Annual Report 2013 LAURI ROTKO
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City of Helsinki Annual Report 2013 LAURI ROTKO Contents A message from the Mayor 3 Development in the hands of the City Council 4 The Mayor’s sector 6 Public works and environmental affairs 8 City planning and real estate 10 Social affairs and public health 12 Education, cultural and personnel affairs 14 Financial statements 2013 16 Rückblick des Bürgermeisters 22 Bilan du maire 23 Обзор мэра города 24 Brief facts about Helsinki 25 Helsinki in Europe 26 Publisher: Helsinki City Executive Office n Cover photo by: Lauri Rotko, The Tall Ship Races Helsinki 2013 Layout: Innocorp Oy n Translations: Multiprint Oy/ Multidoc n Photos: City of Helsinki’s photo bank Printing by: Tornion Kirjapaino n City of Helsinki : Annual Report 2013 n City of Helsinki, publications of the Central Administration 2014:12 n ISBN 978-952-272-663-6 (printed publication) n ISBN 978-952-272-664-3 (online publication) ISSN-L 2242-4504 n ISSN 2242-4504 (printed publication) n ISSN 2323-8135 (online publication) A Message from the Mayor ear Reader, The three departments making up The four-year term of the new the City’s central management were DHelsinki City Board, launched in merged as the City Executive Office. 2013, began under uncertain economic The main goals of this reform were PERTTI NISONEN conditions. In the spring, the Board to manage the City of Helsinki as one set the central goals and development entity, to reinforce the City’s economic targets for the term and defined the policy and to promote openness and most important actions to be taken participation. in accordance with the Board’s new Balancing the City finances strategy programme. continued to pose challenges. Actions In addition to wellbeing services, defined in the strategy programme are development of the city structure aimed at slowing down the increase in and competitiveness, the strategy debt. The rise in operating expenses programme emphasises a balanced should be parallel to the rise in general economy, good leadership, openness cost levels and the population growth, and participation. In an open city, minus the annual one percent target information is easily accessible and the for productivity improvement. An decision-making process is transparent. annual ceiling of 435 million euros was The strategy programme also introduced to investments. necessitates a reformation of the City’s A favourable development of travel management system. The objective of and tourism continued. Although the this reform is to make the outcome total number of overnights decreased of the municipal elections reflect the somewhat, records were broken in City’s management and decision- airline, ship and cruise traffic. The making processes more strongly than Helsinki Airport reached the milestone before. A management division was of 15 million passengers. Finland’s established under the leadership of the largest public event of 2013 was the City Board to prepare this reform. In Tall Ships Races, which were hosted addition, an IT division was established by Helsinki. The event attracted over to manage city-level data management. half a million visitors. Slush, a leading A reform of social and public health meeting for growth enterprises in care services came into effect at the Northern Europe and Russia, also beginning of the year. By combining attracted a record-breaking number of the two separate departments for visitors and reinforced the status of social services and health care, the Helsinki among the most exciting start- goal was to make care paths more up cities in the world. efficient and the services increasingly customer-oriented. In connection of this reform, the new Department of Early Education and Care launched Jussi Pajunen operations. Mayor Annual Report 2013 n City of Helsinki 3 Development in the hands of the City Council nder the division of powers the 85 members of which are elected between central and local by direct popular vote every four years. Ugovernment in Finland, The City Council elects its own Chair municipalities enjoy autonomy in the and two Deputy Chairs, the members administration of many of their affairs. of the City Board as well as the PERTTI NISONEN Certain basic tasks are stipulated in the members of the various committees Local Government Act, and in addition in proportion to the relative strengths to these, municipalities may voluntarily of the various parties represented on assume others. The only way in which it. The other main tasks of the City the tasks entrusted to municipalities Council include deliberating budgets can be altered is by amending the and balancing accounts, in addition to Local Government Act or by special setting the general goals to be striven legislation. for by the City. Chairman of the City Council