Climate wise - young people as developers theme project
Climate wise—youth as developers theme project application 20.9.-24.10.2021. More information
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 [...]
Emilia Aho is Liiver's summer spokesperson
This year, summer arrived in one fell swoop, and just as quickly came the day when it was time to step into a new summer job for the first time. My name is Emilia Aho and I started my summer job at Liiver in mid-May. I have studied the media field for four years, and that is why I am very excited that my job duties are broadly related to media and information. Already during the first weeks, I have been able to, among other things, light [...]
Participation planner Noora Riippi activates young people
In April, FM Noora Riippi started as participation planner in the Participating young people project. Riippi, who lives in Seinäjoki, is excited about his new role in Liiver. Liiveri was already a familiar place for Riip, as he has been a summer employee at the association for two years. - Even then, I became enthusiastic about the versatility of development work. After graduating from university, I have secretly dreamed of getting back to Liiver, Riippi says. Riippi has previously worked […]
Now funding for new projects
Leader is about trying community development ideas in practice. Now there is a chance for that again, when funding is again granted to the communities' Leader projects. There is support for both development and investments. Liveri is now supporting the development of village cooperation in Ylistaro and improving the skills of accounting offices, the development of the District area and the renewal of food stories. With our help, young people and artists have been hired as community reformers. Does the corona virus increase remote working, staying at home and […]
The strategy day looked to the future
- During the strategy day, the future season was planned using functional methods and a lot of ideas were generated, says Liiver's executive director Sinikka Koivumäki. The participation of young people and families with children was brought up as an important theme. The region needs a new kind of community, the tourism sector needs to be developed and the role of culture as a promoter of well-being to be strengthened. The prevailing entrepreneurial atmosphere will fuel the birth of new ones in the future as well. - The new innovations of rural companies can be related to, for example, circular and bioeconomy, climate [...]
Liiveri won silver
Liiveri performed excellently in the evaluation by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The success resulted in 750,000 euros in additional funding for local development. – The Ministry last evaluated the results a couple of years ago. Now we have risen from fifth place to silver. It feels great! The pot will be used without reduction for the benefit of local entrepreneurs and projects in Seinäjoki, Ilmajoki and Jalasjärvi, says Executive Director Sinikka Koivumäki. Liiveri has done well in national comparisons before. […]
The year of the liver 2019
Can you guess how many project ideas we implemented or how many villagers participated in our trainings? One animation summarizes the key figures of the past year. Watch on Youtube
Is the countryside dead?
At least the villages of Jalasjärvi are proof of something else: first aid courses, children's clubs, plays, dinners, market excitement and kökkä. Liiver's media expert Markus Loppi captured the villages' vibrant spring on video. Watch the video
6 facts about Liver
Sometimes it's good to stop and think about what has been achieved. Since you, as a taxpayer, also finance our activities, we put together a list of six things that we at Liiver are proud of! Finland's best strategy. How much money the Leader group has available depends, among other things, on how well the group succeeds in creating a development strategy. On January 21, 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry assessed Liiver's strategy as the best in Finland with a combined score of 4.6, the country's average [...]