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City council celebrated UNICEF's Child Friendly Cities recognition granted to Vantaa
City council celebrated UNICEF's Child Friendly Cities recognition granted to Vantaa.
The City of Vantaa to receive the UNICEF Child Friendly Cities recognition
Finnish Committee for UNICEF grants the City of Vantaa the Child Friendly Cities recognition. “In two years, Vantaa has succeeded in making permanent changes in the city’s operations, as well as significant changes for children and the young,” UNICEF acknowledges.
Early childhood education decisions made earlier have been resent to customer families due to system malfunction
Early childhood education's VaSa system (CgiVesa) was updated on Monday, January 8, 2024. Because of an error in the update, some of the customers will receive by mail old early childhood education’s place or scope decisions that are related to, for instance, year 2022.
Flooding in Varistonoja in Vantaa and Niipperinoja in Espoo will be reduced by water management structures – event for residents explaining the measures on 1 February
The water quality of Lake Pitkäjärvi will be improved and floods in its catchment area will be reduced by implementing natural water management structures at selected sites in Vantaa and Espoo. These measures will be discussed in an event for residents organised on Thursday 1 February.
Vantaa School League has been launched – don’t miss the basketball tournament on 13 January 2024
The Vantaa School League, launched last autumn, includes 230 third graders from across the city. In January, the teams will compete in basketball.
City council ratified the integration plan and several local detailed plans
City council ratified the integration plan and several local detailed plans.
See how the strike on 14 December will affect Vantaa services
On Thursday 14 December 2023, many of Vantaa's sports facilities will be closed due to strikes. The menus of kindergartens and schools will also change.
Korso disposition plan has been made available for public inspection - familiarize yourself with the draft disposition plan online and in a residents’ event on December 12
A disposition plan has been devised for Korso center, according to which the area will be developed over the next decades. The disposition plan covers the area from Kulomäentie in the south, Ankkapuisto in the west, Leppäkorpi school in the north, and Otavatie in the east. You can voice your
Vantaa’s participatory budgeting inspired an influx of ideas
The phase for brainstorming and submitting ideas to Vantaa’s participatory budgeting ended on 30 November. About 2 000 ideas were received during the month-long submission phase.
Vantaa’s summer entrepreneurship programme boosts young people’s confidence in their skills
The Vantaa Summer Entrepreneurship Programme encouraged young people in Vantaa to try entrepreneurship and the viability of their own business idea. In summer 2023, a total of 16 young people aged 15-29 from Vantaa participated in the programme. Each participant received a mentor and €300 to start