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Get involved and make a difference!

Vaasa is a city of people. We want everyone to find a way to get involved and help make the city accessible for everyone. Welcome to these channels of influence and democratic decision-making.

How can I participate and make a difference?

  • Vote in elections
  • Follow decision-making and talk with city councillors
  • Participate in resident associations, resident bridge-building meetings, and workshops
  • Give feedback and take initiatives
  • Respond to enquiries and requests for opinions
  • Apply for grants for activities
  • Stand for election

News

  • You can give feedback on the services and activities of the City of Vaasa by using the feedback service.

  • How would you develop Vaasa with 15 000 euros? Participatory budgeting is a way of involving residents in the discussion, planning and decision-making of common tax resources.

  • The state and municipalities operate on the basis of a representative democracy.

  • A trained experiential expert is a person who has experience and knowledge of their own or a loved one's illness or challenging life situation..

  • It is important for everyone to be heard and everyone to be given the right to influence their own affairs.

  • The inhabitants make the city. The Vaasa residents' associations are important experts and developers of their residential areas.

  • Our objective in equality and non-discrimination activities is to make the City of Vaasa a more equal and non-discriminatory place to reside, live and to work in.

  • The Vaasa with Energetic Citizens project strengthens the orientation and inclusion of residents in the city's sustainability work by implementing the ideas of local people.

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Participation program

The aim of the programme is to improve participation and the opportunities local residents have to influence their environment, and it’s done as a community: for residents, groups, and staff.

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Language program

The program aims, among other things, to appreciate the role of national languages, promote the provision of services in English and support the city employees in lifelong learning.

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