The preparatory studies for the TUULI project (green structure and ecosystem service report, update report on the main migration route of birds, wolf territory report and electricity transmission report) were discussed at the meeting of the Provincial Government on 20 December 2021. Check out the reports on the TUULI project's website.
The Regional Council approved the Regional Programme for Northern Ostrobothnia for 2022-2025 at its meeting on 13 December. The regional programme seeks new thinking for regional and national regional development. The programme focuses on phenomena and themes that are important for the development of Northern Ostrobothnia. This aims to be flexible, proactive and quick to react to changes around us. The new provincial programme for Northern Ostrobothnia is a human-driven and time-of-change programme that makes change and its implementation visible through phenomena. The preparation aimed at a more goal-oriented and effective programme and highlighted the role of municipalities more strongly. The programme emphasises the importance of the region's international and national traction and traction power more strongly than before. Climate issues and the energy transition, accessibility, as well as the green and digital transitions will be at the core of the programme. Through extensive joint preparation, various …
The AKKE application process is currently underway, applications can be submitted until the end of January 2022. More information here and here
This was stated by Heli Hietala, Regional Director of the 4H organisation, when he told the North Ostrobothnia Regional Council about 4H's experiences of participating in organizing clubs and coordinating activities in connection with the school. Hietala stated that through the activities, the association can reach out comprehensively to schoolchildren in the locality, familiarize itself with its own basic activities and possibly find new enthusiastic members for longer-term activities as well. According to 4H's experience, the model has intensified cooperation in localities, and the association has been able to implement important practices through clubs, such as the entrepreneurship education model in the case of 4H. "Partnership in the Finnish model of hobby therefore offers the association opportunities for development and growth", says Hietala. The implementation of clubs also places demands on associations. They must have the know-how and experience to work with children and young people, as well as the ability to work with them…
In the AGRO SE-VI-Link project, the Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia organised a small-scale two-day workshop in Oulu on 17-18 November 2021. This involved the Regional Authority of West Greece, the main project implementer, and the administration of the Province of Burgos, the second co-implementer of the project. The workshop focused on developing a virtual incubation plan that would serve the start-up and development of social enterprises in the food sector. This draft incubation plan has been created on the basis of the good practices collected in the project and the applicability assessments carried out. In Finland, social entrepreneurship is not a well-known form of entrepreneurship. There are many different definitions of terminology, but in general, in a social enterprise, profits are used to promote some socially meaningful goal. This goal can be the same as in the company's operating model, e.g. reducing food waste, promoting people's well-being, improving employment, etc. In each country, social entrepreneurship works…
Mirja Vehkaperä, Tytti Tuppurainen, Adalmiina Irvankoski, Armiida Hämäläinen, Daria Zaikovskaia and Maksim Marchenkov are looking for solutions for the future of the EU in a panel after working in small groups. -- Concerns and worries, especially about the situation at the borders of the European Union, but also a lot of positive faith in the future. This could sum up the discussion in the working groups, when around fifty young people from the Barents region, i.e. Sweden, Norway, Russia and Finland, gathered to discuss the future of the European Union in Oulu on Tuesday 30 November. Discussions first took place in small groups on issues such as EU values, the rule of law, democracy, security, environmental issues and climate change. Economic issues, social justice, education, youth, digital development and Arctic issues were also raised. Based on the small group discussions, the ideas of each group were presented at a demolition event that anyone could …
Young people from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia will meet in Oulu on Tuesday 30 November to discuss the European Union and the future of Europe. The event is part of the We Are Europe tour and it is organised in cooperation with the Prime Minister's Office, the City of Oulu, the Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Finnish Presidency of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council. The aim of the event is to hear young people's views on the future of the EU. At the same time, it is part of the Conference on the Future of Europe. The open part of the event starts at 12.30 p.m. and can be watched live here. In Oulu, we want to focus especially on the views of young people in the Barents region on the future of the EU. The aim of the Oulu event is to gather young people and young people's views on the territory of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia. Tuppurainen invites those interested in the EU to discuss…
The story map of the TUULI project in Northern Ostrobothnia contains information on the background and objectives of the project as well as the content of the work packages. The story map also contains information on the situational picture of wind power construction in the region and the regional plan that guides regional wind power planning. The background studies for the TUULI project are about to be completed and the results will also be updated on the story map. The results of the location management model of the TUULI project will be completed in spring 2022. Read more on the TUULI project website. You can also access the story map here.
The construction of the downhill migration path for salmonids, or smolts, that lasted about a year, has been completed at the highest power plant in Iijoki, Haapakoski. The project is significant, as it is Finland's first downhill migration route for salmonids. A fish catching device was also built in connection with the fairway. The final cost of the structure is approximately EUR 1.75 million. Figure: Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia. In the funnel, the smolts are diverted to the cage with the help of flippers. “This project is a good example of effective cooperation that has resulted in concrete measures in Iijoki. The completion of the fairway is a big step for the Iijoki hiking fish complex," says CEO Jani Pulli from PVO-Vesivoima Oy. “We see the Haapakoski solution as very important nationally. Information on the functionality of the fairway will also help in the preparation and construction of similar structures in other built rivers in Finland," says Jouni Tammi, Senior Specialist at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Smoltten …
On 18 November 2021, the Government adopted a decision on nationally valuable landscape areas. Nationally valuable landscape areas (VAMA2021) are representative examples of Finnish cultural and natural heritage. There are now 17 nationally valuable landscape areas in Northern Ostrobothnia, of which the new ones are Olvassuo, the residential landscape of Miiluranta, Rokuanvaara and the landscapes of Kitkajärvi and Riisitunturi. According to the new list of regions, the finest landscapes in our province are: 127. Reisjärvi's cultural landscapes Reisjärvi 128. Kalajoki Valley's agricultural landscapes Haapajärvi, Nivala, Sievi, Ylivieska 129. Rahja archipelago scenery Kalajoki 130. Miiluranta residential landscape Kärsämäki 131. Hailuoto Hailuoto, Oulu 132. The cultural landscape of the Liminka lake Kempele, Liminka, Lumijoki, Oulu, Tyrnävä 133. Oulujoki Valley's cultural landscapes Muhos, Oulu, Tyrnävä 134. Landscapes of Rokuanvaara Muhos, Utajärvi, Vaala 135. Manamansalo's cultural landscapes Vaala 136. Olvassuo Pudasjärvi, Puolanka,…
