemployed customers of the…

Population
Future

6.-15.8.2018

The population scenarios viewed the upcoming population increase through three alternative scenarios. The options were…

Business

1.7.2018 -

About 30 regional and local Finnish Enterprise Agencies operate in Finland. Their mission is to…

Urban
Rural

MDI conducted a regional growth potential analysis for Harjavalta Oy. The purpose of the analysis…

Case Studies on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides

10.7.-15.8.2018

MDI is involved in an international consortium which has been mandated by the European Parliament…

Regions

1.6.-31.7.2018

The analysis of the regional profiling is based on the current DIAK network in Helsinki,…

Rural

1.7 - 15.9.2018

MDI planned and executed a sparring day for all Leader groups in Finland. A pre-survey…

Rural
Business
Future
Innovation
Digitalisation

26.6 - 1.12.2018

MDI planned and facilitated an innovation camp held in Porvoo, Finland in November 2018. The…

Impact
Communication
Rural

1.6.2018-30.6.2019

MDI carried out a project focusing on sparring the impact evaluation of rural development programme…

Regions
Future

1.6.2018-30.9.2018

Vaasa and Mustasaari carried out a joint municipal structure survey (more information in Swedish https://fusionskollen.fi/).…

Urban
Regions

1.8.2018-15.12.2018

MDI conducted a study for the City of Jyväskylä on the principles of housing policy…

Employment

13.8.2018-

MDI, in cooperation with KPMG, evaluated the key project Career opportunities for people with partial…

Vitality

1.6.-31.8.2018

The municipality of Kirkkonummi prepared its municipal strategy last year. Now the strategy is embodied…

Growth

15.5.2018-15.6.2018

The South Karelia and Kymenlaakso regions prepared for the growth service reform by building pilots…

Governance
Environment

1.6.2018-28.2.2019

The tasks of promoting biodiversity and environmental protection would have changed due to the envisaged…

Culture

15.6.2018-

Well-maintained built cultural environment enhances the amenability of the area and makes it more attractive…

Rural

4.6.2018-2.11.2018

The purpose of the organic development programme is to increase organic production, diversify the range…

Regions
Transport

1.5.2018-16.6.2018

MDI conducted a statistical and spatial data analysis for the Regional Councils of Southern and…

Rural

1.1.- 31.12.2018

MDI supported the ELY Centre of Northern Ostrobothnia in the self-assessment process of the regional…

Vitality
Regions
Business

1.6.2017-30.4.2018

In recent years, the term “positive gaming position” has emerged in soccer talk. It means…

Evaluation of production incentive for audiovisual industry

26.3.2018-

Production incentive for audiovisual industry is directed for feature films, documentary films, serial fiction and…

The impact of public subsidies on film production

24.11.2017-15.5.2018

At the end of 2017, MDI launched an evaluation study on the mandate of the…

Urban

1.8.2017-9.1.2018

MDI proposes to the metropolitan area its own metropolis agreement, which is built on the…

Population
Employment
Business

1.2.-21.5.2018

MDI carried out a statistical analysis of the vitality and attractiveness of 55 Finnish sub-regions…

Regions

1.4.–7.5.2018

As part of the Regional, Government, Health and Social Services Reform, in the prospective provinces,…

Society
Governance

23.3.2018–

The Regional Council of Ostrobothnia coordinated the preparations of the Regional, Government, Health and Social…

Governance
Culture

1.12.2017-

Ongoing administrative changes and the effective implementation of policy measures require a strong and accurate…

Business

1.1.–30.6.2018

MDI studied the organisation of business development services in Päijät-Häme region during the first half…

Population
Migration
Vitality

1.2.2018–30.6.2018

MDI helped the city of Kauhava to draft a new strategy. Previously Kauhava had identified…

Future

1.5.2018–

MDI conducted a study on the current state of Kainuu Region and helped the Regional…

Policy paper on smart mobility

1.4.2018–30.11.2018

The City of Hämeenlinna and Growth Corridor Finland took part in an international project on…

