Projects

Jyväskylä implements many projects to develop the city and the region. External funding is often sought for projects, for example, from ministries or as an EU-funding. The aim of the projects is to strengthen the vitality of Jyväskylä and develop the services for the city residents. Jyväskylä's expertise has been exported to the world often through EU projects.

Development projects in the project portfolio

The City of Jyväskylä's project portfolio contains key information on projects and projects. The search results can be filtered by, for example, sector, project type and top of strategy.

See the ongoing projects and projects in the portfolio: 

Project portfolio

Ongoing projects:

• Lämpiö -project, online platform of digital cultural services for older people
• The Finnish model for leisure activities in Jyväskylä
• Citizens' Panels -project
• DigiOne project 2021-2025 - digital service platform for education
   

Current EU projects:

• BETTI – Better Governance for Trustworthy AI (2025-2029)
• Data-driven urban planning tools and innovations for climate change adaptation project (2025-2026)
• Good Cities - Cities stimulating new shared economy services for consumer goods in urban environments (2024-2028), Interreg Europe
• Innovation ecosystem projects (2021-2025)
• Developing research and technology services 2023-2025
• Jyväskylä's international growth (2023-2025)
• Data and business resilience (DALI) (2023-2025)
• Flying Squirrel LIFE project (2018-2025) funded by the EU LIFE Nature Programme
• Green Industrial Areas project (2023-2025) funded by the Interreg BSR
• MILEstone (Migrants‘ Integration in Local Economies), Interreg Europe
• Digital Skills for the Labour Market project (2023-2025), ESF+

Withdrawals from completed projects:

• Wellbeing Data Lab (2023-2024)
• The sustainable future of the core city (Ydinkeskustan kestävä tulevaisuus)
• Children and youth SIB impact investment project (Lapset ja nuoret SIB -vaikuttavuusinvestointihanke)
• Neighborhood program 2020-2022: Prosperity and vitality for Huhtasuo
• Music hall/Concert hall project
• OSUVA – inclusion in elderly living environments project
• Circwaste - Circwaste - Jyväskylä towards circular economy project (2016-2023) funded by the LIFE IP
• Innovation network and logistics project (2022-2023) funded by the ERDF, REACT-EU
• The Expertise Centre for Immigrants project of Jyväskylä (2020-2023) funded by the ESF
• International Sport Events Jyväskylä project (2021-2023), funded by the ERDF, REACT-EU
• “Kivijalka”– Ground work project (2020-2023) to support the educational path of young people funded by the ESF
• VieKas LIFE project (2018-2023) funded by the EU LIFE
• REDI(4)2030 project -Digital portal for resource intelligence work
• HULVA Stormwater management project
• International Jyväskylä Info Center - Immigrant guidance and counseling services development project
• Helmi habitat program
• The Development of Digital Capability Competences for companies 2021-2023 (DICCO) project (2021-2023) funded by the ESF, React-EU
• Youth House (Nuorten talo) project (2020-2022) funded by the ESF
• Lakeland – Jyväskylä Region (Central Finland) tourism project (2019-2022) funded bt the ERDF
• IMPACT - the development of youth sports services (2021-2022) project (2021-2022) funded by the European Union Erasmus+ Sport programme
• The Well-being to Vitality project
• IHANA - Good living for the elderly in Jyväskylä project
• The growth landscape project (Kasvun maisema -hanke)
• Keljonkangas Unified School
• Towards resource wisdom project (Kohti resurssiviisautta -hanke) supported by Sitra
• Kotoisa project
• MODA: Developing the municipality's modern digital customer services together
• ODA Omat digital age welfare services project
• The training flows project to support employment (Valmennuksesta virtaa -hanke)
• Green waterways flagship project (Vihreitä vesireittejä -kärkihanke)