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In addition to the shortage of raw materials, rapid inflation, rising interest rates and Russia’s war of aggression, the operating environment of the Turku economic area was strained by the coronavirus pandemic that has continued for three years already. Despite this, the financial period ended with a surplus of EUR 18.2 million. The positive revenue development was influenced by better-than-expected development of corporation tax and municipal tax revenue as well as revenue from the transfer of assets.
The amount of labour used in person-years by all personnel during the period 1 January – 31 December 2022 was 10,675.9. The use of labour in 2022 was 10,362.0, excluding employed persons, pupils and trainees, participants of relocation experiments and disabled persons in subsidised work.
The turnover data specific to the Turku sub-region produced by Statistics Finland will be available until the end of September 2022. In the Turku sub-region, turnover and personnel numbers developed positively in the third quarter of 2022 in all sectors, with the exception of maritime industry turnover. Turnover increased 12.4% from the previous year. Turnover increased by 23.6% in industry, by 12.3% in services, by 8.7% in wholesale and retail, and by 8.0% in construction. In the third quarter, the turnover of the maritime industry decreased by 15.3% from the previous year.
The recent years have been exceptional. The direct impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have been smaller than expected. However, the coronavirus pandemic has increased uncertainty regarding continuous services. The governmental policy on full compensation of the effects of coronavirus has been important, and from the city's point of view, the policy should also be adhered to in the future. As the direct impacts decrease, an effort must be made to assess indirect impacts, especially with regard to education, teaching and recreation services.
The social operating environment was again subject to major changes in 2022, mainly due to the effects of the Russian war of aggression launched on 24 February. Safety, increased costs of construction and living and support for Ukraine and Ukrainians have been at the core of the operations throughout the year.
The Group Division of the City Board is responsible for the development of corporate governance, and the corporate governance and the control of entities defined as strategic entities.
The Group Division has nine members, each with a personal vice member. The City Council elects the members of the Group Division for two years at a time.
A call is open for research projects matching the Turku Urban Research Programme 2022-2025 (pdf). The call applies to research groups, led by and including researchers affiliated with the University of Turku (UTU) or the Åbo Akademi University (ÅA).
Do you lack a venue for a meeting or for a festive event? Arkea’s Restaurant Nereidi can be transformed to a venue for a festive event for up to 180 persons.
The address of the restaurant is Postikatu 2 in the Pitkämäki region in Turku.
We also arrange festive events and other happenings with style in a professional manner. Please feel free to reach us via e-mail ravintola.nereidi@arkea.fi or by phone +358 40 631 7586 to ask further information.
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General brochure of Education Division
- Sivistystoimialan yleisesite 2018
- Bildningssektorns allmänna broschyr 2018
- General brochure of Education Division 2018
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The City of Turku cooperates actively with other cities in different city networks both in the home country and internationally. The main goals of the international cooperation are:
- joint promotion of interests in the European urban policy
- theme-specific cooperation
- comparison of good practices and operations models and exchange of experiences
The City of Turku with its partners also participates in several field-specific networks like organisations and networks of culture, industry, logistics and universities.
The City Strategy is a document which answers to the following questions:
Many Turku based sports clubs wished for more co-operation between the Sports bodies and the sports clubs, so in the spring of 2003 the increase of such interaction was discussed.
The Sports board introduced at Parainen city’s strategic days that the cooperation between sports clubs is important to raise as a focus area of strategic planning and that a permanent organization should be founded to co-ordinate the co-operation between the two sports parties.
The Turku.fi website and the Turku region events calendar
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The City of Turku has two extensive spearhead projects derived from the City Strategy:
- Development of the city centre
- Turku Science Park
Three new spearhead projects were launched in Mayor’s programme 2021–2025 (pdf):
The City Development Department of the City Board is responsible for the strategic guidance of the city's property development, land use and use of space.
The department has 13 memebers. Each member has a personal substitute. The department members are elected for a two-year term by the Council.
The Chairperson of the department is Mika Maaskola (The Social Democratic Party of Finland) and the First Vice Chair is Niko Aaltonen (The National Coalition Party of Finland).
In its operating area, the unit is responsible for environmental health regulatory control and duties and their implementation in matters in accordance with the Food Act, Health Protection Act, Veterinary Care Act, Tobacco Act and Medicines Act (nicotine products).
Environmental health is divided into health protection, inspection of foodstuffs and veterinary care.
The unit is responsible for permit and supervision duties of the environmental protection authority and duties and expert services assigned for a campsite authority and municipal authority referred to in the Environmental Protection Act, takes care of affairs related to game and fishery management, hunting and fishing, and surveillance in accordance with hunting and fishing law in these areas.
The unit is responsible for guiding construction work, counselling and permit and inspection services. Permit services include registering permit applications, preparing permits, decision-making, invoicing and maintaining a register of buildings and flats. Inspection services include supervision during construction work, site marking and location reviews, continuous supervision and tree felling affairs.
Building control is managed by a building inspector.
Parking control is responsible for monitoring regulations concerning parking, stopping vehicles and idling. It is also responsible for imposing parking fines and other sanctions prescribed by law.
Vehicle tow-away is responsible for operations required by local tow-away and storage tow-away of vehicles in the Turku area.
Parking services maintain city parking meters and is responsible for development and functionality of parking payment options
The service area of permits and surveillance is responsible for official duties of construction, environmental protection and nature conservation, environmental health, parking surveillance and regional waste management and related counselling, guidance, surveillance and expert services.
The service area is managed by a control manager.
Four units operate in the service area:
The department is responsible for the city’s land acquisition, developing properties, conveyances and preparation of land use agreements. The plot services are also responsible for land leasing within the city, sales points, recreation areas, allotment gardens, building management and housing management of the city’s land and water property. In addition, the department is responsible for authority duties that, in conformity with housing legislation, are the responsibility of the municipality.
The transport planning unit is responsible for the traffic technical maintenance, planning and development of the transportation system (apart from public transport) in accordance with requirements of functionality, safety and sustainable development. The unit monitors the development of safety and the amount of traffic within the transport network and participates in the maintenance of regional transport model
The planning department is responsible for designing built environment and developing the cityscape, good urban structure and planned land. The objective is an attractive, functional, healthy and safe living environment in accordance with principles of sustainable development
The planning department is responsible for organising the master plans and city plans that guide construction in the city, along with organising related involvement and compilation of reports. The tasks of the department also include preparing deviation decisions and planning need decisions.