Front page News News Urban policy road map updated Urban policy road map updated 20.1.2016 In March 2015, MDI compiled an urban policy roadmap for Finland. The report served as background material for the Governmental discussions. The role of cities in delivering growth and strengthening regional vitality is restructuring due to the regional reform in Finland (for more information on building autonomous regions see http://alueuudistus.fi/en/frontpage). MDI is now updating the urban policy roadmap. Work is based on the most current and best available knowledge on urbanisation in Finland. Result will be a concrete action plan for urban investments in growing urban areas and development zones in Finland. Special attention will be paid to the role of cities, new division of labour between the various actors and the financing of future infrastructure investments. The method is again three club-sessions in the spring of 2016. Key clients are the Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries RT, The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Union SAK and Hypo Group. The cities of Espoo, Hämeenlinna, Kuopio, Lahti, Tampere and Turku are also involved in the update. Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme News 12.1.2023 AGDA is a Nordic development project funded by the Nordic Gender Equality Fund (NIKK). The project focuses on the opportunities that a greater focus on diversity and inclusion could create in the RDI-field, particularly in respect of green transition. Read more A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme
MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities News 12.10.2022 The challenge bundle work is the cross-cutting co-development of the “Sustainable City” programme, co-ordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of producing and sharing information, knowledge and solutions to the challenges linking cities’ management and practice in the area of leading work towards sustainability. The work produces concrete development measures, new ways of doing things and peer learning. Read more MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities
A new project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture will explore multi-locality from the point of view of companies and their employers: is place-independence becoming the future norm of successful companies? News 4.10.2022 Although remote working and place-independent work have already been examined extensively from both the public administration implications and individual perspectives,… Read more A new project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture will explore multi-locality from the point of view of companies and their employers: is place-independence becoming the future norm of successful companies?
