Front page News News OmaStadi’s participatory budgeting exercise in participation outreach helps identify resident priorities OmaStadi’s participatory budgeting exercise in participation outreach helps identify resident priorities 11.5.2021 The City of Helsinki implements participatory budgeting through the OmaStadi project. In participatory budgeting, citizens can propose small projects and decide how the city will spend 8.8 million euros of the city budget. Participatory budgeting has now reached the stage where proposals are being finalised. In the autumn of 2021, Helsinki residents will be able to vote on the proposals to be funded, the formation of which can be found throughout the process on OmaStad’s website. Earlier in the spring, we supported the OmaStadi project by leading eight large-district ‘Alueraksa’ workshops where city dwellers worked in groups to refine their proposals. After the regional workshops, the focus moved to thematic workshops. The theme groups brought together suggestions made by city dwellers on the same theme, which were discussed with city experts. The themes included ecology, culture, exercise and outdoor activities, learning and skills, parks and nature, the built environment, health and wellbeing and community. The aim of the thematic projects was for experts and citizens to work together in order to finalise the proposals so that they are feasible and meet the OmaStadi criteria. The proposals of the townspeople concern in particular the development of outdoor areas. Many want public saunas and swimming areas in their area. Improvements to parks and outdoor sports venues have also been popular proposals. It was gratifying to see how the townspeople and the city’s expert officials had long and lucrative discussions about the city’s development. The practical problems with the proposals were rectified and many new insights emerged for future development. OmaStadi is Helsinki’s participatory budgeting concept. Citizens will be able to propose and decide upon how the city will spend 8.8 million euros from the city budget. Citizens will vote on the proposals in the autumn of 2021 with the proposals receiving the most votes subsequently implemented. More information about OmaStad can be found at omastadi.hel.fi. Read more https://www.mdi.fi/en/citizens-worked-out-their-participatory-budgeting-ideas-in-helsinkis-omastadi-regional-virtual-workshops/ Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme News 12.1.2023 AGDA is a Nordic development project funded by the Nordic Gender Equality Fund (NIKK). The project focuses on the opportunities that a greater focus on diversity and inclusion could create in the RDI-field, particularly in respect of green transition. Read more A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme
MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities News 12.10.2022 The challenge bundle work is the cross-cutting co-development of the “Sustainable City” programme, co-ordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of producing and sharing information, knowledge and solutions to the challenges linking cities’ management and practice in the area of leading work towards sustainability. The work produces concrete development measures, new ways of doing things and peer learning. Read more MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities
A new project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture will explore multi-locality from the point of view of companies and their employers: is place-independence becoming the future norm of successful companies? News 4.10.2022 Although remote working and place-independent work have already been examined extensively from both the public administration implications and individual perspectives,… Read more A new project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture will explore multi-locality from the point of view of companies and their employers: is place-independence becoming the future norm of successful companies?