Vitality

1.3.2018–

MDI assisted Häme Region in the facilitation and coordination of the Regional vigour in Häme…

Knowledge management

1.2.2018–

MDI was playing a part in government project which outcome was set to determine goals…

Employment

1.2.2018–

Since the beginning of 2017, all the unemployed job-seekers have been interviewed every three months…

Business

1.3.-30.4.2018

Finland’s tourism income is € 14 billion a year. That is enough to be shared,…

Population
Vitality
Growth
Regions
Employment
Business

1.3.-15.5.2018

In the spring of 2016, MDI produced a statistical study for the City of Pieksämäki,…

Regions

1.3.–30.6.2018

The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland organised…

Urban

1.12.2017-31.3.2018

The City of Helsinki invited 300 key players to the City Hall to discuss urban…

Regions

1.3.2018-

Lapland launched a process to prepare the region’s strategy in a workshop at Rovaniemi on…

Society
Governance

1.2.2018–

MDI is carrying out a research for the Prime Minister’s Office. The project is researching…

Society
Future

1.2.2018–28.9.2018

The prospective regional reform would have introduced a new interface between the municipalities and the…

Innovation

1.2.2018–

The prospective health, social services and regional government reform was designed to establish the new…

Employment
Business

19.12.2017-31.5.2018

MDI evaluated the Employment Programme of Growth Companies 2016-2018 launched by the Ministry of Employment…

Communication
Urban

1.2.–30.4.2018

MDI sparred the city of Kokkola with its communications strategy in Spring 2018. As a…

Rural
Environment

13.11.2107 - 10.10.2018

The “Island, lake and river basin policies in Europe” study aimed at gaining a picture…

Urban
Involvement

1.9.2017-1.9.2018

The project kicked off at the beginning of October 2018 during the Herttoniemi Suburban Festival.…

Rural
Innovation
Environment

9.2.-11.4.2018

MDI facilitated an innovation camp for nutrient recycling in Tuusula on 10-11 April 2018. The…

Employment
Business
Future

1.12.2017-31.3.2018

At the end of 2017, the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia launched a forecast pilot. MDI…

Networks

26.10.2017-31.5.2018

The Northern growth zone is a cooperation network of 13 cities and six regional councils…

Population
Regions

1.11.2017-31.3.2018

Good land use, housing and traffic planning creates a general level of attractiveness for urban…

Business

1.3.-15.4.2018

MDI drafted a visual atlas for the city of Hämeenlinna and the Municipality of Janakkala…

Population
Growth
Regions
Business

15.1.-13.3.2018

MDI drafted a visual presentation displaying the regional status and growth potential of Hämeenkyrö. The…

Business

15.1.-31.5.2018

The project aimed at recognising and strengthening the vitality of Hämeenkyrö. The aim was to…

Knowledge management
Involvement

1.1.2018 - 30.3.2018

Satakunta Region has invested in gathering feedback from the residents and in a number of…

Population

1.1.2018 - 30.5.2018

The Strategy Unit in the City of Tampere and the political actors of the city…

Population

15.12.2017-15.5.2018

MDI drafted a population plan for the Häme Region up to 2040. The work was…

Wellbeing

15.12.2017-15.3.2018

MDI carried out a well-being analysis of South Savo, examining the state and development of…

Population
Migration

1.11.2017-31.2.2018

The ten neighbouring municipalities of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa in Finland (KUUMA municipalities) are major…

Governance

1.9.–31.12.2017

MDI sparred the preparation of the regional government, health and social services reform in Central…

Vitality
Regions

15.10.2017–31.3.2018

Four municipalities in the Upper Savo region are seeking to boost their attractiveness and vitality…

Vitality
Regions

1.10.2017–31.8.2018

Forssa region includes the city of Forssa and the municipalities of Tammela, Jokioinen, Humppila and…

Governance
Environment

1.10–31.12.2017

In the context of the prospective provincial reform, the tasks of environmental protection and biodiversity…

Regions

1.12.2017–

MDI sparred the Municipality of Reisjärvi in drafting a new strategy. The sparring included a…

