Front page News News The next MDI Academy will be moved to the autumn of 2021 The next MDI Academy will be moved to the autumn of 2021 2.3.2021 Due to Covid-19 restrictions and the feedback from Academy applicants, we will rearrange the launch of MDI Academy II for the autumn of 2021. The goal of the MDI Academy is to bring together regional development specialists from all over Finland. Several applicants definitely wanted face-to-face meetings. A safer time to start the training programme is likely to be in the autumn as the vaccination roll/out programme progresses making it possible and safe to organise face-to-face meetings at the Academy. In the spring we already received several great applications. Students already accepted into the programme will automatically participate when the Academy starts. Those selected have already been notified in person. The supplementary application period will begin in August We will organise the Academy’s supplementary application period from the 16th of August to the 16th of September 2021 and will notify all those selected though this process by the 24th of September. The new schedule for the Academy’s face-to-face meetings will be announced when the supplementary application period starts in the autumn of 2021. Follow our social media and mdi.fi/akatemia to receive the latest information on the start of the supplementary application period. 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
