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Public Sector and NGOs – Critical Partnership for People’s Welfare

Public Sector and NGOs – Critical Partnership for People’s Welfare. Mr Mika Pyykkö. Structure of the Presentation. About Finland RAY in g eneral Funding activities Challenges and possibilities. About Finland. Officially the Republic of Finland Population 5,4 million

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Public Sector and NGOs – Critical Partnership for People’s Welfare

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  1. Public Sector and NGOs – Critical Partnership for People’s Welfare Mr Mika Pyykkö Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  2. Structure of the Presentation • About Finland • RAY in general • Funding activities • Challenges and possibilities Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  3. About Finland • Officially the Republic of Finland • Population 5,4 million • 80 % live in cities or densely built-up area etc. 20 % live in countryside, rural areas etc. • Education: ca. 33 % of Finns has a academic degree • 6 Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) • 336 municipalities • Ca. 130.000 registered association, for which ca. 8 000 operates on the field of social affairs and health Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  4. RAY in General • An organization governed by public law, its neither a private enterprise nor a private association • Established in 1938 to raise funds through gaming operations to support the work of Finnish health and welfare organizations • 94 non-profit organizations in the health and welfare fields are members of RAY • Decision-making • General Meeting (all the member organizations) • Board of Administration • 7 representatives appointed by the Finnish Government • 7 representatives selected by the General Meeting Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  5. The operations are governed by laws and decrees Lotteries Act Decree on the Slot Machine Association Act on slot machine funding assistance Decree on certain time limits applicable to slot machine funding assistance Licensing and supervision (Ministry of the Interior), prevention of problems (Ministry Of Social Affairs and Health), distribution of proceeds (Ministry of Finance) and allocation of funding (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health) Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  6. Proceeds from gaming operations in 2011 total € 739.1 million • Arcades € 94.1 million • Casino Helsinki € 27.5 million • Casino games in restaurants € 14.9 million • Slot machines € 571.2 million • Online gaming € 29.7 million • Rent income € 1.7 million Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  7. Other expenses € 69.9 million Investments € 23.9 million Salaries and social expenses € 61.2 million Grants and State Treasury € 410.8 million Lottery tax € 73.8 million Space rental € 99.5 million Distribution of the proceeds from gaming operations in 2011 total € 739.1 million Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  8. ”RAY must have the monopoly for slot machine operations also in the future” Agree No opinion Disagree Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  9. Funding Activities - From revenue to funding The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health presents the funding proposal to the Government The Government makes the funding decisions Gaming revenue To the State Treasury for war veteran rehabilitation and care Lottery duty Funding Operational costs (wages, social security costs, investments) RAY's Board of Administration RAY pays the funding controls their use monitors/evaluates the funded operations Slot machine space rental RAY’s Executive Director Funding to be granted The funding department's preparatory working group Application handling and funding preparations Applications 9 Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  10. Funding in 2012 MEURNumber • Applied funding in total487,0 • Applicants1 170 • Applications for projects and activities2 367 • Granted funding in total291,0 • Funded organisations 756 • Funded projects and activities 1 557 • New funding projects and activities327 • Funding categories • General funding (Ay) 51,7131 • Targeted operations funding (Ak)132,8784 • Investment funding (B)40,3157 • Project funding (Ci/Ck)66,2485 • State Treasury 99,3 (During 1993 – 2012 all together about € 1,7 billion) Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  11. Funding in 2012 • Main strategic policies MEUR • Strengthening health and social welfare 86,7 • Preventing problems threatening health and 89,7 social welfare • Helping and supporting those in trouble 114,7 Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  12. Influential social power Funding is used to combat current health and social challenges, including • Change in age structure • Immigration / diversity of cultures • Loneliness • Social and financial exclusion • Involvement of persons with various disabilities • Substance abuse • Mental well-being • Obesity • Memory-related illnesses Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  13. The performance management 2012-2015 between Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and RAY • Strategic choices of Ministry of Social Affairs and Health • Three priorities in Programme of Prime Minister JyrkiKatainen’s government • Reduction of poverty, inequality and social exclusion • Consolidation of public finances • Enhancing sustainable economic growth, employment and competitiveness • Following actions are based on implementation of Programme for government • A cross-sector action plan for reducing social exclusion, poverty and health problems • Programs belonging to The second National Development Programme for Social Welfare and Health Care (KASTE II) • Programme to reduce long-term homelessness • The housing programme for mentally disabled people Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  14. 