See the list of those who received funding
We will publish those who received funding after the ELY center has made an official decision on them. The ELY center's 13.8.-20.10 is listed below. decisions made. Projects Coordination and activation projects University of the Arts - Knowledge of science changes the world - art education broadens thinking Small-scale development project Seinäjoki Jalkapalkerho-juniorit ry - Football belongs to everyone Small-scale investment Luopajärven Youth Club - Purchase of folding tables for the Youth Club […]
Without villages there are only cities
Communication in its various forms is the unifying factor in my work history. As an adult, I became interested in studying again, and SeAmk's announcement about a "rural developer" caught my attention. So, from the background of a city girl, I bravely ended up studying to be an agrologist. Although at the beginning of my studies I thought I would completely change my field, I soon realized that I also need to strengthen my previous skills. As someone with an entrepreneurial background, I got even more excited about strategic development. I like planning, analyzing and writing, but concrete is also […]
A responsible domestic company manufactures multi-purpose playground platforms
Founded in 2020, Jetraco Oy, a company better known as Pihapelikentät, specializes in designing and manufacturing exercise and game platforms that are suitable for both backyards and public venues. The main goal of the company is to create attractive and safe environments for movement and to offer alternatives to the time spent with digital devices. Working as an entrepreneur with his wife Eija, Joonas Peura's passion for exercise goes back to his own childhood […]
Clean the table for decision-makers events gather the province's young and local decision-makers around the gaming tables
Leader Liiveri, the South Ostrobothnia EU information center and local youth centers will jointly organize Clean the table with decision-makers events in the fall of 2024 in Jalasjärvi, Nurmo and Ilmajoki. At the events, young people spend the evening with local decision-makers, playing games, enjoying pizza and talking. The idea is to exchange information both ways: young people get to talk to the decision-makers about the issues that concern them, and the decision-makers, in turn, talk about decision-making. Young people are also encouraged to be an active citizen at the events [...]
My summer in Liveri - results and impact
The summer of 2024 was special for me in many ways. I started working at Liiver at the beginning of April, and right from the start it was clear that the upcoming summer would offer diverse and interesting challenges. My main task during the summer was to put together Liiver's results and effectiveness website, which will serve as an important tool in the future for communicating the achievements of Liiver's operations. Influence work has been done in Liveri for a long time, and this new website [...]
Get inspired by the results of the development work!
Have you thought about what Leader funding has achieved over the years? We have compiled the results of Liiver's development work since 1997 into an easily accessible whole on the Results page. By compiling the results, we want to show the decision-makers how the money directed to rural development has been spent and to tell them that there is a need for funding in the future as well. However, the pages are not only aimed at financiers, but also for you - Whether you are [...]
The newsletter of EP's Leader groups celebrates entrepreneurship
The third newsletter of 2024 has been published. Newsletter topics: Poetry workshop inspires word art SmartCode Solutions – coding and artificial intelligence expertise from Ähtäri Lukkarin Puustelli from Evijärvi got a new host and hostess Women entrepreneurs build a sustainable business Järviseudun Pelletti Oy produces clean domestic wood pellets Project operators' Teams coffees from September Local food day will be celebrated again on September 7. The South Ostrobothnia Leader groups and ELY center share in the newsletter published four times a year [...]
There is demand for the forest project, and new perspectives on forest ownership in the fall
With activation and knowledge, vitality to Lakeuden's forests project started its operations in the spring of Metsänhoitoyhdistys Lakeuden (Ilmajoki, Kurikka, Kauhajoki and Teuva). A total of more than two hundred participants took part in the trainings, shows and excursions. In the coming autumn, it will be about the renewed thinning patterns of forests, the renewal of the bog forest, generational changes within the immediate family and forest farm sales taking place on the free market, as well as the market situation of forest farm sales. Forest thinning models have been applied to guide the correct timing of forest thinning [...]
Cooperation for the benefit of the region - Jalasjärvi villages cooperation group
Ilvesjoki Toimela is still quiet, the muffled coffee maker can be heard from the kitchen, while Ilvesjoki village association chairman Marianne Hongisto prepares the meals for the May meeting. For more than a decade, the villages of Jalasjärvi have worked closely together to develop the villages and maintain their vitality. The cooperation group of the villages, which was originally created as a result of the project, has, over the years, developed into an informal but important gathering, where representatives of the villages share […]
"Small contributions can have big effects"
Pirjo Pystykoski-Sopanen, chairman of the business division and a long-time entrepreneur, has seen up close how the received funding can be a significant incentive for entrepreneurship. The business division is part of the business implementation of Liiver's strategy, and its task is, among other things, to inform, activate and evaluate business projects and business subsidies. The division acts in an expert role when assessing the impact of business subsidies on the competitive situation. Pirjo emphasizes that even though the business ideas evaluated by the business division […]