Office opening hours in summer 2026
We wish everyone a nice and relaxing summer and green moments in nature. I hope you find time to breathe – we will continue in August! Our office is mainly closed during July while our employees are on vacation. Please make sure we are available by contacting us in advance. During the holidays, you can send an email to toimisto@liiveri.net for urgent matters.
Liiver's newsletter – Happy summer!
Newsletter topics: Liiveri involved in youth summer employment Policies and application periods for Leader funding for autumn 2026 Preparation is a collaboration between regions, organizations and the grassroots level 16 new recipients of funding Respond to SeAMK's survey to develop local services Office opening hours You can read the newsletter here.
Beautiful villages – Villages that look like young people! – Youth Leader theme call open until the end of September 2026!
Do you dream of a more pleasant village, better places to hang out or events that bring young people together? The Komiat kylät theme call invites young people to develop the common spaces, events and environment of their own village or place of residence to look just like young people! Implement your idea with the support of Youth Leader! What is Komiat kylät? The Komiat kylät theme call inspires young people to make their own village a more pleasant, livelier and better place for young people. You can implement just […]
See the list of those who received funding
We will publish the funding received when the Elinvoimakeskus (formerly the ELY Centre) has made an official decision on them. The decisions made between 4 May and 15 June 2026 are listed below. Project support Development project to be implemented as a small project Honkakylän kylaseura ry – Vireyttä Honkakylään Investment to be implemented as a small project Ilmajoki Ratsastajat (IR) ry – Field and competition equipment Lakeuden Ursa ry – Lakeuden Ursa: Telescope far away, stars close by – top astrophotography and […]
Preparedness is a collaboration between regions, organizations and grassroots levels
Leader Liiveri and Leader Suupohja organized a study trip in Seinäjoki, Ilmajoki and Kurikka on 13-14 April 2026 for Nordic Preparedness project partners from Finland and Sweden. The aim of the Leader cooperation project is to increase knowledge and awareness of the crisis resilience of citizens and communities and to share best practices between rural areas. The themes of the study trip were the preparedness of villages and farms. An important outcome of the study trip was the networking and […]
Safety shoes, LED lights, café equipment – see what Youth Leader support was awarded for in May!
We publish the recipients of Youth Leader support five times a year. This list includes those who received a decision in May 2026: Young entrepreneurship Anna Ågren – Unhurried photography Elli-Noora’s 4H – Ice cream kiosk Penttilän Pallo Elmon Arkiapu – Elmon Arkiapu company’s purchases Ilohius – Hairdressing salon at home Inga Länsikallio – Punarinnan Hillovoholu Pihatrio – Safety and transportation equipment for yard services Lux Lightning – Performance technology lighting services Youth […]
Guidelines and application periods for Leader funding for autumn 2026
All forms of project and business support are still available for application. The project selection emphasizes internationality, security and preparedness, as well as the inclusion of young people in development work. A maximum of €80,000 will be granted for an individual project, instead of the previous €100,000. There will be three processing sessions for Leader applications in the autumn. Project support applications must be submitted to Hyrrä three weeks and business support applications two weeks before the processing dates. Application period Project support Business support Processing in the Liiver Section 1 Not processed 1.9. […]
Preparedness work in villages continues and deepens
Long-term work has been done in villages to improve safety and preparedness. In autumn 2026, we will continue to strengthen villages for disruptions by providing assistance, for example, in developing community houses as preparedness centers. We will also implement a provincial village radio network. The work is made possible by the Smart Preparedness for Villages project, which is co-funded by the South Ostrobothnia Vitality Center and the European Union. For the past 1.5 years, preparedness has been improved under the theme 4K – Capable and Sustainable Partner Villages. The project […]
The Village Calls evening in Seinäjoki lifted our spirits and spirits!
Teppo Ylitalo, executive director of the Finnish Home Regions Association, captured the atmosphere by stating: “There is no future – we will make it!” Ylitalo gave a lot to think about in a positive light about the future of villages. Another important takeaway for this time was to see villages as communities of trust and security. In villages, people meet each other and because they are at home in the villages, the encounters are genuine. Village communities also have the ability to catch up with individuals, if necessary […]
The village strategy serves as a compass towards the Honkakylä of the future.
Over the past couple of years, Honkakylä has been considering and writing down the future of Honkakylä. The question of what Honkakylä will be like in 2030 was addressed using the village’s values, characteristics and goals. A plan to achieve the goals, or village strategy, was written down. “At first, it may have seemed that the village association needed to write a strategy, which in words does not sound very attractive to village actors who are used to practical matters. However, when working on the village strategy, it was noticed that […]