Front page News News Urban policy roadmap updated Urban policy roadmap updated 18.1.2017 Urbanization continues at the same time as a national urban policy remains conspicuous by its absence. MDI’s urban policy road maps have contributed to the major cities infrastructure investments. The role of small and medium-sized cities is however murky. Our III policy roadmap will raise the potential of small towns into discussion. The focus is on the urban vitality. At the same time, a new agenda of the regional government and national urban policy is created. The participants are cities of Forssa, Heinola, Järvenpää, Kokkola, Riihimäki and Uusikaupunki. The work is funded by the cities alongside with Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries RT, Builders Union, Building Information Foundation RTS, Finnish Association of Consulting Firms SKOL and Hypo Bank. The work will be completed in March 2017. Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
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
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