Urban

2.–31.1.2018

MDI assisted the City of Seinäjoki in 2015-2016 to prepare a new City Strategy by…

Evaluation of the Interreg Nord and Botnia Atlantica

1.12.2017–15.11.2018

MDI participated in a Nordic consortium appointed to carry out the evaluation of the Interreg…

Regions
Governance

1.5.–31.10.2017

MDI carried out a study on the role of towns (small and middle-sized) in the…

Regions
Business

1.3.2017–31.12.2018

SEK is a federation of municipalities in the Suupohja region (Isojoki, Karijoki, Kauhajoki, Teuva) focusing…

Communication
Rural
Innovation
Networks

15.5.–30.6.2017

The Finnish Rural Network Support Unit organised an international innovation camp, 26th – 29th June…

Urban

1.5.–30.6.2017

MDI was pleased to work in partnership with the Communications and Marketing Design Office, Nitroid…

Funds

1.5.–15.9.2017

The European Social Fund (ESF) – in Western Finland – celebrated its 60-year anniersary in…

Regions
Employment
Future

1.6.–31.12.2017

MDI sparred the Kaustinen region (Halsua, Lestijärvi, Kaustinen, Toholampi, Perho and Veteli) in the preparation…

Employment

1.6.2017–31.5.2018

The employment services of the City of Seinäjoki executed the Linke Project funded by the…

Clarifying the mission of a development company

1.8.–15.9.2017

Business development companies were required to redefine their tasks and mission in order to function…

Rural

1.4.2017– 31.12.2017

The evaluation of national development projects and coordination projects within the Rural Development Programme for…

Transport

1.8.2017–31.3.2018

In the development of growth corridors, it is essential to find a common strategic vision…

Environment

15.8.–31.10.2017

FRUSH was a circular economy-related event in 2017 gathering together experts, developers, companies and financiers…

Regions

15.8.–30.9.2017

In August-September 2017, MDI participated in the training of elected councillors and sparred the development…

Funds

1.9.–31.12.2017

The current EU programming period introduced a number of simplified cost options (SCO) which aim…

Regions

1.8.–15.9.2017

Kuortane is a municipality of about 3 700 inhabitants located in the South Ostrobotnia region…

Development of services around railway stations

15.8.–31.12.2017

Railway stations and their surroundings have become buzzing oases in urban development terms. There are…

Funds
Governance

1.9.2017–30.6.2018

ESIF consists of five structural and investment funds, of which Finland utilises four: European Regional…

Vision and roadmap for Tourism in Helsinki

8.9.–30.11.2017

Tourism has become one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world. It…

Regions
Business
Governance

1.5.–31.12.2017

The prospective regional government, health and social services reform would have brought about changes in…

Mapping of Nordic test and demonstration facilities

1.5.2017-31.8.2017

MDI participated in a joint project in which Nordic test and demonstration facilities were mapped.…

Urban
Transport

1.4.2017-31.8.2017

Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) was involved in the drafting of the regional land use, housing…

Culture
Environment

21.3.2017-30.3.2018

In MDI’s project for the Ministry of the Environment six cultural resources that can accelerate…

Rural

1.4.2017–30.4.2019

The Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 aims at improving the competitiveness of agribusiness. MDI acted as…

Rural
Networks

20.3.2017

ProAgria is a Finnish expert organisation providing an extensive network of specialists and a wide…

Vitality
Business

1.4.2017–31.12.2018

Sastamala seeks to turn the ongoing structural changes and challenges from friction to regional vitality.…

Urban
Future

1.–30.4.2017

The city of Seinäjoki decided to reshape its organisation starting from 1st June 2017. The…

Population
Vitality
Future

15.2.–1.3.2017

Liminka is a 2000’s growth miracle. Despite being located next to the city of Oulu,…

Urban

1.2.–31.10.2017

The city of Kokkola is renewing its strategy while preparing for its 400-year anniversary in…

Urban
Vitality
Business

1.8.2016–31.1.2017

In the future, ensuring vitality will be one of the main tasks for Finnish cities.…

