The village of the future 2.0 has started, come join us!
The opening ceremony of the future village project, open to all, was held on Valentine's Day at the Seinäjoki Business Center. The event had around 70 participants from more than thirty villages in southern Pohja. The project has three themes, which are worked on with experts in each field. In each theme, six villages or groups of villages are taken to develop and pilot new operating models. Participants are required to commit for the entire duration of the project. Energy villages - The village can aim for self-sufficiency and sustainability, for example […]
The newsletter of EP's Leader groups has been published in 1/2024
The first newsletter of 2024 has been published. Topics of the newsletter: The future village 2.0 project has started - villages are being sought to join the ELY center and Leader groups are working closely on the EP - the goal is a sustainable and vibrant countryside Youth exchanges create life-long memories - In just over a year, Kuuistaan ry has run 10 international camps Ideas from study trips - nine associations applied for lessons learned to develop their own operations [...]
The banquet hall register brings together the premises for rent by associations
Kehittämisyhdistys Liiveri ry has renewed the register of party houses drawn up in 2009 during the summer of 2023. The register includes nearly 40 spaces maintained by associations from Seinäjoki, Jalasjärvi and Ilmajoki, which can be rented for parties and events. With the help of the renewed register, users can find up-to-date information on party houses and pictures of the facilities in one place. The old register was already twenty years old and still one […]
Villages and the future
Artificial intelligence center for the village? A village where energy would be free for all residents? Futurist researcher Ilkka Halava shared her views on the future of the villages when the steering group of the Kylille project met to plan the continuation of the project. In addition, Halava listed seven things that make up the vitality of villages. There are about a dozen senior futurists in Finland, and they are often involved when plans are made. Ilkka Halava is one of them. Halava has collaborated with 1600 […]
Smart ideas with digital viewing: Village houses as service centers of the future
Could the doctor's remote appointment be arranged in a familiar and safe village hall? What about using virtual glasses to participate in an art exhibition or sports event organized on the other side of the world from the village hall? In the Vauhtia valokikuuun project, one of the measures is to promote the utilization of fiber optic connections that already exist or are being built in village halls and centers in order to help the creation of new services in them. For this, a ready-made service model was produced and it was piloted with digital viewing performed at four village halls [...]
The associations' digital cafes run during the spring
Liiver's Kylille project offers a 2.5-hour digital cafe-themed, free program package for association gatherings. In the digital cafe, you learn the safe basic use of a smartphone/tablet and electronic transactions in a relaxed atmosphere and at a leisurely pace. We also get to know e.g. for the 112 application and social media applications. The trainer is Tuomo Rinne. The digital cafe's program The first hour is shared by everyone and covers the above-mentioned topics. A large section of the coffee break is reserved […]
Fano helps with social media marketing
In 2019, when Mira Nyrhinen applied to Liiver for start-up support for a company focused on social networking services, she could not have imagined how quickly the company would grow in the following years. In a few years, Fano has grown into a company offering versatile communication and marketing services, with a goal of a million turnover during the fifth year of operation. Acting as an entrepreneur has been Mira Nyrhinen's dream since childhood. When the idea of someassari services […]
Speed to fiber optics? - Mikko is sparring!
The goal of South Ostrobothnia's Leader groups is to make fiber optic available to as many companies and residents in South Ostrobothnia as possible. At the end of 2019, 401 TP3T of the region's households were covered by fixed broadband (speed 100 Mbit/s) in South Ostrobothnia, while the figure for all of Finland was 641 TP3T. - Households and companies need a fast, high-quality and reliable data connection when the number of electronic services online increases. In addition, multi-location housing and [...]
"These days you can't hang around" - The role of the company's board of directors is emphasized in a situation of change
External board members are a good way to harness expertise to help the entrepreneur. Even so, the opportunity is utilized in only 14 percent of SMEs. However, during the last two years, the Southern Ostrobothnia Chamber of Commerce has already managed to activate board work in 20 local companies. Among other things, Ilmajoki Teräsputkikaluse, which won the KasvuOpen competition, now swears by the name of the Advisory Board. According to Sales Director Jussi Eväsoja, it was worth starting the renovation for many reasons. - Most importantly [...]
How to charm millennials?
Story, relevance, interaction and appreciation. That's coach Jenni Rajahalmee's magic words with which organizations, organizations and companies can win over representatives of the millennial generation. The task is not exactly easy, after all, the attention span of the age group has been researched as that of a goldfish. Still, the Leader groups took up the challenge, and the workshops led by Rajahalme resulted in a checklist that no community should ignore. Millennials want to be part of the story. That's why every […]