South Ostrobothnia Village of the Year 2017 in the running
The Finnish Village Activities Association Syty has launched the Village of the Year 2017 selection round. The Village of the Year selection aims to highlight the diverse activities of villages and increase the awareness and visibility of village activities. The aim is to find active villages, successful village activities and to obtain good examples of village activities and cooperation. The Village of the Year selection emphasizes the planned nature of the villages' activities, long-term persistence and new creative activities, as well as their orientation towards the future. […]
The House of Functions is a pilot project for the Shared Kitchen project.
As the name suggests, a shared kitchen is a space where people can come and cook and eat. There are currently five such spaces in five localities, but by the end of 2018, the project, funded by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and coordinated by the Church Board, will expand to all regions. The pilot kitchen of the South Ostrobothnia regional project is currently the House of Activities in Seinäjoki. Activities that bring people together will be spread more widely throughout the region through active village activities. […]
Project and business support decisions
The South Ostrobothnia ELY Centre has made a positive decision on the following business and project subsidies advocated by Liiver in early 2017. Business subsidies: Ilmajoen Teräsputrikakenne Oy: Modernization of a pipe bending machine Lakeuden Harjateräs Oy: Bridge crane/arch machine Family home Niemelänrinne Oy: Outbuilding for a family home Elina Hopiavuori T:mi: Horse and well-being center SilverHill's Design Kaje: Testing of an interior tourism concept Venesniemen loma ky: Conference and holiday destination Venesniemen loma ky: Conference and holiday destination Lakeuden Harjateräs Oy: […]
Gyrrä under maintenance 25.8. – 4.9.
The Ferris wheel will be out of service from 25 August at 16:15 to 4 September 2017 (Note! Maintenance time has been shortened from previously announced). During this time, project or business support applications and related payment applications cannot be submitted electronically. If necessary, you can still submit your case with a paper application. For more information about the outage, please visit the Mavi website here (Background information) and here (How to act), as well as by phone and email from the Liiveri office (contact information).
Building a future for Leppävirta!
The Rural Parliament 2017 will bring together everyone interested in rural areas to Leppävirta, 1-3 September 2017. The event will build the future and make history, as the event is being organized on this scale for the first time in Finland. Over the course of three days, over a thousand participants from different organizations from all over Finland will have the opportunity to get to know the rural development sites in Savo, seek new information and make new connections for the development of their own countryside – for example, their village, company or region. […]
Leader 20th anniversary exhibition in Apila
An exhibition presenting the 20th anniversary of the activities of the Southern Ostrobothnia Leader groups (Aisapari, Kuudestaan, Liiveri and Suupohja) will be on display at the Apila Library in Seinäjoki from 19 to 29 June 2017. Leader activities in Finland celebrated their 20th anniversary last year. The celebratory exhibition highlights the results of Leader activities. The material has been compiled from the groups' scrapbooks using old newspaper articles. – This made the picture of the time interesting. At the same time, the activities are presented in a characteristic way, with comments and […]
Leader groups involved in Farmari
Enthusiasm. Growth. Innovations. All of this can be found at the joint stand of Leader groups, the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment and the Rural Network (A59), where we are strongly involved in the theme of growth: the Rural Development Fund is part of the story of growth in Finland. At our stand, you can dive into an experiential virtual journey and immortalize yourself in a photo booth as a village test character. We will also tell you about the opportunities offered by the Rural Development Fund, so if you are interested in entrepreneurship or even developing your own village, it is worth stopping by the Areena during the middle stages. You can […]
Liiveri and the municipality on the issue of inclusion and vitality
This year is a jubilee year in many ways. We are celebrating our 100th anniversary of our homeland, and it will be 20 years since the establishment of the Seinäjoki Region Development Association Liiverri. In those two decades, an incredible amount of work has been done for the development of the homeland. The highest thanks and appreciation to the generations that have preserved Finland’s independence is strong homeland work that preserves vitality and active rural development work focused on the future. I have been able to serve as a member of the board of Liiverri […]
Youth Leader support for youth projects
The spring 2017 Youth Leader call received 18 applications, of which Liiveri decided to fund 11 youth projects. A total of 4,950 euros in support was granted. With the help of these, young people can influence their own living environment and organize meaningful activities. Support calls are periodic, they open once or twice a year. Projects that received support: Ilmajoen Ratsastajat ry / Junnutiimi: Overcoming obstacles with Keppari Ilvesjoen Nuorisoseura ry: Lumikki ja seiten […]
Fresh ideas for volunteering: 16 young people start working in development tasks for associations
Liiveri has granted money to the Seinäjoki and Ilmajoki associations to hire 16 young people next summer. The upcoming tasks range from planning game and nature clubs to social media marketing and creating new events. What unites the diverse tasks is that instead of traditional summer jobs, such as mowing grass and selling ice cream, the young person gets to develop the association’s operations. – Everyone wins with this arrangement. The young person gets valuable work experience, the association gets fresh ideas and […]