Tag: Administration
Vantaa is a forward-looking city – in the year 2024 Vantaa invests in the future
Vantaa Mayor Pekka Timonen has published his budget proposal for the year 2024. The city will continue to grow; it has managed to reduce its debt in a long-term basis; and during the next few years, Vantaa will implement several investments that will bolster the city’s vitality.
Towards a more culturally diverse working life
Vantaa is involved in the Muutostöissä (Change at Work) campaign, which aims to open peopleʼs eyes to the possibilities of a culturally diverse working life and the obstacles to it: ignorance, conditioning and beliefs.
Mika Kasonen elected as Chairman of City Executive Board of Vantaa
The Vantaa City Council held its first meeting of the autumn term on 21 August. At the meeting, Mika Kasonen of the National Coalition Party was elected as the new Chairman of the City Executive Board for the 2023-2025 term of office, following the departure of the current Chair, Sari Multala, as
City council chose new major and ratified Vantaa’s 2023-2025 welfare plan as well as plans related to Vantaa light rail
City council chose new major and ratified Vantaa’s 2023-2025 welfare plan as well as plans related to Vantaa light rail
Pekka Timonen elected as the new Mayor of Vantaa
At its meeting on 19 June 2023, the Vantaa City Council elected Pekka Timonen as the new Mayor.
New report on sustainable development in Vantaa
The report describes, how the Vantaa promotes the UN sustainable development goals, which cover the ecological, social, and economic aspects of sustainability.
Statement: Photographs of children and young people involved in accidents should not be published
The cities of Espoo, Helsinki and Vantaa want to remind everyone that all adults, including bystanders and members of the media, are responsible for protecting children and young people from publicity in situations involving accidents.
Safe environment and the emergence of gangs
Street gangs, youth gangs and juvenile delinquency are hot topics, but the terms and concepts have become blurred in the general conversation.
City Council approves the plan for the Vaakapuisto area
On 24 April 2023, Vantaa City Council approved the plan for the Vaakapuisto park areas. The Vaakapuisto park areas will mainly be turned into block areas for residential houses. The buildings will protect the yards and detached house plots located on the southern side from the road noise of
City of Vantaa’s whistleblowing channel
Vantaa introduced a whistleblowing channel where city personnel, partners, residents and others can report suspected misconduct anonymously or with their name.