Regions

1.2.-2017-31.12.2017

MDI led, during 2017, a consortium that constructed a Regional Development Snapshot Tool,which combined the…

Governance

1.2.2017-30.9.2017

The statutory duties of the municipalities were due to change with the prospective health, social…

Governance

1.2.2017-30.6.2018

The prospective health, social services and regional government reform was designed to be one of…

Governance

1.2.2017-30.11.2018

Prime Minister Sipilä’s government aimed to lift the Finnish economy onto the track of sustainable…

Urban

1.12.2016-31.3.2017

Small and medium-sized cities succeed by identifying their own unique opportunities of megatrends and by…

Future

1.9.2016-15.11.2016

MDI helped the Central Uusimaa Development Centre to outline a new strategy for 2020. In…

Business
Networks

11.11.2016-28.2.2017

MDI helped Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in drafting the local business plan for the…

Rural

1.11.2016–31.3.2019

Farm Advisory Services has been launched as a new measure under the Rural Development Programme…

Funds

1.11.2016–30.6.2019

A consortium led by MDI implemented an evaluation of the Finnish Structural Funds programme. The…

Regions
Governance
Transport

10.11.2016-28.2.2017

The development of the regions is increasingly channelled towards development corridors crossing administrative borders. The…

Business

1.6.2016-31.12.2016

MDI, together with Casagrande Laboratory Center of Urban Research, mapped potential export models for the…

Vitality

1.10.2016–30.4.2017

MDI facilitated two networking meetings for the SEUTU programme (REGIONAL programme in English), which has…

Study on Development of Housing Policy

1.10.2016-30.6.2017

MDI was responsible for a research project focusing on how housing policy should be developed,…

Framework Agreement on Management Consulting

1.1.2017-

MDI signed a framework agreement with the city of Tampere concerning management consulting services in…

Future

1.10.2016-30.9.2017

The prospective structural reforms in Finland were due to dramatically reshape the municipal level. Cursor…

Urban
Rural
Vitality
Growth
Regions

1.10.2015-31.8.2016

MDI published a 200-page study on Regional Profiles 2016. It consists of national development analyses…

Regions

1.6.–17.6.2016

Elite Asset Management Plc is directing its real estate investing towards successful cities and regions…

Vitality

15.5.–30.6.2016

MDI created a base for drafting the Vitality Programme for the city of Kannus by…

Business
Networks

15.1.2016-

MDI organised regional Tuunaa Tuottoa Vol. 2 network meetings in five cities. This co-operation model…

Regions
Future

26.5.–31.12.2016

Finland contemplated the most profound regional reform in decades. All regional councils were urged to…

Future

1.5.2016–31.3.2017

Ten municipalities in the Helsinki Region North (a.k.a. Central Uusimaa Region) have organised their regional…

Funds

9.5.2016-31.12.2016

MDI, together with Sweco, analysed the provisions on the simplification of the management of the…

Governance

12.5.2016-19.1.2017

MDI, Tempo Economics Ltd and Melkior Ltd conducted a study generating new knowledge on the…

Governance

1.7.–16.11.2016

MDI evaluated the Provincial Programmes of Northern Finland in a joint assessment during the summer…

Regions

1.3.2016–28.2.2017

MDI and the Finnish Environment Institute analysed Finland´s functional areas and growth corridors in the…

Building of the vision 2030 for the Baltic Sea Region

2.5.-8.11.2016

MDI conducted, as a subcontractor to Spatial Foresight GmbH, a foresight study on the Vision…

Population
Employment
Business

29.2.-13.5.2016

MDI gathered data for a study on regional development for the city of Pieksämäki. The…

Knowledge management
Governance

9.5.-13.9.2016

The changes that municipalities were due to face concern the service and governance structure. The…

Rural
Digitalisation

25.4.2016-25.1.2017

Digitalisation and urbanisation have drawn a great wave of attention and numerous projects and studies…

Migration
Regions

4.3.-11.5.2016

MDI analysed Häme’s regional development and migration during April and May 2016. The report delved…

