There are 310 different Finnish municipalities of different size and population with unique challenges and resources (The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities 2019). […]
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The Interreg Europe program helps practitioners of regional development policies to increase their professional skills (Interreg Europe 2020a). This is achieved mainly thanks to the […]
Given the national and European level pressures within health and social care sector for cost reduction, and high quality of care, leadership and management competencies […]
Finnish municipalities have been quite active in taking up participatory budgeting “PB” where inhabitants get a chance to take part in dividing finances in their […]
Renewable energy plays more and more significant role now and in the future. Circular economy aims to close the biological and technical loops to let […]
The transition from a high-carbon to a low-carbon energy system is inevitable. To decrease the carbon emissions, the key lies in energy demand reduction, energy efficiency improvement and decarbonization technologies use, e.g. renewable energy and digitalization. (World Economic Forum 2019) For […]
The city of Lahti aims to become carbon-neutral by 2025, meaning 25 years ahead of the EU goal schedule. Concrete measures, such as coal abandonment […]
Citizens role in circular economy is fundamental. Their choices as consumers as well as users of products and services influence the success of new circular […]
LAB University of Applied Sciences leads an Interreg Europe funded project CECI-Citizen involvement in circular economy implementation with eight partners from six countries: Finland, France, […]