Demos Helsinki led a two-day workshop on public sector innovation in Cairo 29-30 April 2018. The event was organised by Demos Helsinki and UNDP, and present were UNDP, government, and private sector representatives from 18 different countries. The aims of the workshop were to provide capacity-building support, to assist UNDP…
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MyHelsinki.fi: more sustainable choices for visitors and locals
July 1, 2019
Helsinki aims to be carbon neutral by 2035. The city is currently offering a new service for both local residents and visitors that helps them to make choices to live and enjoy life in the city in a more sustainable way. The restaurants, shops, events and accommodation listed on the…
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SUDDEN – Sustainable approach to pharmaceuticals in the environment
June 13, 2019
SUDDEN is a research project that seeks solutions to decrease the adverse environmental effects of pharmaceuticals and to improve the sustainability of the pharmaceutical sector.
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KESTO – Leadership and Implementation of Sustainability Goals in Finnish Municipalities
March 20, 2019
The KESTO project (Leadership and implementation of sustainability: Action research on the localisation of the SDGs in Finnish municipalities) supports strategic and integrative approaches to sustainable urban development. Our hypothesis is that a participatory process, where the sustainable development goals of the Agenda 2030 are localised in a cross-sectoral manner,…
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RATP, Paris – The world’s fourth biggest public transport operator examines the year 2035
January 12, 2019
How does one of Europe’s biggest public transport networks continue to develop while taking into account climate questions and the disruption of transportation? The collaboration between Demos Helsinki and the RATP started in Paris in 2018.
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Virtual Reality Hubs
December 10, 2018
Virtual and augmented reality are gaining momentum in arts, sciences and business. However, these technologies could be implemented even better in various businesses and operation models in both the public and private sectors. The goal of the Virtual Reality Hubs project is to strengthen the Finnish virtual and augmented reality…
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PATH2030 recommendations became part of Finland’s Government Programme
November 12, 2018
Demos Helsinki, the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE and the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science HELSUS realised the PATH2030 initiative in autumn 2018. The project was part of the Finnish government’s analysis, assessment and research activities to evaluate Finland’s sustainable development policy. The recommendations were published in February 2019 during the…
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TAIKA – Key Project of the Government: Defining a Model for Integrating Arts into Social Welfare Services through experimentation
November 5, 2018
Demos Helsinki is the closest partner of the Ministry of Education and Culture in TAIKA project. In TAIKA 7 promising and innovative arts interventions are co-planned with a broad group of participants. These arts forms are tested in social and health care contexts such as hospitals and elderly care centers….
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Experimentation Model for the Finnish National Agency of Education
November 2, 2018
Finnish education system has been perhaps the best education system in the world. But the world is changing. How can governments ensure people that they are still able to acquire relevant skills and keep learning in a landscape that is changing faster than ever, and is influenced by unforeseen forces…
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Experimentation Framework – The Prime Minister’s Office of United Arab Emirates
November 2, 2018
Demos Helsinki is currently working with the UAE Prime Minister’s Office to create a comprehensive experimentation framework. The Prime Minister’s Office of the United Arab Emirates wanted to explore how experimentation could help the government to think more creatively, explore the sphere of unknown, reduce risk of failure, and…
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Cairo – Public Sector Innovation Plans for 11 countries
October 22, 2018
Demos Helsinki led a two-day workshop on public sector innovation in Cairo 29-30 April 2018. The event was organised by Demos Helsinki and UNDP, and present were UNDP, government, and private sector representatives from 18 different countries. The aims of the workshop were to provide capacity-building support, to assist UNDP…
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Polku 2030 – A developmental evaluation of Finland’s sustainable development policy and transformation pathways
September 21, 2018
Alongside other United Nations member states, Finland has committed to the Agenda 2030 plan of action for sustainable development. Agenda 2030 consists of 17 main goals and 169 targets. The significant challenges in implementing Agenda 2030 at the state level lie in the dynamic cross-cutting nature of the Sustainable Development…
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Helsinki Challenge
July 10, 2018
Helsinki Challenge is a science-based idea competition and an accelerator program. The competition was first organized by the University of Helsinki in 2015 to celebrate the university’s 375th anniversary. In 2017 10 Finnish universities joined forces to organize the competition again in the context of the 100th anniversary year of…
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