Business

17.3.-17.6.2016

In May 2016, investment attractors from cthe ities, municipalities, regional development companies and regions of…

Business
Innovation

7.3.–30.6.2016

Into Seinäjoki decided to organise an innovation camp ”Komia Camp” 2016 for the food business.…

Urban

15.1.–28.2.2016

Into Seinäjoki initiated a project called Operation Our Seinäjoki – Have your say on the…

Transport

17.12.2015-9.5.2016

MDI explored a variety of operating models to gather a true and consistent user point…

Urban

18.12.2015-15.4.2016

The role of cities as the reators of growth and in strengthening vitality faced a…

Regions

15.1.2016-17.6.2016

Northern Savo Region carried out an external evaluation of the regional programme 2014-2017 at the…

Business

1.12.2015-31.5.2016

MDI sparred the preparation of the economic development strategy in Pielinen Karjala (Lieksa, Nurmes, Valtimo)…

Business

1.12.2015-31.5.2016

MDI updated the economic development strategy for the Central Karelia Development Company Keti Ltd. The…

Regions
Business

1.12.2015–

The Regional Council of Satakunta renewed its forecasting work in light of the anticipated governance…

Transport

13.11.2015-31.12.2015

Growth Corridor of Finland aimed to become the leading European smart transport experiment base by…

Transport

2.11.2015-15.3.2016

MDI took part in a study tof he status of bicycling in MaaS (Mobility as…

Urban
Rural
Vitality
Business

1.12.2015-1.3.2016

MDI constructed a ‘vitality rocket’ for Kouvola. It consisted of economic development, accessibility, business friendliness,…

Business

1.9.2015-31.1.2016

The Association of Regional Development Agencies in Finland, SEKES ry commissioned a study from MDI…

Rural
Regions
Networks

1.8.2015-30.9.2015

In September and October 2015, MDI studied the regional cooperation model of Kemijärvi, Salla, Savukoski…

Business

1.10.2015–15.1.2016

Nykarleby Kraftverk Ab is an energy company owned by the Uusikaarlepyy city. The former city…

Networks

26.11.2015-30.11.2016

Posintra decided to create a new learning environment and start a new digital platform for…

Vitality

16.10.2015-30.11.2015

MDI sparred the City of Pori in updating its vitality strategy, in particular the indicators…

Available funding sources for the implementation of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

23.9.2015- 4.1.2016

The Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region doee not have it’s own financing, rather, it…

Knowledge management
Digitalisation

1.9.2015–31.5.2016

MDI took part in a consortium led by ETLA, the Research Institute of the Finnish…

Rural

1.9.2015-28.2.2016

MDI carried out six Regional Rural Network days in 2015-2016. The aim of a network…

Urban
Vitality
Growth

20.10.2015-

The city of Seinäjoki wanted their strategy to incorporate a broad renewal process while encompassing…

Rural
Innovation
Transport
Digitalisation

23.3.2015-3.7.2015

Into Seinäjoki Ltd hosted a 30-hour innovation camp, KomiaCamp in Seinäjoki 23.-24.6.2015. The camp produced…

Regions

9.6.2015-8.9.2015

MDI carried out a competitiveness study for Lahti Region. The study was based on a…

Transport

20.4.2015-3.9.2015

The idea of MaaS (Mobility as a Service) has been a topic of interest for…

Regions

1.10.–15.12.2020

The Finnish national Land use, Housing and Sustainable Transportation Network (LHT) is a cooperation network…

Rural

29.4.2015-7.10.2015

The Farm Energy Programme is a voluntary agreement for improving energy efficiency and the use…

Urban
Regions

15.3.2015–

MDI took part in ventilating thoughts around the ”Municipality of the future” idea, making a…

Funds

25.11.2014-23.1.2015

As a part of a European cooperation network MDI analysed the implementation of the European…

Vitality
Business

1.3.–15.10.2015

Well-functioning regional business services are the cornerstone of developing business and vitality at the regional…

Funds

18.3.2015-10.11.2015

MDI took part in a European consortium that has carried out various studies for the…

