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In Jyväskylä, we are actively involved on various social media platforms. By following our social media channels, you can keep up to date with events, services and up-to-date information about the city.
The presidential election day was Sunday 28 January 2024. The advance voting period was from 17 to 23 January 2024 in Finland and from 17 to 20 January 2024 abroad.
The election day for the second round is Sunday 11 February 2024. All polling stations will be open on election day from 9 to 20.
The advance voting period is from 31 January to 6 February 2024 in Finland and from 31 January to 3 February 2024 abroad.
MILEstone is one of the Inrereg Europe projects under Social theme.
Agendas with attachments are online until the minutes are published. Agendas and minutes are in Finnish language. (Informations will be undated in English soon)
The upcoming parliamentary election day is on Sunday, 2 April 2023. On election day, polling stations are open from 9-20.
Regardless of domicile, every Finnish citizen who has reached the age of 18 not later than on the day of the election is entitled to vote. Therefore, Finnish citizens born on or before 2 April 2005 are entitled to vote.
The City of Jyväskylä's Communications and Marketing Department coordinates the city's internal and external communications. It also ensures that the city's decisions are communicated and that the city's service communication reaches its citizens. Marketing and communications contribute to the city's attractiveness, growth and the well-being of its residents.
If you are an International Degree Student studying in Jyväskylä, in addition to the guidance and counseling related to everyday living, you can request initial assessment from International House Jyväskylä in English.
Updated 31.10.2022
06.10.- 06.11.2022 Finnish and Japanese friendship photo exhibition in the old lecture hall of the Museum of Central Finland.
31.10.-6.11.2022 A display of gifts that the City of Jyväskylä has received over from its twin city Niiza in the lobby of City Hall, Vapaudenkatu 32.
Tuesday 01.11.
The capital of sport, Jyväskylä, is building an international co-operation network with Umeå and Tartu, as well as the regional sports clubs, with the aim of supporting young people's physical activity in the target areas. The project is funded by the European Union Erasmus+ Sport programme and coordinated by the City of Jyväskylä. The activities were started in January 2021.
International Jyväskylä – Info Center is a service which was developed under the project - Maahanmuuttaneiden ohjaus- ja neuvontapalvelujen kehittämishanke (Guidance and Couseling Services for Internationals) from September 2020 - August 2023.
The Jyväskylä City organisation consists of the following four divisions:
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The general principles for grants aim to increase the transparency of the city's grant activities and ensure a uniform approach to the processing of grants awarded by the different city departments.
A key element in the awarding of grants is that the activities to be supported must contribute to the city's strategy, support or complement the services provided by the city and the well-being of the citizens and/or the vitality of the city.
The effectiveness of the activities is assessed on the basis of criteria defined for each grant.
The City of Jyväskylä serves inhabitants at several customer service points as well as online. Personal advice and instructions are available at the customer service points. On our website you can find answers to many questions you may have about our services, and through our electronic systems you may take advantage of our services independently.
All research projects, surveys and thesis projects on the City of Jyväskylä organization require a research permit. The permit must be applied for by the person responsible for the research project. The arrangements for a research / thesis project must be made beforehand with the agreement of the city unit that is the subject of the research.
The city registry office is located on the ground floor of the City Hall at Vapaudenkatu 32. The registry office is tasked with registering the city’s administrative decision-making documents at every procedural stage. The procedural steps of both matters in progress and decisions already concluded may be inquired after at the registry office.
Jyväskylä implements many projects to develop the city and the region. External funding is often sought for projects, for example, from ministries or as an EU-funding. The aim of the projects is to strengthen the vitality of Jyväskylä and develop the services for the city residents. Jyväskylä's expertise has been exported to the world often through EU projects.
Please note that the contact search is incomplete. The search requires whole name or title of the person.
Postal address: City of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 193, 40101 Jyväskylä
Emails of the city employees are in the form of [email protected] or [email protected].
Scandinavian alphabets are replaced as follows: å=a, ä=a, ö=o.
Country code for Finland is +358 and the first area code 0 is left blank.
The City of Jyväskylä only collects personal data for certain legal purposes. Customers have the right to know how and for what purpose their personal data is processed.
Identifying data (name and personal identity code) is needed to identify the recipient of a service, an invoice or a communication. In some services, also other identifying data may be need, such as the property identifier or the car registration number.
Civic organisations offer you a channel through which you can participate in, contribute to and take care of your community. In addition, however, voluntary work can be done even if you do not belong to any association. The City of Jyväskylä cooperates with the associations and supports them by awarding grants and by providing affordable facilities.
City of Jyväskylä organizes public meetings over coffee between residents, officeholders and municipal decision-makers. Discussion meetings between residents, officers and municipal decision-makers have been organized since 2018 in diffrent parts of the city. Topics of the discussion have varied from sport facilities to safety and to use of premises having some 20-60 participants in each meetings.
Matleena Kantola, Participation Coordinator
mobile +358 50 530 8698, matleena.kantola[at]jyvaskyla.fi
Hanna Tenhunen, Participation Coordinator
mobile +358 50 311 8980, hanna.tenhunen[at]jyvaskyla.fi
Sari Välimäki, Well-being Coordinator
tel. +358 14 266 7739, sari.valimaki[at]jyvaskyla.fi
As a resident of Jyväskylä, you have many methods of influencing the operations and decision-making of the municipality. You can make your influence felt through official channels or join different participation arenas and citizen activities.
Activities in residential areas aim to strengthen the well-being of residents and enable residents to participate in the development of their own residential area. Inclusive approach based on cooperation and equal interaction is applied.
City organizes events on residential areas around the city in order to enhance dialog between citizens, elected representatives and the administration of the city. During these events a broad spectrum of services are discussed, from water supply to elderly care, according to the interests of the area.
A council, elected by city residents, has the supreme decision-making authority in the City of Jyväskylä. The municipal election takes place every fourth year.
The meetings of the City Council are recorded on video and broadcast on the Web. Videos are available for viewing on the website.
