The City Strategy of Vaasa

The City Strategy of Vaasa for the years 2022-2025 was approved by the city council on 14 February 2022

The starting point of the strategy process was participation – trustees, residents, leading management of industries as well as staff were involved in the process.

The preparation of the strategy for the years 2022–2025 began with planning in the autumn of 2020 and continued in February 2021 with scenario work, through the participation of trustees and civil servants, as well as external partners. The city’s management team started the preparation work for the new strategy in June, and the industry management teams started their work in August 2021. In August, a survey aimed at residents and staff was also carried out, the results of which and current megatrends and research were presented to the new councillors in September. The council began their strategy work in November, and officials worked on the strategy between the council’s strategy days. The City Strategy of Vaasa was approved by the city council on 14 February 2022.

 

 

During this council’s term of office, the City Strategy of Vaasa will be implemented through four themes, from which theme programmes have been formed:

1) A Happy and competent Vaasa

2) Attractive Vaasa

3) Climate neutral Vaasa

​​​​​​​4) Opportunity makers (personnel, management, economic)

​​​Theme programmes are a key part of strategy implementation. The theme programmes compile and cross-administratively describe the key strategy implementation measures, related responsibilities and timetables, as well as evaluation criteria and metrics.

The theme programmes will remain for the length of the council’s term of office.

Sustainable development is strongly linked to the strategy through the thematic programmes being implemented during this council’s term of office. The three theme programmes are each managed by a steering group consisting of city officials, trustees and representatives of stakeholders. One of the tasks of each steering group is to select the UN’s sustainable development goals that are suitable within the group’s own theme.

 

The implementation of the city’s strategy will be monitored during the year. A wider follow-up will be done in connection with the financial statements on 31 December. At that time, the implementation of the strategy will be reported to the city board and the council. The strategy will be updated during the council’s  term of office. During the current term of office, the management teams of the new theme programmes will play a key role in the follow-up work.