The government sees the region's opportunities from a vantage point
The founding meeting of the Seinäjoki Region Development Association Liiveri ry was held on January 8, 1997. From the beginning, the association’s mission has been to encourage the residents of the Seinäjoki region to develop their own home region. The board, which consists of ten full members, ten deputy members and the chairman, meets monthly to decide on the projects to be funded. One of the board members is Timo Mylläri, who started in 2015 from Peräseinäjoki. He is satisfied that the project funds are used to implement large-scale projects in the villages […]
Call for applications from villages interested in social entrepreneurship
The Ruralia Institute is looking for active village actors and associations from the South Ostrobothnia region who are interested in providing services as case villages for the social entrepreneurship development project. If you are interested in developing and possibly producing some services needed in the village in your area and directing more than half of the possible profit to the development of the activity or the village, please contact us by email at katja.rinne-koski@helsinki.fi or by phone at 050 415 1159. Registration is requested by 28.2.2017.
Test what kind of villager you are in Pyting
According to a recent study, Finns would prefer to live in the countryside. The countryside offers a variety of opportunities from both a housing and work perspective, and the Kylille project of the South Ostrobothnia Leader groups wants to highlight these strengths at the Pytinki fair in Seinäjoki. – Village life lives strong in every Finn. At our fair stand you can now find out what kind of Leader groups are being tipped. The game to be launched in Pytinki has been created in collaboration with students from Suupohja Vocational Institute. It creates a village character for its player […]
The Virtual Villages 3D project invites villages in the Liiveri region to participate in three-dimensional reality
The Virtual Villages 3D in Liiver project, led by Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, is looking for active villages to harness modern virtual technology for the benefit of villages. The purpose of the project is to create three different models of how new digital technology can be utilized in recording, presenting and modeling activities, future planning or cultural tradition that are important to villages. Sami Alho has worked on regional development projects since 2009. His tasks have included, among others, the Rytmikorjaamo area […]
Liiveri and Kuortanene Savings Bank Foundation to cooperate to improve youth employment
Liiveri and Kuortaneen Savings Bank Foundation have entered into a cooperation agreement, the aim of which is to improve employment opportunities for young people. Thanks to that, the associations of Seinäjoki and Ilmajoki now have money available to hire a young person for next summer to develop their activities. - Young people's access to working life and the region's vitality are common goals of both the foundation and Liiver. That's why it was natural to start building a partnership. If there is a demand for summer work support, […]
ELY decisions in December
The South Ostrobothnia ELY Centre made positive decisions on the following business support and projects in December 2016: Business support: Huttaroo Oy Hagamaster Oy: Purchase of a Nestaava CNC milling machine and dust extractor Public benefit development project: Mukula ry: LEAVER For more information on business support and projects, please visit the national project register.
Training in association communication and administration
The Liiverin Kylille project will organize five training evenings in January-February 2017 for village and other association activists and members. The trainings will be organized on Wednesdays from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Coffee will be served before the training evening. The dates, topics and locations of the training evenings: 25.1. Association communications, Asema village hall, Ylistaro 1.2. Social media in association communications, Kalajärven Vankkuritupa, Peräseinäjoki 8.2. Free cloud services in association communications, Etelä-Pohjanmaan Opisto, Ilmajoki 15.2. Good governance of the association, […]
The year 2016 was a time of new openings
The year 2016 was the 20th anniversary of the national Leader activity. At the same time, the year was a time of new openings in Liiver. We got the implementation of the strategy off to a good start despite the back and forth movement of the project system Hyrrä. We used the waiting time effectively to create something new, as a development organization should. We made a local development strategy for the urban area, launched a theme project trial for youth employment and got involved in an international volunteer development project. The board’s Christmas meeting on 13 December was attended by Rami Mattila, Timo […]
Young people sought to learn from Southern Sweden
We were on a trip to Falköping, Sweden, on November 10-12, 2016, as part of the Growth from the Food Province project and Liiver. We had a total of 32 people traveling with us. We held the flag of the Liiver youth division high with Ilari Hauhia, Loviisa Mäki and Heidi Kohtala. The participants from Liiver on the study trip were Loviisa Mäki, Juha Koivisto, Tuula Sundberg, Reetta Yli-Hynnilä, Sinikka Koivumäki, Ilari Hauhia, Heidi Kohtala, Hannemari Niemi, Keijo Viertoma and Rami Mattila. The host was […]
Our brand produces landscape designs
The first call for applications for the Meidän markki project ended at the beginning of December and six enthusiastic associations joined the project. The areas surrounding the associations' meeting rooms, shared beaches and a shared park are included. The first meetings have already been arranged with the associations and we will get to the planning tables in earnest in January. A landscape plan and management plan will be made for the associations that have registered for the project for the area they have chosen. The plan will be drawn up in cooperation with the association […]