Recruitment: Village expert
The villages of the Liiver region are active, community-oriented and entrepreneurs can try their hand at them. We are now looking for a village expert to join our team to promote the intelligent development of villages. The themes of the development are versatile; energy, image, digitality, security and partnership. You don't have to be an expert in all of these areas, but it's an advantage if you're good at one of these topics. Your main task is to inspire, coordinate, organize and communicate to the villages [...]
Happy summer!
We wish everyone a relaxing and sunny summer. May it be full of joy and new experiences! Our office is mostly closed during July when the employees are on vacation. Please make sure we are there by contacting us in advance.
You can now apply for project support payments
The Food Agency informs: Implementers of rural development projects can now apply for support payments for those projects for which they have applied for support during the past or this year and received a positive decision. The payment is applied for in the Food Agency's Hyrrä transaction service. Instructions for making a payment application are available on the Food Agency's website. In addition, you can ask for advice from the ELY center or Leader group from which you have applied for support. The payment of project subsidies starts after the ELY centers [...]
Let's climb to the peaks of South Ostrobothnia! The national fitness ladder competition begins
Vimpel's Lakeaharju fitness ladder and Seinäjoki's Jouppilanvuori experience ladder represent South Ostrobothnia in the national fitness ladder competition. EU rural funding challenges everyone to climb the fitness ladder during the coming summer. By participating, you can help the fitness ladder in your area to win the national competition - and at the same time you will get health benefits in bulk. On Thursday, May 30, the national fitness stair competition will start, where it will be determined which are the most popular fitness stair lifts in Finland that have received EU rural funding. The competition includes 18 fitness ladders from different […]
An EU decision-maker may live in your neighbor
Important EU decisions are made locally in your Leader group In June, new representatives to the European Parliament will be elected, but did you know that local EU decision-makers can also be found in almost every municipality? About a thousand active decision-makers serve on the boards of Finland's 53 Leader groups, who choose projects that develop their region. Leader activity is a local development tool that brings EU rural funding decision-making close to all of us. The members of the board represent their region, and the board includes [...]
Applying for business support payments starts
Applicants for rural business subsidies can now apply for a subsidy payment for projects for which they have applied for subsidies during the past or this year and received a positive decision on their application. The payment is applied for in the Food Agency's Hyrrä transaction service. Instructions for making a payment application can be found on the Food Agency's website. You can also ask Liiver directly for advice. Payment of business subsidies starts in the summer ELY centers start processing payment applications and, if necessary, ask applicants for more information, if the applications […]
Read Liiver's current affairs in the April newsletter
Topics of the April newsletter: Long-awaited dog park for Ilmajoki Skilled rural entrepreneur diploma for Tiina Ventela - Read Tiina's story Liiver's board renewed 5 ideas on how to get young people involved See the list of those that received funding Sofas, speakers, 3D printer - see where Youth Leader support has been granted this year Read the newsletter here!
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 decisions made by the ELY center by 18 April 2024 are listed below. You can find previously published ones here. Projects Public investment Seinäjoki Parish - Forest of Hope - well-being and sustainable diversity Coordination and activation projects Southern Ostrobothnia Youth Association - Creatively spacious Jalasjärvi 4H association - Life Paths Water supply investments [...]
Sanna-Kaisa Nokso started summer work in Liiver
Sanna-Kaisa Nokso, already known to many from last summer, will continue working at Liiver next summer as well. The tasks focus especially on evaluating the results of the last financial period and communicating them. - It's wonderful to get back to work at Liiver! It's nice to return to a nice team and new challenges. In her studies, Sanna-Kaisa has focused on marketing and corporate communication, from which she completes an internship at Liiver, which is the last course [...]
Liiver's annual report 2023 has been published
Liiveri's annual report briefly tells what Liiveri has done and what results it has achieved in 2023. The report also contains examples of funded projects and business support. In addition, the report contains information about the resources used and future plans. Read the report here (pdf).