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Demographic analysis for districts of Laitila.

Population
Migration

MDI produced demographic analysis for districts of Laitila. The goal of the analysis was to…

Population
Migration

MDI produced demographic analysis for districts of Valkeakoski. The goal of the analysis was to…

Employment

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

Regions

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

Vitality

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

Regions

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

Impact
Governance

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

Governance

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

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

Culture

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

Wellbeing
Urban
Rural
Population
Vitality
Knowledge management
Future

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

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

Employment

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

Vitality

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

EU and province -events

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

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

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

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

Performance agreement workshops for the Finnish institute of health and welfare (THL)

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

Rural

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

Urban

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

Transport

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

Rural

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

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

Wellbeing

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

Employment

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

Society

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

Culture

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

Rural

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

Employment

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

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

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

Wellbeing
Innovation

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

Rural
Regions

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

Culture

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

Impact
Communication

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

Business

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

Impact
Communication

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

Regions

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

Impact
Communication
Employment
Business
Governance

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

Future

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

Rural

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

Impact

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

Impact
Funds

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

Education
Future

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

Business

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

Regions
Networks

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

Population
Employment

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

Wellbeing
Population

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

Urban
Vitality
Regions
Future
Culture
Transport
Environment

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

Business

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

Regions
Future
Digitalisation

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

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

Wellbeing
Population

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.

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

Society
Knowledge management
Future

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

Population
Society
Future
Governance
Involvement

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

Wellbeing

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

Environment

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

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

Rural

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

Urban
Population
Regions
Environment

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

Wellbeing
Urban
Involvement
Transport

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

Networks

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

Education
Vitality
Employment
Business
Governance
Networks

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

Urban
Rural
Society
Regions
Governance
Networks

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

Urban
Future
Involvement
Networks

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

Population

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

Population

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

Population

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

Population

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

Population
Migration

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

Population

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

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

Innovation
Networks

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

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality

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

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

Funds

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

Rural
Networks

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

Impact
Employment
Future
Involvement

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

Urban
Culture

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

Environment

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

Rural

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

Urban

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

Environment

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

Urban
Regions
Networks

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

Rural

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

Knowledge management
Innovation

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

Wellbeing
Impact
Population
Society
Employment
Involvement

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

Business
Knowledge management

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

Impact
Rural
Regions

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

Impact
Communication
Rural

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

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Knowledge management
Future

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

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Regions
Knowledge management
Future

