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Local and regional administration in Finland

This article discusses the population density in various regions of Finland, the number of local authorities, and the tasks and plans of the Regional Council. It also explores the administrative levels in Finland and the EU structural fund financing.

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Local and regional administration in Finland

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  1. Local and regional administration in Finland Olav Jern Chief County Executive 20.11.2012

  2. Population and demography in Finland Population density in the EU is approximately 114 inhabitants/km2. Finland’s population density is 17,6 inhabitants/km2. Population density in Uusimaa region is 166,8 inhabitants/km2, which is almost equal to Luxemburg and Switzerland. Population density in Ostrobothnia is 23 inhabitants/km2. Population density in Helsinki is 2730,3 inhabitants/km2. There are only 0,2 inhabitants/km2 in the most sparsely populated municipalities in Finland.

  3. Population comparisons in Finland Population approximately equal to population in the Metropolitan Area Population approximately equal to population in Helsinki Total polulation in the Metropolitan Area is about 1,0 million. Total population in Helsinki is about 0,57 million.

  4. 331 local authorities (municipalities) in Finland but the number is decreasing… Number of local authorities in Finland 1940 - 2011 • 2005 432 • 2006 431 • 2007 416 • 2008 415 • 2009 348 • 2010 342 • 2011 336 • 331 • …

  5. Municipalities with morethan1000 immigrants

  6. Central Administration and Ministries From 1.1. 2011 18

  7. Regional administration Line Government Political Program Planning of Regional Development Actions in Finland Parliament’s alignments for Regional Development and Land Use Development Plans of the Regions Policies of Government Offices/ Ministries Regional Dev. Plans Reg. Dev. Programs 18 Regions Central administration line (Strategic) goals of Industrial and Regional development rising from local level

  8. Tasks of the Regional Council • The Regional Council is an expert development organisation acting as an active and cooperation-oriented initiative taker for the region in important development projects. • Task fields of the Regional Council: • regional development • spatial planning (land use) • regional cooperation and lobbying • international cooperation • cultural development • own projects • etc.

  9. Plans and programmes of the Regional Council • The plans and programmes serving as the guidelines for the development of the Region: • the Regional Plan • the Regional Land Use Plan • the Regional Strategic Programme and its Implementation Plan • the Reform of the municipal and the service structure • the Cultural Strategy • the Broad-band Strategy

  10. The organization in regional councils Regional Council (General Assembly) about 30-90 members Board of Administration about 10-15 members Chief County Executive Office: The Staff: about 20-70 people Administration Spatial Planning Implementation of EU’s Structural Policy

  11. LEVELS OF ADMINISTRATION IN FINLAND S T A T E NATIONAL LEVEL Regional Councils (Regional planning, regional development) State Regional Administration Offices for Employment, Business Development and Traffic and Environment State Regional Administration Offices Åland STATE GRANTS REGIONAL LEVEL 6 15 PARLAMENTARY ELECTIONS 18 PARLAMENTARY ELECTION CHARGES, TAXES Police and justice, taxation, local employment offices Municipalities and joint municipal authorities (education and culture, social welfare and health, technical infrastrucucture, water and waste, environment, local economy and employment, recreation,…) 20% 80 % MUNICIPAL ELECTION LOCAL LEVEL Citizens, enterprises, local communities AVI ELY

  12. State RegionalAdministrationOffices (6 AVI –offices in Finland)

  13. State RegionalAdministrationOffices for Employment, Business Development and Traffic and Environment (=15 ELY - offices in Finland)

  14. Structural Funds 2007-2013

  15. EU Council 17.12.2005: • Eligible areas in the map • Whole of Finland to competitiveness and employment objective • For Eastern Finland special treatment (phasing in -area with phasing out treatment) • For Eastern and Northern Finland extra 35 euros/inh. • Total structural fund financing reduced by 26 %

  16. EU-structural fund (ERDF ja ESF) funding in Finland 2007-2013: • Objektive 2 ERDF • Southern Finland 138 063 113 • Westrrn Finland 159 375 850 • Eastern Finland 365 564 309 • Northern Finland 311 300 000 • Ahvenamaaa 3 125 552 • Objective 2 ESF 615 438 512 • National part 21 7825 699 • Eastern Finland 179 787 114 • Northern Finland 69 106 125 • Southern Finland 69 031 559 • Western Finland 78 687 925 • Ahvenmaa 3 125 5552 • Together ERDF and ESF 1 595 966 044 • - ERDF 977 401 980 • ESF 618 564 064 • ETC 120 248 582 • All together 1 716 214 631 €

  17. Administrative levels of programmes: • EU/Regio , EmploymentDGs + others • National level • Mfi (Ministry of Finance)and otherministries • MEE (Ministry of Employment and the Economy) as management and certifyingauthorities • Auditingauthority • Structuralfundcommittee

  18. Administrative levels of programmes: Regional administration 3a) NUTS 2-regions - established models of cooperation (alliances) 3b) NUTS 3 -Regions, Regional Councils, other regional authorities RCGs (MYR), secretariat, possible working groups Worth to notice, too: • Actors of national programmes • Local action groups (Leader) • Subregions and municipalities

  19. Objective programmes: • Regional competitiveness and employment objective • ERDF–action programmes • ESF-action programmes • Ahvenanmaa • Regional cooperation

  20. Four NUTS II -areas: • Northern Finland • Keski- ja Pohjois-Pohjanmaa sekä Lappi • Eastern Finland • Etelä- ja Pohjois-Savo, Pohjois-Karjala ja Kainuu • Western Finland • Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Keski-Suomi, Etelä-Pohjanmaa ja Pohjanmaa • Southern Finland • Uusimaa, Itä-Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, Etelä-Karjala, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme ja Varsinais-Suomi

  21. ERDF-operational programmes, priorities: • 1. Business development • 2. Enhancement of innovation activities and networking, strenghtening of competence structures • 3. Improvement of regional accessibility and operative environment • 4. Development of big cityareas(only in SF and WF programmes) • 5. NUTS II -areas – thematical concentration of actions( only in SF and WF-programmes) • Technical support (4 % out of public funding)

  22. ESF-programmes, priorities: • Pr 1: Development of working organisations, labour force on work and enhancement of enterpreunership (31 %) • Pr 2: Enhancement of employment and staying in work, prevention of social exlusion (32 %) • Pr 3: Development of competence, innovation and service models to enhance functioning of Labour Force (27 %) • Pr 4: Cooperation between member states and regions in ESF-activities (6 %) • Pr 5: Technical support (4 %)

  23. Territorial Cooperation Objective • EU-funding 120 milj. € • The Finnish Structural Fund Strategy forms a bases for these programmes in some suitable issues

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