FAIR AND EQUAL VAASA – A STRONG DRIVER FOR THE REGION
Vaasa – A safe home base for families
- We want to guarantee high-quality early childhood education, basic education, and secondary education, providing children and young people with a strong foundation for growth
- Integrate sports and culture into the school day, ensuring that children and young people have a say and can contribute to matters that concern them
- Prevent inequality early by offering families flexible services, support, and guidance
- Ensure that every child and young person has access to at least one supervised hobby after school, in collaboration with third-sector organizations
- Develop youth workshop activities and expand supported housing options for young people and young adults
A good old age – on seniors’ terms
- Provide various forms of support to home-dwelling seniors and caregivers to help them manage daily life, in cooperation with the Wellbeing Services County
- Strengthen the use of new technologies to enhance wellbeing
- Develop diverse and safe housing options for seniors, including independent living solutions
- Enable an active lifestyle by removing barriers to mobility, and supporting participation in sports, culture, and other social activities
Developing preventive wellbeing and health services in cooperation with the Wellbeing Services County
- Ensure sufficient and accessible local municipal services
- Continue equal collaboration with associations and other service providers
- Support the most vulnerable and low-income residents
Vaasa – a leader in sustainable development
- Combat climate change through cooperation between the city, municipal corporations, educational institutions, and businesses
- Implement climate budgeting, including annual emission tracking
- Prepare for climate change adaptation, including stormwater management and biodiversity promotion
- Invest in securing external funding for climate-friendly projects
- Promote circular economy in public procurement
- Reduce traffic emissions and expand safe cycling and pedestrian pathways
- Develop public transportation
- Incorporate sustainable development into land use planning, zoning, and construction
- Promote affordable housing while ensuring diverse housing sizes in safe neighborhoods
An innovative student city
- Develop Vaasa as a bold and skilled student city where graduates want to stay and build their lives
- Launch joint projects with higher education institutions, utilizing students’ expertise and ideas for city development
- Address student housing shortages by ensuring affordable housing for all students
The transfer of TE services to municipalities
- In the Vaasa region, employment services will be managed by Ostrobothnia Employment Services, headquartered in Vaasa
- Strengthen regional vitality, competitiveness, and employment by recognizing and addressing the needs of local job seekers and employers
- Prevent long-term unemployment
- Reinforce employment services
- Secure resources and ensure staff well-being
- Guarantee the accessibility and equality of services
A diverse and evolving business structure provides jobs
- Continue developing Vaasa as a thriving industrial and business city
- A diverse economic structure ensures job opportunities despite economic changes
- Accelerate port, railway, maritime, and road projects
- Support businesses and municipalities in securing skilled labor through the education system
- Encourage start-up activities in collaboration with businesses and universities to ensure economic diversity and help students establish roots in the city
Democracy
- Promote a strong culture of citizen participation in Vaasa—residents, neighborhood associations, elected officials, and city employees should engage in discussions, listen to each other, and develop the city together
Our candidates stand for human rights and democratic principles while firmly rejecting racism and hate speech.
Vaasa Social Democratic Municipal Organization