2 3 1 Preventing Helping problems and Strengthening threatening supporting health and social health and • 1 • Strengthening health • and • social welfare those in social welfare welfare 2 Preventing problems threatening health and social welfare trouble Main strategic policies 2012 - 2015 • Target: Fruitful NGO activities for the benefit of the people • Aim: Promoting health and social welfare by supporting the operations and projects of NGOs working for the public good. 3 Helping and supporting those in trouble • Principles • Non-governmental organization (NGO) has a special right to receive funding • Every applicant is treated equally • Openness and transparency Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  15. Funding secures the viability of organisations • Providing participation opportunities and meeting places • Voluntary and peer activities • Information, guidance and training • Influencing and lobbying • Acquisition of premises • Regional activities • International activities NGOs, working on health and social welfare sector, are an important part of a welfare state. RAY’s support for these organisations includes Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  16. Biggest funding recipients in 2012 • Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired7 560 000 € • Y-Foundation 5 819 999 € • Federation of Mother and Child Homes 5 664 993 € • and Shelters • Finnish Society for Social and Health 5 106 000 € • Registered Association of Drug Prevention 4 748 000 € • The Finnish Association on Intellectual and 4 729 000 € • Developmental Disabilities • Rural Health and Holiday Care 4 663 000 € • Registered Association of Welfare Holidays 4 660 000 € • The Finnish Association for Mental Health 4 368 995 € • Finnish Association of the Deaf 3 788 000 € Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  17. Mutual challenges and possibilities (1/5) NGOs • participation opportunities • voluntary activities, peer groups • influencing/lobbying • developing • training • information Private companies Municipalities The Government Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  18. Mutual challenges and possibilities (2/5) • Alternating environment • Shrunken / widened view of the world • State of the economy • Reformation of the municipality structure • Information overdose • The orientation of voluntary work • Doing good is outsourced Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  19. Mutual challenges and possibilities (3/5) • NGOs’ changing role • Participation, acting, influencing • AIM, THEME • Voluntariness • FORM, TIME FRAME • Peer support • TIME, PLACE, METHOD • Expertise • VISIONS • Communication/give out information • LISTENING, CONVERSATION, SPARRING • Methodical approach/developing • REGENERATION, ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE • Reacting • FLEXIBILITY Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  20. Mutual challenges and possibilities (4/5) • Alternating course of action • To chart the needs of action • To clarify the setting up of the aims • Increasing the cooperation • Between NGOs • Between NGOs and municipalises (e.g. KASTE-Programme) • Between NGOs and corporations • Compounding of professional work, voluntariness and peer support Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  21. Mutual challenges and possibilities (5/5) • Alternating course of action • Development of strengthening and preventing action • Establishment of monitoring (evaluation) practises • Expanding the utilize of the good practises • Implanting the results of development work • Reducing health and welfare inequalities between different groups of people • Why, what aims, to who, in what way, with who? Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  22. Welfare is build with collaboration Kela - The Social Insurance Institution of Finland GLOBALISATION The Parliament, legislation Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment &  Regional State Administrative Agencies Counties Research institutes schools exercise health youth Nursing districts social work Ad hoc hobbies culture www Non-profit organizations village/ suburb neighbours educational establishments Centres of expertiseetc. family friends environment church companies media EU Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

  23. Finland’s Slot Machine AssociationTuruntie 42, FI-02650 ESPOOtel +358 9 437 01 fax +358 9 4370 2383firstname.surename@ray.fiwww.ray.fi Mika Pyykkö, Funding Activities, 29 March 2012

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