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

Rural
Environment

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

Rural

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

Communication
Rural
Networks

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

Urban
Population
Society
Knowledge management
Future

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

Vitality
Growth
Business

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

Urban
Population
Migration
Knowledge management
Future

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

Urban
Population
Migration

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

Urban
Population
Migration
Knowledge management
Future

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

Urban
Population
Migration
Knowledge management
Future

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

Urban
Rural
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth
Future

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

Urban

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

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

Business

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

Urban

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

Urban
Environment

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

Vitality

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

Urban
Rural
Population

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

Governance
Innovation
Networks

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

Vitality
Business
Future

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

Population
Migration
Regions

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

Vitality
Society
Regions

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

Regions

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

Rural

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

Culture

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

Vitality
Regions

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

Urban
Vitality
Growth

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

Rural

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

Rural
Innovation

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

Business
Governance
Innovation

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

Impact
Population
Involvement

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

Urban
Vitality
Growth

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

Impact
Business

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

Communication
Regions

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

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

Population
Migration
Regions

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

Funds
Society
Governance

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

Society

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

Society

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

Urban
Population
Migration
Vitality
Growth

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

Future

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

Business

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

Transport

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

Urban

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

Urban
Culture

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

Rural
Future

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

Urban
Population
Migration

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

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

Regions
Future

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

Population
Migration
Vitality

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

Communication
Population
Migration
Vitality

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

Population
Migration

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

Employment
Future

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

Regions
Future
Digitalisation

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

Rural
Governance

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

Rural

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

Communication
Governance

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

Regions
Business
Environment

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

Vitality
Business

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

Population
Migration
Vitality

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

Regions

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

Society
Employment
Business
Future
Involvement

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

Culture

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

Society

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

Population
Regions
Employment

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

Governance

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

Employment

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

Population
Future

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

Business

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

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

Regions

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

Rural

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

Rural
Business
Future
Innovation
Digitalisation

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

Impact
Communication
Rural

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

Regions
Future

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

Urban
Regions

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

Employment

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

Vitality

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

Growth

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

Governance
Environment

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

Culture

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

Rural

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

Regions
Transport

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

Rural

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

Vitality
Regions
Business

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

Evaluation of production incentive for audiovisual industry

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

The impact of public subsidies on film production

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

Urban

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

Population
Employment
Business

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

Regions

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

Society
Governance

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

Governance
Culture

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

Business

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

Population
Migration
Vitality

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

Future

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

Policy paper on smart mobility

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

Vitality

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

Knowledge management

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

Employment

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

Business

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

Population
Vitality
Growth
Regions
Employment
Business

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

Regions

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

Urban

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

Regions

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

Society
Governance

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

Society
Future

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

Innovation

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

Employment
Business

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

Communication
Urban

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

Rural
Environment

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

Urban
Involvement

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

Rural
Innovation
Environment

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

Employment
Business
Future

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

Networks

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

Population
Regions

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

Business

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

Population
Growth
Regions
Business

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

Business

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

Knowledge management
Involvement

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

Population

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

Population

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

Wellbeing

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

Population
Migration

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

Governance

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

Vitality
Regions

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

Vitality
Regions

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

Governance
Environment

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

Regions

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

Urban

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

Evaluation of the Interreg Nord and Botnia Atlantica

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

Regions
Governance

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

Regions
Business

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

Communication
Rural
Innovation
Networks

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

Urban

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

Funds

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

Regions
Employment
Future

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

Employment

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

Clarifying the mission of a development company

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

Rural

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

Transport

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

Environment

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

Regions

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

Funds

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

Regions

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

Development of services around railway stations

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

Funds
Governance

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

Vision and roadmap for Tourism in Helsinki

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

Regions
Business
Governance

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

Mapping of Nordic test and demonstration facilities

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

Urban
Transport

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

Culture
Environment

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

Rural

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

Rural
Networks

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

Vitality
Business

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

Urban
Future

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

Population
Vitality
Future

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

Urban

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

Urban
Vitality
Business

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

Regions

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

Governance

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

Governance

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

Governance

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

Urban

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

Future

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

Business
Networks

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

Rural

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

Funds

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

Regions
Governance
Transport

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

Business

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

Vitality

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

Study on Development of Housing Policy

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

Framework Agreement on Management Consulting

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

Future

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

Urban
Rural
Vitality
Growth
Regions

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

Regions

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

Vitality

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

Business
Networks

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

Regions
Future

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

Future

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

Funds

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

Governance

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

Governance

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

Regions

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

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

Population
Employment
Business

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

Knowledge management
Governance

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

Rural
Digitalisation

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

Migration
Regions

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

Business

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

Business
Innovation

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

Urban

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

Transport

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

Urban

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

Regions

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

Business

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

Business

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

Regions
Business

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

Transport

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

Transport

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

Urban
Rural
Vitality
Business

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

Business

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

Rural
Regions
Networks

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

Business

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

Networks

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

Vitality

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

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

Knowledge management
Digitalisation

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

Rural

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

Urban
Vitality
Growth

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

Rural
Innovation
Transport
Digitalisation

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

Regions

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

Transport

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

Transport
Networks

MDI evaluated the operating of the MAL Network. The MAL Network is a national network…

Rural

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

Urban
Regions

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

Funds

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

Vitality
Business

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

Funds

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

Urban

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

Rural

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

Updating the strategy

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

Urban

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

Rural

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

Governance

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

Growth
Innovation

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

Rural
Networks

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

Urban

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

Workshop to develop Tourism Strategy

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

Coaching public procurements

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

Regions
Future

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

Sparring the INKA (Innovative cities) programme

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

Wellbeing
Business

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

Knowledge management

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

Vitality
Regions

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

Transport

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

Business
Innovation

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

Study on municipal restructuring in the Oulu region

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

Transport

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

Rural
Innovation

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

Business

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

Wellbeing

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

DG Regio framework agreement

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

Evaluation of the EU Cohesion Policy 2007–2013

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

Regions

MDI drew up the regional programme for Central Ostrobothnia with 60 regional developers in a…

Regions

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

Regions

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

Wellbeing
Innovation

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

Governance

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

Governance

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

Regions

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

Rural
Innovation

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

Rural

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

Environment

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

Rural
Business
Innovation
Networks

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

Future
Digitalisation

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

Evaluation of the development measures of creative economy

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

Regional Guidance Plan for Services

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

Regions

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

Innovation
Environment

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

Vitality
Regions
Governance

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

Regions

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

Rural

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

Developing the MicroNanoBio Ecosystem

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

The future work of closed down garrison areas

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

Innovation

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

Story camp

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

Gathering information about national programmatic development

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

Transport

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

Regions

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

Regional workshop of the CREATOR miniprogramme

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

Regions

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

Evaluation of the project ”Central Finland anticipates”

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

Regions

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

Future

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

Regions
Future

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

Regions

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

Regions

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

Strategic openings for mapping out the arctic operation

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

Innovation

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

Employment
Networks

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

Rural
Innovation
Networks

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

Funds

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

Rural

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

Regions

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

Regions

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

Funds

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

Funds

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

Business

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

Innovation

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

Vitality
Business

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

Innovation

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

Wellbeing
Employment
Culture

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

Planning of the Invest in – tool

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

Regions

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

Regions
Innovation

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

Business

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

Future

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

Innovation

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

Business

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

Business

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

Networks

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

Regions

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

Regions

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

Innovation

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

Rural

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

Regions

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

Innovation

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

Strategy for South Ostrobothnia Regional Group

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