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 […]
The joint Uhoo newsletter of EP's Leader groups has been published
In the June newsletter, you can read about the start of Leader funding applications, the Open villages day and future researcher Ilkka Halava's thoughts on the future of the villages. South Ostrobothnia's Leader groups and ELY center publish a joint newsletter four times a year. By subscribing to the newsletter, you will receive information about the current affairs of the rural program.
Finland's largest public event will take place on Saturday - with almost 600 events!
The Open Villages day will be held next Saturday, June 10. Avoimet Kylät is Finland's largest public event, as there are nearly 600 events nationwide. On the day of the event, you can take a short trip to the villages and participate in various events. The program in the Liiveri area (Ilmajoki, Jalasjärvi, Seinäjoki) includes both traditional tailgate flea markets, family events and summer kiosks, as well as local specialties such as SaunaOpen and circus workshops. There are a total of events in the Liiver region [...]
Social influencers arrive on a study trip to South Ostrobothnia
Liiveri is involved in organizing a study trip for social media influencers to villages in Southern Ostrobothnia, together with Suomen Kylät ry and many rural developers and companies in Southern Ostrobothnia. Some influencers will visit the villages and rural businesses of Seinäjoki, Ilmajoki, Kurika and Kauhajoki on Wednesday 7 June. – Friday 9 June 2023. The visitors are blogger Lähiömutsi aka Hanne Valtari, influencer Arttu Mustonen, photographer Ina Lähteenmaa, influencer Venla Anttila and also from Salatuitis Elämi […]
You still have time to register your village for the Open Villages Day event!
The Open Villages day will be held nationwide on Saturday, June 10, 2023 for the ninth time. The villages can announce their own event for the day, thus enabling a nice program and getting to know the village for both tourists and potential new residents. What kind of program is going to be organized in your village? The event can be, for example, a flea market, a sauna marathon or something special about your village! Liiver's Kylille III project leader Anne Palohuhta […]
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 [...]
"I'm looking forward to what the new work patterns will bring"
I am Anne Palohuhta from Seinäjoki. I started at Liiver in January as the leader of the Kylille III project when Irma Kortesuo retired. I'm looking forward to what the new work patterns will bring. This is a great opportunity to learn something new and get to know the area and its people. In the spring of 2022, I was doing an internship in Liiver, and then I was already impressed by how great work has been done here for rural development. Is […]
Jokipii-Ahonkylä is the southern Pohja village of the year
The village of the year was chosen in Alavude's Kätkänjoki at the beginning of December. Photo: Juha Iso-Tuisku. The autumn meeting of Eteläpohjalaiset Kylät ry was held in the traditional way in the previous year's village of the year, this time in Alavude's Kätkänjoki on December 3, 2022. Jokipii-Ahonkylä from Kurikan's Jalasjärvi was chosen as the southern Pohja village of 2022. By choosing the village of the year, we want to highlight the versatile activities of the villages and increase the recognition and visibility of village activities. The goal is to find active villages, […]
Get inspired by Liiver's development work
Through the following slide show, we present a taste of what has been done in Leader Liiver's area between 2014 and 2022. At the same time, the images direct thoughts to the future and hopefully inspire new development work from 2023 onwards. International cooperation is long-term work! In 2015, Liiveri was able to participate in the Jalasjärvi municipality's project, which started the cooperation with Swedish Leader Östra Skaraborg. Today, cooperation continues with entrepreneurship, youth work and [...]
People from Koskenkorva looking for ideas
The famous liquor factory is located in the village of Koskenkorva. How could the Koskenkorva brand be used better in the region's tourism and how would it be possible to create vitality and new attraction for the region? The people of Kostenkorva are looking for answers to these questions by taking a study trip to Åhus. Åhus is a village in the municipality of Kristianstad in southern Sweden, and traditional Absolut Vodka has been produced there since 1879. The goal was to see how a town of the same size as Ilmajoki has succeeded […]