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City of Gothenburg Annual Report 2019 City of Gothenburg Annual Report 2019 Sustainable city – open to the world City of Gothenburg Annual Report The City of Gothenburg Annual Report is the City Executive Board’s report to the City Council on the combined services and finances for the year. It is also aimed at residents and visitors, as well as external stakeholders such as lenders, suppliers and other public authorities. The Annual Report is produced by the City Management Office for the City Executive Board. The Annual Report begins with a summary of the past year by the Chairman of the City Executive Board in 2019, Axel Josefson. This is followed by an overview of the City of Gothenburg’s organisation, its employees, assignments and future challenges. The City of Gothenburg Annual Report is divided into four sections. Title: City of Gothenburg Annual Report 2019 Author: City Management Office, City of Gothenburg Graphic design and layout: Visual Communication City of Gothenburg Cover photo: Frida Winter 2 City of Gothenburg Annual Report 2019 | Administration Report Administration Report 12 The first section contains the Administration Report, which according to the Swedish Municipal Accounting Act must be presented in the Annual Report. 1 The various headings are based on the guidelines of the Swedish Council for Municipal Accounting. The Administration Report is forward-looking and provides information on conditions that are essential for the governance and management of the City. The Administration Report focuses on key elements of the City’s services and developments in finances and human resources. It is intended to describe the City’s services, which are provided by municipal companies and administrations. A relatively large proportion of the City of Gothenburg’s services are organised in the form of municipal companies. The report also provides an assessment of progress towards the City Council’s goals and assignments set out in the City Council’s budget. Finally, there is a short report on sponsorship and foundations. Accounts 102 This section presents the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement for the Municipality and the combined accounts, with accompa- 2 nying notes. The compiled financial statements cover the Municipal Group, which includes the municipal companies and joint statutory authorities. This section also describes the accounting principles as applied to the City of Gothenburg, and defines a number of terms. Operational accounts 126 The operational accounts are set out to allow comparison of outcomes with the City Council’s budget for the committees These accounts there- 3 fore meet the City Council’s requirement to report on progress and demonstrate the accountability of the committees. The financial performance of the municipal companies is also reported in this section. Comparisons are made with the budget agreed by the boards of the companies. Further information is also provided about the financial status of the companies in the form of key financial figures. Investment accounts 134 The investment accounts are intended to allow easy comparison of financial outcomes with the City Council’s budget. The financial performance for the 4 companies is reported in the same way, by comparison with the budgets agreed by the boards of the companies. This section also reports on selected investment projects that are high- lighted at City Council level. Administration Report | City of Gothenburg Annual Report 2019 3 The Chairman of the City Executive Board sums up the past year “Getting our finances in good shape” 2019 has been a positive year for the City of Gothenburg. The Municipality showed a surplus and we now have funds to invest in our mutual welfare. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible! Gothenburg’s strength and its challenges lie in the of welfare. We have been largely successful in this growth of the city. In 2019 alone the population and there are several examples worth highlighting. grew by 7,000. This growth is welcome at a time We have been careful with taxpayers’ money. when many other municipalities are struggling Despite a sharp increase in demand for municipal with a shrinking population base. But naturally, it services and many ongoing organisational changes also presents challenges. More residents mean more we have managed our shared resources carefully demand for housing and more pressure on what is and achieved a positive financial result. This is very often called welfare infrastructure – pre-schools, important, as it gives us more scope for action schools and housing for the elderly. Another grow- going forward. ing challenge is to recruit and retain employees. For example, competition for pre-school teachers is Climate change is even higher very strong today. Gothenburg must actively work on the agenda to provide welfare at a level that matches demand. The threat to the climate is the greatest chal- Economically, we saw the lingering effects lenge of our time. In Gothenburg, we have full of the boom in 2019. Although the population political agreement on this issue. In 2019 the increased, unemployment fell. Above all, we can Municipality set up a special working group thank the strong business community in the Goth- with representatives from every sector that will enburg Region for this. The many industrial and focus on accelerating the transition to fossil-free tech companies that compete in the international energy. Party politics must not stand in the way of market are creating jobs that will lay the founda- climate work. The City continued to switch over tion for everyone’s welfare. its vehicle fleet to fossil-free fuels during the year, But no boom lasts forever. As a municipality, and further progress was made on installing solar we must take advantage of the good times so that panels on municipal buildings. For the fourth we are better equipped when the economy falters. year in a row we have been voted the world’s most Our goals for 2019 were to get our finances in good sustainable meetings and events city. shape and at the same time invest in the core area 4 City of Gothenburg Annual Report 2019 Axel Josefson, Chairman of the City Executive Board, reflects over the past year. PHOTO: FRIDA WINTER Administration Report | City of Gothenburg Annual Report 2019 5 PHOTO: LO BIRGERSSON We have built more homes The Pre-School Administration has taken active The pace of housing construction in Gothenburg steps to increase the proportion of qualified has risen significantly in2019 . 4,400 new homes teaching staff and bring pre-school education to have been built. This many new homes have not the same level across the city. Some of the financial been built in the city since the early 1970s. For the surplus for 2019 will be used to invest in new first time in 15 years, construction now matches schools and pre-schools. population growth. More housing and a better mix of housing types are one way of countering We have invested in the homelessness and segregation. The city has been older generation suffering from a housing shortage that we are now Welfare is a contract between generations. in the process of rectifying. We have put more resources into care for the elderly. In 2019, Gothenburg also appointed an We have invested in schools ombudsman for the elderly in order to identify Resources in the school sector have been in- and highlight the interests of the elderly as we creased. Several positive trends were noted in 2019. build the city of the future. The City has decided Perhaps the most important is that the proportion to start introducing greater freedom of choice of students who leave year nine with satisfactory in housing and personal support for the elderly. grades is rising. We are also pleased to report that Having a choice over their care provider gives the proportion of students graduating from three- elderly people more influence over their every- year national programmes at upper secondary level day lives. The proportion of users who choose is rising and upper secondary school attendance private home-help services has increased, and the is also growing. Important measures have been proportion of users who are satisfied with their taken in pre-schools to improve assessment and home help has also risen. systematic planning. 6 City of Gothenburg Annual Report 2019 PHOTO: LO BIRGERSSON “The City’s employees are its most important welfare resource. We employ more than 50,000 people – in over 100 job roles – to deliver services to residents and ensure the Municipality runs smoothly.” We take public safety seriously We aim to be a competitive employer As in the rest of Sweden, there is a greater sense of The City’s employees are its most important wel- insecurity in public spaces in Gothenburg. We take fare resource. We employ more than 50,000 people this seriously and are investing in improving public in more than 100 different occupational categories safety. The City cooperates with the police and to deliver services to residents and ensure the other organisations on measures such as installing Municipality runs smoothly. Sick leave fell in 2019, surveillance cameras in areas with high crime while attendance rose among the Municipality’s rates. A dialogue was conducted in 2019 with the employees. Continuing to make the City an aim of introducing municipal security officers in attractive workplace where people thrive and feel 2020. The city districts have taken steps to identify they are developing is a priority issue. The City’s unsafe areas and make them more accessible and good results in 2019 would not have been possible attractive. One notable success was in Gårdsten, without all the fine efforts of the Municipality’s which in 2019 became the first district in Sweden employees.
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