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1. Did you know?
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  Sitra's role in 2012 is very clear. Our mission statement sets out our goals for building the Finland of tomorrow. But our history dates back to 1967 and has seen many investments and much research in numerous different areas of life. For example, in the early years, Sitra funded several innovation projects involved in technology and the natural sciences.
  
  2 days ago
2. Welcome to Sitra!
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  Sitra’s address is Itämerentori 2 (Ruoholahti, Helsinki).
  
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3. How does Helsinki's near-zero...
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  A near-zero energy building in Finland, the land of extra-cold winters? It sounds too good to be true, but that is what has been demonstrated by the...
  
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4. Finland builds on its...
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  Sitra is committed to supporting a variety of initiatives which aim to make all kinds of useful data more easily available to Finnish citizens. As...
  
  4 weeks ago
5. The Finnish appetite grows for...
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  Locally grown organic food is here to stay in Finland . That’s the confident conclusion of Jyri Arponen, Business Director at Sitra. In terms of...
  
  1 month ago
6. Green economy-based business...
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  How is demand for organic and local food met? According to the results of Sitra's Landmarks barometer survey, consumer demand directed towards...
  
  1 month ago
7. New Democracy: more than just...
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  How is the nature of what we know as democracy changing, to cope with and adapt to a rapidly changing world? Tim Bird finds out more about Sitra's...
  
  2 months ago
8. President Mikko Kosonen
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  CV Mikko Kosonen is Sitra’s President for the period 2008–2013. Before taking this role, he worked for Sitra as an Executive Vice President...
  
  2 months ago
9. Alf Rehn: Why the countryside...
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  Business guru Alf Rehn calls for new ideas in the debate on the countryside. He throws away age-old clichés and asks if there is any reason why...
  
  3 months ago
10. Synergise Finland in London:...
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  The Synergise Finland Forum organised an excursion to the United Kingdom in January to find out about what kind of innovations have been made there...
  
  3 months ago by Elina Kiiski
11. Sitra.fi - joint development...
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  Sitra wished to find a way to build the new public Sitra website in a manner which would benefit the entire Finnish web business community. After...
  
  3 months ago by Karoliina Luoto
12. Strategic Design – Finland's...
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  A 21 st century Trojan Horse is being planned for a developing suburb of Helsinki. But instead of containing a conquering army, this wooden...
  
  3 months ago
13. Local solutions create a...
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  Sitra takes a broad and societal approach to bio-economy – an approach that has influenced Finnish government policy. What does...
  
  4 months ago
14. A success story called Peloton
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  In the beginning of 2009, Demos Helsinki and Sitra launched a project with the goal of creating a new, people-oriented approach to energy-saving as a...
  
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15. Päivi Rahkonen: Productivity...
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  This year, the municipality of Hollola implemented the personnel-oriented Productivity from Quality project, familiarly known as LATU. The objective is to achieve clear savings and better productivity; not by increasing people’s workload but through the development of everyday work.
  
  5 months ago