Urban

4.3.2015-20.11.2015

MDI updated the Urban Network Study that has monitored and developed the national urban network…

Rural

21.1.2015–5.6.2015

Eastern Uusimaa region has implemented the Archipelago Programme since 2012. The Finnish archipelago has a…

Updating the strategy

1.12.2014–20.5.2015

MDI continued its cooperation with JOSEK and wrote another chapter in its story. MDI updated…

Urban

15.12.2014–31.3.2015

Metropolis policy has been on the agenda since 2007. The primary themes of the policy…

Rural

1.1.2015–31.10.2015

MDI carried out a study on the implementation and effectiveness of the rural development plans…

Governance

1.1.2015–15.10.2015

The steering model for AVIs and ELYs was renewed in 2015. The previous model of…

Growth
Innovation

15.3.–15.6.2015

During spring 2015, MDI participated in the development of the innovation environment in Central Ostrobothnia.…

Rural
Networks

1.2.–31.3.2015

The rural network will contribute to the implementation of the rural development programme during the…

Urban

1.1.2015–23.3.2015

MDI drafted a concrete proposal for a roadmap for urbanisation. The roadmap included a summary…

Workshop to develop Tourism Strategy

15.9.–31.10.2014

Northern Ostrobothnia is the third biggest tourism region in Finland, measured by overnight stays, after…

Coaching public procurements

1.8.–30.9.2014

MDI carried out a coaching session in Hämeenlinna for Innopark Programmes Ltd and the City…

Regions
Future

1.12.2014–15.2.2015

The trackside area makes a great object of investments in both the Growth Agreement and…

Sparring the INKA (Innovative cities) programme

15.6.–31.8.2014

MDI coached Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, INKA cities, regional councils and…

Wellbeing
Business

1.6.2015-15.11.2015

Skiing, nature activities and adventure sports are popular in Southern Finland. The Lahti Region is…

Knowledge management

4.7.2014-15.9.2014

The Finnish Government aimed to take fuller advantage of research data in its decision-making. The…

Vitality
Regions

1.8.2014–25.5.2015

With Janne Antikainen in the lead, the MDI Team studied the municipal restructuring in the…

Transport

6.5.2014-11.9.2014

MDI carried out a survey of smart mobility services and travel chains in European growth…

Business
Innovation

15.4.–30.6.2014

MDI supported the Ministry of the Employment and the Economy in identifying the success factors…

Study on municipal restructuring in the Oulu region

1.3.2014–31.3.2015

One of MDI’s partners, Design Director Janne Antikainen was called on to study the restructuring…

Transport

1.2.2014-30.4.2014

The Helsinki-Hämeenlinna-Tampere growth corridor is the most significant development zone in Finland. The corridor has…

Rural
Innovation

1.12.2013–31.12.2014

The Rural Network Unit at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry financed five innovation camps…

Business

1.3.–30.4.2014

Southern Ostrobothnia prepared its smart specialisation strategy by combining the focus areas of the regional…

Wellbeing

1.10.2013–30.4.2014

MDI drew up a playbook of internationalisation for Heinola region. The work was related to…

DG Regio framework agreement

1.1.2014-

MDI was part of a European consortium selected as one of the DG Regio framework…

Evaluation of the EU Cohesion Policy 2007–2013

21.1.2014–31.12.2014

MDI was part of the evaluation consortium that evaluated programmes and their indicator data in…

Regions
Future

21.10.-31.12.2020

Provincial strategies and programmes remain at the core of regional development plans. New provincial strategies…

Regions

20.11.2013-17.4.2014

Taking into consideration the circumstances, Joensuu region has developed well in the 2000s. Despite the…

Regions

19.11.2013–12.2.2014

Development Centre Ltd. Helsinki Region North (Keuke) has been conspicuous for a decade. It has…

Wellbeing
Innovation

24.10.2013-18.6.2014

MDI helped Posintra to develop their innovation activities within the wellness sector by organising an…

Governance

1.11.2013–31.3.2014

MDI helped the Ministry of the Employment and the Economy and the Uusimaa region Centre…

