Christmas time at the Liiver office
Liiver's office is closed from 22 to 23 December 2015 and open by agreement from 28 December 2015 to 5 January 2016. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2016!
Payment of business subsidies starts in February
The ELY centers will start making decisions on business support applications in mid-December. Payment of business subsidies is possible from mid-February. After receiving the subsidy decision, the beneficiary can apply for business subsidy payment using a paper payment application form. The forms are available on the Suomi.fi web service (www.suomi.fi). ELY centers start making decisions about rural projects in January. The timing of the payment of the project grants will be announced later. Read more in Mavi's announcement
Outage in Hyrrä 17.12
Hyrrä will be down on Thursday 17 December 2015 from 13:00 to 16:00. Remember to clear your computer's cache before you log in to Hyrrä.
Support decision-making starts in ELY
Official decisions on project and business support decisions supported by Liiver will start to be made according to the schedule announced by Mavi: ELY centers will start decision-making on rural project support in January. Business support decisions will start in mid-December. The first business and project support decisions are made as paper decisions, because electronic decision-making in the Hyrrä system is not yet possible. Read more in the announcement of the Rural Development Agency
Eteläpohjalaiset kylät ry autumn meeting news
The autumn meeting of Eteläpohjalaiset kylät ry was held on Saturday 28 November 2015 in Lappajärvi's Itäkylä, where the Eteläpohjalainen village of the year 2015 award was presented to Yliluoma from Ylihärmä in Kauhavan. Eija Mäntymäki from Jalsjärvi was re-elected as a board member from the Liiver region. Sirkka Pakkala from Jalasjärvi and Hannele Salmela-Hast from Seinäjoki will continue as alternate members. In addition to Mäntymäi, Tauno Alkula from Soini, Johanna Ikola from Lapua, Heikki Korkealaakso from Kauhava, Tarja Mäkiniemi from Lappajärvi will continue as regular members [...]
Petri Rinne was elected chairman of Suomen Kylätoiminta ry
At the annual meeting of Suomen Kylätoiminta ry on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, a new chairman was elected for the organization. Long-time chairman Eero Uusitalo will leave his duties at the end of this year, and Petri Rinne was elected as his successor for a two-year term. He has worked since 2001 as the operations manager of the Leader Joutsente route. In addition, he has accumulated experience in local development and influence in both domestic and international positions of trust. Read more in Syty's announcement
31 Applications for the 2016 Crafting Challenge
31 applications were received by the deadline for the first theme project of Liiver, Tekemisen meininkä 2016. The total budget of the applications is €199,495. Applicants are asked to provide any additional information in the coming days.
Update on the 18.11.
There will be an update in Hyrrä, the electronic application system, today, Wednesday, November 18, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Problems in the spinning top
There are problems with the electronic application system, Hyrrä. There have been problems, for example, with submitting the application for processing by the Leader group and editing the application. If you experience any problems, please contact the Liiver office. Let's figure out together how to take the matter forward.
Kotokortteli received funding
The regional government of South Ostrobothnia has granted funding for the Kotokortteli project applied for by Liiver. It is used to prepare a strategy for citizen-driven development in the central area of Seinäjoki (read: Kaupunki-Leader :-)). The Leader method of operation and Liiveri are therefore returning to the center of Seinäjoki! The strategy will be drawn up during 2016. The recruitment of the project manager will start in the near future - follow our announcement.