Study trip to Sweden Jönköping 14-17.9.
Trip program 15-16 September 2025 Nordic preparedness Nordic Preparedness is an international Leader cooperation project involving 10 partners from Finland and Sweden. The project aims to increase knowledge and awareness of citizens' resilience and share best practices between rural areas. The project is implemented in Finland in the areas of six Leader groups: Development Association Liiveri, Suupohja Development Association, Kantri, Active North Satakunta and Ravakka, and in Åland in the Leader Åland areas. […]
May newsletter – read Liiver news
Topics of the spring 2025 newsletter: The diverse Lamminjärvi area is developed through cooperation The association - answers the survey on eco-deeds and development needs With heart and professional skills - Social entrepreneurship requires courage Young people created a summer job for themselves See the list of those who received funding - 19 new Youth Leader grants received for 14 projects Creative learning about science and art Board meetings in autumn 2025 Upcoming events You can read the newsletter here. […]
See the list of those who received funding
We will publish the funding received when the ELY Centre has made an official decision on them. The decisions made by the ELY Centre between 3.2.–5.5.2025 are listed below. Project support Cooperation projects for the development of rural services and the operating environment Ilmajoki Music Festival Association – Digitalization of the 50th anniversary of the Ilmajoki Music Festival Seinäjoki 4H Association – VAU – From Green Steps to Unelmaksi Investments in the development of the rural operating environment Jokipii youth club association – Youth club house Alasen water roof […]
Improving village safety through a village project
Reijo Hämäläinen from Kurikka served as a member of the board of directors of Liiver for six years. When the term was up, he left the activities, but a certain interest in it remained. So he returned to the board this year as a representative of the city of Kurikka, when the opportunity was offered. – Everything is developing forward, so of course I agreed to be involved again to see what things could be implemented together, he […]
The village hall is being cared for for future generations
The village hall Seurala in Pojanluoma, located in Ilmajoki, has undergone several renovations in the last five years. During 2021–2023, the Seurala 2020 project was implemented for the village hall. An extension was built to the house, where new toilets were placed. The kitchen was also modernized and the heating system was changed from oil and electric heating to geothermal heating. In 2022, it was time to focus on Seurala’s old tin roof, which was renovated along with the insulation of the upper floor. At the same time, […]
Survey on communities' eco-actions and development needs
Liiveri wants to improve communities' environmental awareness and knowledge, and encourage and help communities to carry out eco-deeds of various sizes. The topics of the theme are promoted through the Eco-Deeds Together project. At the beginning of the project, we will conduct a survey for communities so that the project's activities can be directed as well as possible. The survey will find out what kind of eco-deeds you are currently doing in your community and what you would like to learn more about. The survey will also find out how you would like to utilize Liiveri's Eco-Deeds project […]
Liiveri government elections 2025
The annual meeting of the Development Association Liiveri ry convened at Nurmo Library on March 25, 2025 and elected new board members to replace those who were due to resign and those who submitted a resignation request. Rural resident Päivi Alaniska from Seinäjoki will continue as the chair of the board. This is her second year as the chair of the Liiveri board. According to the association's rules, this is Alaniska's last year on the board. Rural resident Laura Niemi from Ilmajoki, Pennihäät from Peräseinäjoki, and […]
The Year of the Lion 2024
In 2024, the most important activities in Liiver were the active application for Leader grants, especially for small business grants, the implementation of the Results website and the active participation of young people in development work. Leader business grants have been renewed from before. Now we have been able to support the development and start-up of 64 companies. We can also support part-time entrepreneurship, which is exceptional in the world of business support. On the Results page, we want to answer the question of what has been achieved with Leader funding. The page has collected […]
Traditions and new ideas hand in hand
The Liiver board awarded the 2025 diploma for significant work for rural development to Jaakko and Sari Koskenkorva. The couple, who moved from Tampere to the village of Koskenkorva in Ilmajoki, have been running the Koskenkorva Inn for seven years. In developing the tourist destination, they have considered what can be done on their own home farm. – We are not leaving here anywhere or opening an office in the center of Seinäjoki, we will operate here. It is difficult, but also […]
Neighborly help from a study trip to Central Finland
Exemplary work is being done in Ylä-Muuratjärvi to improve the safety of the village. Neighborhood assistance activities are highly organized and the village has, for example, implemented a 24-hour evacuation drill. Organized neighborhood assistance ensures that every villager is in the circle of help when they need it, and no one is left behind. Confidentiality and working as a team are important in the activities. The affairs of the person seeking help must not be disclosed to outsiders, and when working as a group, the help is not personalized for anyone. Ylä-Muuratjärvi residents […]