Governance

1.11.2013-31.5.2015

The city of Helsinki decided to change its management system in 2017. The city began…

Regions

1.1.2014-31.3.2014

Design director Janne Antikainen, one of MDI’s partners, was called on to study the special…

Rural
Innovation

1.2.2014-31.5.2014

The European Innovation Partnership (EIP) introduced new tools for working with the rural economy. The…

Rural

16.12.2013

The Rural Network Unit moved from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry into the Agency…

Environment

1.10.2013-15.11.2013

Resource wisdom is about the ability to use different resources – e.g. natural resources, raw…

Rural
Business
Innovation
Networks

1.4.2013–31.12.2014

MDI executed a series of five innovation camps in autumn 2013 for the Rural Network…

Future
Digitalisation

1.12.2013-31.1.2014

MDI facilitated a workshop for digitalisation researchers in Otaniemi. Dozens of the most active researchers…

Evaluation of the development measures of creative economy

12.6.2013-5.12.2013

MDI evaluated the development measures of creative economy for the Regional Council of Central Finland.…

Regional Guidance Plan for Services

20.5.2013 – 12.9.2013

MDI drew up a guidance plan for the Porvoo-Loviisa-Lapinjärvi region in Eastern Uusimaa. The work…

Regions

1.8.2013-31.1.2014

MDI updated the Regional Development Plan, for the Regional Council of Lapland, shaping the development…

Innovation
Environment

2.5.–30.11.2013

The Nature Innovations project by Häme Development Centre Ltd. aimed at creating a national-level knowledge…

Vitality
Regions
Governance

1.-21.9.2019

MDI implemented an intensive seminar for the municipality council of Kuortane, Finland focusin on analysing…

Regions

2.5.2013–31.1.2014

Regional cities are the second or third cities of their respective regions. Their success reflects…

Rural

1.3.–30.6.2013

MDI evaluated the activities of the programme period 2007-2013 for the local action group, Seinäjoen…

Developing the MicroNanoBio Ecosystem

1.4.–15.10.2013

MDI implemented a series of four workshops for VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and…

The future work of closed down garrison areas

1.–31.10.2013

In February 2012, the state decided to close six garrison areas. MDI provided sparring for…

Innovation

1.5.–30.9.2013

Lapland University Consortium is a strategic conglomeration of three Lappish universities. The consortium renewed its…

Story camp

1.6.-31.10.2013

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences wanted to attach a story to its application for authorisation…

Gathering information about national programmatic development

1.3.2013-31.5.2013

The other Nordic countries follow actively what happens in the field of Finnish regional development.…

Transport

1.1.2013–19.6.2013

MDI contributed to the planning of the Rail Baltica Growth Strategy. The Rail Baltica Growth…

Regions

1.3.2013-30.4.2013

MDI carried out workshops for the municipality of Kirkkonummi, 19.–20.4.2013. MDI built a bridge between…

Regional workshop of the CREATOR miniprogramme

1.–31.3.2013

MDI carried out a regional workshop on the CREATOR miniprogramme for the Regional Council of…

Regions

14.3.2013–14.5.2013

An evaluation was made of the Regional Development Programme of Southern Savo 2011-2014. It was…

Evaluation of the project ”Central Finland anticipates”

19.3.2013–29.5.2013

Local anticipation work in Central Finland has existed for decades. Anticipation is envisaged as a…

Regions

1.1.2013-30.11.2013

Janne Antikainen carried out the municipal restructuring of Seinäjoki, Jalasjärvi and Kurikka in 2013. He…

Future

1.1.2013-28.2.2013

MDI carried out two sparring workshops for the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia aiming to generate…

Regions
Future

1.1.–28.2.2013

MDI supported the Regional Council of Southern Ostrobothnia in creating the scenario work needed for…

Regions

14.12.2012–30.4.2013

MDI carried out an evaluation of the regional development programs of the Southern Finland co-operation…

Regions

10.1.2013–7.6.2013

MDI carried out an evaluation of the regional development programmes of the Northern Finland regions…

