Front page News News The impacts of innovation-, training- and cooperation of Rural Area Programme have been evaluated The impacts of innovation-, training- and cooperation of Rural Area Programme have been evaluated 6.9.2019 According to the evaluation, training and cooperation measures under the Rural Area Programme have improved the skills of rural developers and entrepreneurs and created networks. Network-based development has strengthened knowledge sharing and the emergence of new products and services. The innovativeness of the program is reflected in the dissemination of knowledge, but investments in translating innovation into practice are needed. We were involved in evaluating the results, impacts of the innovation-, training and cooperation measures of the Rural Area Programme for Continental Finland 2014-2020. In addition, the evaluation included a case study on the project activities of the Finnish Forest Centre and the EIP Innovation Groups. The evaluation was carried out by the Regional and Municipal Research Center Spatia, TK-Eval and MDI. Read the report (summary in English) Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
Station areas are organic and locally driven entities News 30.11.2023 Experts from MDI and FCG have been exploring models for the development of station areas, op-portunities for EU funding and ways to projectise the development work of different types of station areas during the autumn. Read more Station areas are organic and locally driven entities
Multi-functional development of station areas News 28.11.2023 In the early autumn period, MDI and FCG worked on the development of the Asemanseutu project which is part of the project package – Vitality for Urban Regions. The work undertaken clarified the basic models for the multi-functional development of station areas, as well as providing recommendations for their development and financing. Read more Multi-functional development of station areas
Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design News 5.4.2023 Kaisa Lähteenmäki-Smith Kirsi Siltanen Laura Väliniemi Implicit norms and structural disadvantages derive from previous innovation policies and therefore policies need to be redesigned. Read more Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design
