LocalTapiola donates €20,000 to Liiver Youth Leader
LocalTapiola South Ostrobothnia has decided to support Liiver's Youth Leader activities with a donation of €20,000. The donation will finance the Youth Leader projects of youth groups and young entrepreneurs starting in October 2025. The donation handover ceremony was held at the offices of LocalTapiola South Ostrobothnia on August 13, 2025. The donation was handed over by LocalTapiola South Ostrobothnia's Marketing and Communications Director Sirpa Hakala-Ostensen and Finance and Administration Director Nina Jylhä, and it was received by Liiver's Executive Director Sinikka Koivumäki and Youth Coordinator Noora Riippi. […]
Eco-friendly park launches – communities join in developing their climate and environmental expertise
Liiverin Ekosparraamo offers communities free support for planning and implementing climate and environmental actions. You can join without a ready-made plan – together we will find suitable solutions and ways for the community to promote sustainable everyday life. Ekosparraamo organizes various workshops on themes desired by the communities. Together with experts, you can develop, for example, waste sorting and composting, implement an environmental art workshop, organize a goods exchange event or a repair workshop. For community buildings […]
An international youth project is launched under the leadership of Noora
A new two-year project, Youth Bridge Builders – Andra sidan av kvarken, was launched in Liiveri, which focuses on the internationalization of young people and those working with young people, strengthening entrepreneurial skills, and developing the region. Youth coordinator Noora Riippi started as the project leader in August after parental leave. – The goal is for young people to have their voices heard and to be able to participate in the development of their home region in ways that are natural to them. We want all young people in the region to […]
Liiveri office closed in July
The Liiveri office is closed during July. Some of the Liiveri residents start their vacation already at Midsummer and the last ones at the beginning of July. We will return to work in August. Urgent matters can be handled during the holidays by sending an email to toimisto@liiveri.net. There are many inspiring activities planned for the autumn: support for safety and preparedness, events and workshops, sparring and examples of sustainable actions from different parts of the region. Have a wonderful summer and relaxing […]
Anna-Sofia joins Liiver's team for the summer
My name is Anna-Sofia Laurila. I come from Lapua and I am in my fourth year of studying environmental sciences at the University of Helsinki. My studies have focused mainly on agriculture and forestry. In my free time, I enjoy trotting and being outdoors. I don’t feel comfortable in the city at all, and it’s a lottery win that I have been able to study mainly remotely from Lapua. Protecting nature and animal welfare have always been close to my heart, and for me […]
Young – apply to be an Eco-agent in Liiver!
Are environmental issues important to you? Apply to become an eco-agent in Liiveri and join us in raising environmental awareness among young people! The Liiveri Development Association is looking for 1–2 energetic and active young people aged 18–25 from the Liiveri area (Seinäjoki, Ilmajoki, Jalasjärvi) to help organize environmental-themed workshops in the Eco-Acts Together project. The eco-agent’s task is to help plan and implement environmentally-themed workshops for young people. Planning takes place during June and the workshops are implemented in August. The task […]
The diverse Lamminjärvi area is being developed through cooperation
The Lamminjärvi area, located in the center of Jalasjärvi, has been developed in a variety of ways in recent years. A big thank you for the development of the area goes to active people who have implemented various projects in the area. The city of Kurikka has also focused its efforts on the area. Killing two birds with one stone through cooperation One of Lamminjärvi's largest investments has been the Kurikka Energy Arena, located on the western shore, which also serves as the Jalasjärvi […]
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 […]