Mari Puoskari The City Council The City Council meetings are Green The most important decision-making open to the public and media, if not body in Helsinki is the City Council, otherwise decreed by the Council on City Council 2013 85 members representing the following political parties: • National Coalition • Left Wing Alliance 9 • Christian Democrats 2 (Conservative) 23 • The Finns Party 8 • Communist Party of Finland PERTTI NISONEN • Green League of Finland 19 • Swedish People’s Party 5 (Unity) 1 • Social Democratic Party 15 • Centre Party 3 Auditor City Board Auditor Committee 15 members representing Audit Department First Deputy Chairman the following political parties: Harry Bogomoloff • National Coalition (Conservative) Conservative • Green League of Finland • Social Democratic Party The Information Technology Division • Left Wing Alliance • Finns Party 9 members representing • Swedish People’s Party the following political parties: • Centre Party • National Coalition (Conservative) • Green League of Finland • Social Democratic Party • Left Wing Alliance PERTTI NISONEN • Swedish People’s Party City Board’s City Group Section Governance Division 9 members representing the following political parties: 9 members representing • National Coalition (Conservative) the following political parties: • Green League of Finland • National Coalition (Conservative) • Social Democratic Party • Green League of Finland • Left Wing Alliance • Social Democratic Party • • Left Wing Alliance Second Deputy Chairman Finns Party • Finns Party Sara Paavolainen • Swedish People’s Party Social Democrat 31 committees with 9–13 members each; selected by City Council 4 City of Helsinki n Annual Report 2013 special occasions. The meetings are Group and ascertain that the Group’s also broadcast live on the internet affiliated companies and foundations Helsinkikanava, where they may also are operating according to the be watched later as recordings. objectives set by the Board. The Information Technology City Board Division monitors the preparation PERTTI NISONEN The City Board is responsible for and implementation of the City’s n■ administration and financial information technology programme as management well as how the programme’s goals n■ preparatory processing of business are achieved. It will also deal with such to be dealt with by the City Council information technology projects that n■ implementation of Council decisions exceed one million euros in cost. n■ examining the legality of Council Governance Division makes proposals decisions for reforming City governance. Chairman of the City Board, Tatu Rauhamäki The fifteen members of the City Board Mayor and Deputy Mayors Conservative are elected by the City Council for two- The Mayor and the four Deputy Mayors year terms and in proportion to the are each responsible for distinct Council’s political composition. sectors of work and report to the City Board. They follow activities in their City Board has three divisions; respective segments and oversee the City Group Division, implementation of decisions. They Information Technology Division are also responsible for preparatory and Governance Division processing of business within their PERTTI NISONEN The City Group Division’s mission is remits and for reporting to the City to monitor the operations of the City Board on these matters. n Departments and Offices Mayor Deputy Mayor for public works and environmental affairs • Administration Centre First Deputy Chairman of • Audit Department, General Administration • City Transport the City Board and City • Economic and Planning Centre • Construction Services Group Section • Financial Management • Environment Centre Osku Pajamäki • Helsinki Energy • Fire and Rescue Department Social Democrat • Port of Helsinki • Helsinki Wholesale Market • Palmia • Public Works Department • Procurement Centre Deputy Mayor for city planning Deputy Mayor for social affairs and real estate and public health PERTTI NISONEN • City Planning Department • Social and Health Services Department • Building Regulation Department • Early Education and Care • Housing Production Bureau • Real Estate Department Deputy Mayor for cultural and personnel affairs • Deputy Mayor for education, cultural • Educational Department and personnel affairs • Helsinki Urban Facts • Finnish Adult Education Centre • Helsinki Zoo Second Deputy Chairman • Swedish Adult Education Centre • Human Resources Department of the City Board • Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra • Human Resources Department Service • City Art Museum • Occupational Health Centre Emma Kari • City Library • Sports Department Green • City Museum • Youth Department • Cultural Centre Annual Report 2013 n City of Helsinki 5 1-tasonThe Mayor’s otsikko sector tähän he City of Helsinki’s economy Income development