Strategic openings for mapping out the arctic operation

1.1.2013–31.12.2014

Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation – launched strategic openings for mapping out…

Innovation

1.9.–30.9.2013 ja 8.1.–1.2.2013

MDI supported Culminatum in the first phase of the INKA programme preparation for the Helsinki…

Employment
Networks

1.9.2012-31.12.2012

The vision of Finnish working life is to be the best in Europe, by 2020.…

Rural
Innovation
Networks

1.9.–31.12.2012

MDI consulted Frami Ltd in developing rural innovation environments in 2012. The first task was…

Funds

24.9.2012–31.3.2014

MDI carried out the ex-ante evaluation of the Structural Fund Programme 2014–2020 for the Ministry…

Rural

1.1.2013-31.3.2014

MDI carried out the ex-ante evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014–2020.…

Regions

31.3.–31.10.2020

MDI and TK-Eval will carry out an evaluation of the North Savo provincial programme. The…

Regions

1.9.2012–31.12.2012

MDI was responsible for organising six future-oriented workshops in the larger metropolitan region of Helsinki-Uusimaa,…

Funds

1.3.–31.5.2012

MDI helped the regional councils of Päijät-Häme and Central Finland in the preparation of the…

Funds

1.3.2012–30.4.2013

MDI carried out the evaluation of the axis 5 of the Southern Finland ERDF programme…

Business

1.4.2012-30.9.2012

Lahti region wanted to be the most entrepreneur-friendly growth centre in Finland by 2015. MDI…

Innovation

1.4.–16.11.2012

MDI carried out some research on the services that promote innovation in the regions. The…

Vitality
Business

1.3.–30.9.2012

MDI drew up the strategy for economy, vigour and competitiveness for the Western Uusimaa region,…

Innovation

15.5.–30.6.2012

MDI carried out a broad national stakeholder survey for the Ministry of Employment and the…

Wellbeing
Employment
Culture

24.8.2012-1.12.2013

The Ministry of Education and Culture launched the development of working life through art, culture…

Planning of the Invest in – tool

1.3.2012-31.5.2012

MDI planned a tool for development centres and developers to advise Russian companies to invest…

Regions

1.3.–13.6.2012

MDI played a central role in designing strategic guidelines for regional development in Eastern and…

Regions
Innovation

1.5.2011–31.1.2012

MDI carried out a project the aim of which was to signal the national innovation…

Business

1.10.2011–5.3.2012

MDI planned Kasvuyrittäjyyden tahtomaa (The Land of Growth entrepreneurship, Eng.), the growth entrepreneurship programme for…

Future

1.1.–31.7.2011

MDI carried out a study for PKT Foundation to identify the vision of the Future…

Innovation

1.2.–31.5.2011

MDI carried out a study to promote service innovations in the city organisation of Seinäjoki.…

Business

1.2.–15.5.2010

MDI drew up a strategic roadmap for The Upper-Savo Development Ltd in spring 2011. The…

Business

1.2.–15.4.2010

MDI carried out an industry report on transport in Kokkola region. The aim of the…

Networks

1.6.–31.12.2010

MDI carried out a study for the Ministry of Employment and the Economy on the…

Regions

1.1.–31.3.2010

MDI carried out a preparation process to prepare the regional programme. The work consisted of…

Regions

1.5.–15.10.2009

MDI carried out the ex-ante evaluation of the Regional Cohesion and Competitiveness programme “COCO” for…

Innovation

1.1.–31.8.2010

MDI wrote an innovation strategy for the Southern Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia regions. The…

Rural

1.4.–30.9.2010

MDI carried out a study for Service business for the agricultural machinery industry for the…

Regions

1.11.2009–30.6.2010

MDI carried out a coaching process for the development centres within Pirkanmaa region. The aim…

Innovation

1.1.–31.12.2009

MDI produced an innovation environment model for three regions in Northern Finland (Kainuu, Northern Ostrobothnia…

Strategy for South Ostrobothnia Regional Group

1.11.2017–

MDI implemented a series of workshops related to the strategy process of the Southern Ostrobothnia…