Overview of Kouvola Welcoming • Fascinating • Evolving 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 2 Kouvola in figures 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 3 Strategy of Kouvola 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 4 Organization of elected officials 2017 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 5 City Council 2017 - 20121 City Executive Board 2017 - 2021 59 LOCAL COUCILLORS 13 MEMBERS Chairman Chairman Jouko Leppänen(KOK) Harri Helminen (SDP) 1st Deputy Chairman 1st Deputy Chairman Paula Werning (SDP) Jani Heikari (KOK) 2nd Deputy Chairman 2nd Deputy Chairman Topi Seppälä (KESK) Jenny Hasu(KESK) 3rd Deputy Chairman Jari Huhtala (VIHR) SDP Social Democratic Party of Finland KOK National Coalition Party KESK Centre Party VIHR The Greens PS Finns Party KD Christian Democrats VAS Left Alliance SIT Independents S-KS Independets of Suur-Kouvola 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 6 Organization for services 2017 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 7 Executive management group Mayor Marita Toikka Financial Director Tuukka Forsell Director of Welfare Services Arja Kumpu Technical Director Hannu Tylli Administrative Director Katja Tommiska Personnel Director Päivi Karhu Strategy and Development Director Jyrki Harjula Development Director Petteri Portaankorva Communications Manager Anne Käki Personnel representative Asta Nurminen 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 8 Personnel by service sectors 31 December 2016 Permanent Fixed-term Empl.subsidy Personnel Personnel Change Change 31.12.2016 31.12.2015 qvt % 4 749 1 042 95 5 886 6 002 -116 -1.9 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 9 Biggest employers 9/2017 5 886 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1200 900 809 1 000 629 550 410 280 238 193 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 City of Kouvola 2 Defence Forces 3 UPM-Kymmene Oyj 4 Carea – Kymenlaakso Social and Health Services 5 Kymen Seudun Osuuskauppa 6 Stora Enso Oyj 7 VR Group 8 Parishes in Kouvola 9 Lumon Oy 10 ELY Centre of Southeast Finland/TE Office of Southeast Finland 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 10 Financial key figures muutettu 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 11 Versatile education Learning all your life BASIC EDUCATION Kymenlaakso University OTHERS Comprehensive schools 35 of Applied Sciences – • KRAO Trains and railways Upper secondary schools 5 KYAMK • Kouvola Vocational Adult Education Centre Kasarminmäki Campus • Lappeenranta University of Technology, Kouvola unit Kouvola Region Vocational Education • Liberal Adult Education Institute of Kouvola College – KSAO • Kymenlaakso Institute KSAO Adult education • Kymenlaakso Summer University • The North Kymi Music Institute 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 12 Villages all along the city Approx. 60 villages in the city Price per square meter 1,378 € Rental homes 8-12 €/m 2 Half of the inhabitants live in Detached houses 22,733 Blocks of flats 17,655 Terraced houses 6,506 Others 969 Plots in villages and in the city 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 13 There is the cottage More than 7,700 summer houses Approx. 30,000 leisure-time residents 450 lakes 7th biggest summer house municipality 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 14 Living countryside Farms 994 Fields (ha) 46,800 Transferred farmer subsidies (M€) 29 Number of farms subject to holiday substitutes service 525 Number of water supply co-operatives 47 Real estates with water supply in sparsely populated areas 4,200 Subsidised private roads - qty 371 - km 1,411 - road refurbishment 21 Assisted villages 53 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 15 Right on track One of the biggest rail junctions in Finland (passenger and cargo transport) Almost 200 transport and forwarding companies engaged in logistics 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 16 Strategic Development Projects Center of Logistics Canal of Kimola Developing the centre of Kouvola 9/22/201722.9.2017 City of Kouvola 17 The largest garrison city in Finland Karelia Brigade and Utti Jaeger Regiment Personnel approx. 1200 Conscripts 4400 p.a. The garrison also covers the South-eastern Finland Regional Office, Headquarters of the 1st Logistics Regiment, and the Vekaranjärvi and Utti health stations operating under the Centre for Military Medicine. Some of the personnel of the Finnish Defence Forces C5 Agency and Construction Establishment of Defence Administration also work at the garrison. 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 18 UPM Kymmene Oyj • Kymi Paper and Pulp Mill • Kalso Veneer Mill • Verla Mill Museum Vitality from the forest Stora Enso, Wood Construction Anjalankoski Mill • Centre of expertise in wood construction • Anjala Paper Mill • Wood products industry and wood construction • Ingerois Board Mill • Ankkapurha Industrial Museum 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 19 Let’s move 8 sport centres 4 indoor ice rinks 5 indoor swimming pools 5 shooting ranges 3 golf centres 3 bowling alleys Sami Hyypiä Arena KPL – Finnish baseball Airfields: Utti and Selänpää 350 km of nature trails Mielakka Ski Resort 110 km of illuminated jogging tracks KOOKOO – ice hockey Kouvola Formula-Center 292 km of cycle ways KOUVOT – basketball 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 20 1870 Kaipiainen railway station and History 1700's onwards the truss bridge of Koria were built on the Riihimäki - St Petersburg railway. 1743-1809 Kymi River served as a border between Sweden and 1756 Anjala cruciform church was completed. Russia from 1743 to 1809. 1874 Kouvola obtained a railway station as a result of the construction of the St Petersburg railway. The little village with a station started to become a junction. 1872 Kymi and Kuusankoski Paper Mills started. 1856 The first Emmental Cheese 1887 The oldest building in the was made In Sippola Manor. Ingerois mill area, brick board mill, was completed. 1902 Arboretum Mustila was founded. 1911-1914 Kasarminmäki is a garrison area built under the rule of the Russian Tsar. 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 21 City of Culture Houses of culture Kouvola Hall Kuusankoski Hall 10 libraries 1 420 219 library loans p.a. (2016) Kymi Sinfonietta Kouvola Theatre Number of yearly audience approx. 40,000 POIKILO museums Kuusankoski Theatre 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 22 Happenings Kouvola Day Celebration for the citizens of Kouvola Kuulas Kymi Grand Prix International Meidän maaseutu International Children's Our Countryside Festival Trotting Race Theatre Festival on the race track Local Food Festival Diversifying supply from Pioneer Festival local produsers Rock Festival in historical garrison milieu Magic Days Magicians’ competition Kouvolan Komia and training event Music week Night of Fashion Night of the Arts Erä- ja vapaa-aikamessut twice a year Cultureal event for Wilderness and leisure time fair families all over the city every two years 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 23 Shopping Shopping Centre Manski Shopping Centre Valtari The world´s second largest Prisma Shopping Centre Veturi The tenth largest shopping centre in Finland Shopping Centre Hansa Kouvola market place More than 80 shops More than 250 shops in the centre 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 24 Mill Museum Tykkimäki Amusement Park Relaxed and fun place! approx. 40 rides and games Ruukkikylä shops Actionpark shopping centre Prisma Exercising is now all fun and games! Aquapark Bursts of laughter and waves of joy! Verla UNESCO World Heritage Site 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 25 Mustila Arboretum Repovesi The unique area of horticultural plants National Park The unique protected area of forests and hills More than 50 species of rhododendrons and azaleas Renowned for its natural beauty 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 26 9/22/2017 City of Kouvola 27.