An illustrator of children's books finds funny details in everyday life
Already in middle school, Kristiina Mäkimattila thought that it would be wonderful to one day be an illustrator of children's books. The wish came true years later and Kristiina Mäkimattila, who has been running a company called Murupumpula since 2014 and now lives in Seinäjoki, has focused on illustrating children's books. Kristiina considers art and creative work to be a kind of play. Finding interest and joy in small things and getting attached to the background and doing the work. - Is lovely […]
Sanna-Kaisa Nokso works as Liiver's communications assistant for the summer
I'm Sanna-Kaisa Nokso and I'm in my second year of business studies at the University of Jyväskylä, and in my studies I've mainly focused on marketing and communication. I am very interested in versatile communication and social media content production, so it was wonderful to hear that a job was opening at Liiver. I'm already looking forward to what new challenges the upcoming summer will bring, it's sure to be a diverse and educational summer! Although studies are currently [...]
Information about the opening of applications
The opening of applications for the new funding period is already highly anticipated. We are working hard in various organizations to open applications, but we still have to wait. Applications open in stages, and according to the current information, some forms of support can be applied for before the summer and some will only open in the fall. Liveri has prepared e.g. by making guidelines, website renewal and application information. We are ready! Since we have received a lot of inquiries about forms of support, […]
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 new members of Liiver's board
Liiver's annual meeting was organized on March 28. Kohtalonmäki farm in Jalasjärvi. At the meeting, new members were elected to Liiveri's board of directors to replace those who resigned. Tarja Pienimäki from Ilmajoki continues as the chairman of the board. Janne Lehtinen from Jalasjärvi and Tero Järvi from Ilmajoki were elected as new board members. Mari Mäki-Karvia, Saara Marttila and Tero Vuorenmäki from Jalasjärvi, Veera Bohjanen and Anni Kirkkomäki from Ilmajoki, Eija Saariaho from Peräseinäjoki and Kari Homi from Seinäjoki were elected as new deputies. […]
Liiver's diploma was awarded for the District's development work
Liiver's Community Builders diploma was awarded in connection with the annual meeting for the excellent development work of Kulttuurikolektivivi Silta ry's projects in the District and especially to its key personnel Juulia Mäkilainee, Iina Åmani and Johannes Karhu. The developers of the district area have already demonstrated with the results of their activities how to create a new sense of community by respecting history and nurturing a common value base. In the region, we really work together. People take responsibility for doing things together [...]
"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 […]
"I hope that the development work will continue in the future as well"
Irma Kortesuo, who worked as a village expert for more than ten years, retired at the end of October. Irma had time to work in Liiver as the leader of four different village projects. - Promoting cooperation between and within villages has been important to me. The villages are different from each other and have different strengths. At its best, cooperation means joining forces, learning from others and also learning to appreciate others, Irma [...]
Locals as experts in the development of the area
Liveri is currently working on a strategy for the years 2023–2027. Making a good local strategy is important in order to know how to direct the next season's funding to exactly the areas that we want to develop in our region. Liiveri involves local people in making strategies, because they have the best knowledge about what kind of measures should be taken to develop the area's comfort and economic activity, and what they themselves are ready for […]
Jenna Varjanto has started Liiver as a summer employee
The approaching summer can be recognized not only by the greening of the landscape, but also by the fact that Liiveri's office has a new summer employee. I'm Jenna Varjanto, this year's Liiver summer employee. I am studying business administration at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences for the second year. I specialize in marketing, but I also read digital business economics and management. In addition, I completed the event production specialist degree last year. In my free time, I work as a team gymnastics coach. Over the years, the work of a coach has brought a lot of knowledge. Specially […]