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9.3.2010
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Health kiosk opens in the Trio shopping centre
The City of Lahti will open a health kiosk at the Trio shopping centre on 10 March 2010, where customers will have access to health care services provided by the city in a reliable, easy and rapid way. Lahti is the first major city in Finland to offer this type of service. The health kiosk services will be provided by three healthcare professionals: a physiotherapist, a public health nurse and a registered nurse.
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26.2.2010
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The gas field is the primary energy project in Kola
The gas field is the primary energy project in Kola.
The Murmansk region is undergoing a radical change. For the last few decades, the region has remained in the shadows as the rest of Russia has progressed. Major investments in energy production in the north are now ahead, but in the prevailing economic situation they will start off slowly .
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26.2.2010
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The Ylöjärvi health kiosk receives praise for its ease of use, attentive approach and friendly service
The health kiosk in the Elo shopping centre in Ylöjärvi, which has been operating since June 2009, received an average grade of 9.1 for quality of service in a patient survey. Funded partially by Sitra, this pilot project offering walk-in health services has met with a surprisingly positive response.
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18.2.2010
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The Health Care Programme 2005–2009 strived for what is best for the public
During its operations, the Health Care Programme has sought and prepared new solutions for improving health care services. As the programme advanced, it became increasingly clear that in addition to individual actions, health care development requires in-depth structural changes.
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3.2.2010
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Sitra’s Landmarks Barometer monitors the relationship of the Finns to the countryside – the countryside boosts Finns and businesses
The barometer developed for Sitra’s Landmarks Programme confirms the opinion that emerged during the programme's preparation stage: Finns consider the countryside to be a special resource.
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3.2.2010
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Sitra’s Landmarks Programme as an innovative pioneer puts the countryside in a new light
Everyone has their own individual recipe for well-being, and they all involve taking pleasure in the countryside and the city in unique ways. The programme aims to strengthen the role of the countryside in these recipes for well-being. In this way, the countryside itself benefits.
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26.1.2010
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Sitra's Public Leadership and Management Programme is launched − The public sector deserves better leadership and management
Does the public sector, with a total of 645,000 employees, really have the potential, competence and enthusiasm to change the working methods of the sector, or is it so that the public sector is ineffective, bureaucratic and does not listen to the views of the citizens?
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14.1.2010
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Showcasing Finnish creativity and teamwork skills
The annual magazine Focus on the Economy and Technology 2010, a showcase for Finland’s strengths that reaches a global reader base, has a revamped look and all new content.
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22.12.2009
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153 municipalities and 24 municipal federations interested in national service centres
A total of 153 municipalities and 24 municipal federations have joined the negotiations on two national service centres specialising in information technology, financial administration and human resources management. The negotiations were launched by Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund.
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18.12.2009
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Happy New Year
At the end of this successful year, Sitra would like to wish all its partners a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
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11.12.2009
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Spirit and courage will decide the future of Finland
Leaders forum consisting of 200 decision-makers, opinion leaders and business sector representatives find the prevention of climate change, and the utilisation of business opportunities related to it, as the keys to the future success of Finland.
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25.11.2009
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Helsinki – World Design Capital 2012
Helsinki has been chosen as World Design Capital 2012. The appointment is conferred biennially by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) to a city that uses design in an innovative way. The criteria for the award is the use of design to improve the social, cultural and economic life of a city.
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25.11.2009
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The National Natural Resources Strategy receives an award in the European Business Awards for the Environment competition
The National Natural Resources Strategy, which was coordinated by Sitra and the result of work by an extensive group of experts, has won first prize in the national competition of the European Business Awards for the Environment.
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18.11.2009
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Sitra aims to create comprehensive well-being for citizens and sustainable development in Finland
Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, has published its strategy for the years 2010–2015. The strategy allows Sitra to position itself at the interface of the decision-making and innovation system as a constructive but bold social reformer.
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5.11.2009
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Teppo Turkki named new Communications Director of Sitra
Teppo Turkki (born 1958) has been appointed as the new Communications Director of Sitra. Turkki will start at Sitra on 1 December 2009, when Laura Niemi, the current communications director, will move to the United States as part of her study leave.
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3.11.2009
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Sitra surprised by the interest in service centres shown by municipalities
A total of 81 municipalities and 15 federations of municipalities have to date joined in the negotiations on establishing two service centres that will centralise information technology and financial and personnel management. The population of the municipalities that have committed to the negotiations covers half the country.
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27.10.2009
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OLKA project yields promising results: Comprehensive evaluation of appropriate medical therapy may improve the patient’s condition and decrease medication costs
In public health care, comprehensive evaluation of medical therapy allows for more efficient management of human resources and professional capabilities.
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26.10.2009
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The book Tiikeriportti gives Finns a taste of South Korea
Sitra has long sought to keep abreast of trends in Asia. Tiikeriportti provides interesting perspectives on the Korean Peninsula and plenty of food for thought – can Finland, as a small and agile player, tap new opportunities opened up by the development of Korea?
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22.10.2009
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Public hopes that service vouchers will improve preventive healthcare and shorten waiting times
This conclusion is based on data collected during the first five weeks of a public online discussion.
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21.10.2009
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Sitra and Wedeco invest in the growth of Scancool’s industrial heat pump business
Sitra’s Energy Programme and Wedeco Fund IV Ky have invested in Oy Scancool Ab. The investment supports the company’s development from a traditional refrigeration sector contracting company to a technology company providing energy-effective industrial heat pumps.
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