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The City of Jyväskylä in social media

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. 

 

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Ilmakuva Kuokkalan suunnasta Jyväskylän keskustaan. Image Ari Heinonen

The City of Jyväskylä, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team, Toyota Mobility Foundation established a new Central Finland Mobility Foundation

The City of Jyväskylä, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team, Toyota Mobility Foundation established a new organisation to promote Jyväskylä’s City Planning Projects on January 19, 2024.

January 19, 2024 - The City of Jyväskylä (*1), Toyota GAZOO Racing World Rally Team (“TGR-WRT”), and Toyota Mobility Foundation ("TMF"), has establ

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Vasemmalta oikealle Lauri Perämäki, Timo Koivisto, Haruka Arai ja Tomohiro Nakano.

The website of the city of Jyväskylä received a school grade of 7.54 from users

The city of Jyväskylä's website (www.jyvaskyla.fi) had a user satisfaction survey on 10.10. - 17 December 2023, when a total of 512 respondents participated in the survey.

A similar survey has been carried out annually since 2001, and the city of Jyväskylä has participated in most surveys - but not all.

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Kysely. Image Jyväskylän kaupunki

Presidential election 2024

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.

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Nainen maskissa äänestyskopissa. Image Jiri Halttunen

Committees, boards and divisions

Agendas with attachments are online until the minutes are published. Agendas and minutes are in Finnish language. (Informations will be undated in English soon)

Parliamentary Elections 2023

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 will switch off the coloured lights of the Kuokkala and Ylistö bridges today at 19:00 to remind the public of the impact of the Russia's war of aggression on the lives of Ukrainians

The Embassy of Ukraine has approached Finnish cities with a request to show their support for Ukraine by turning off Christmas lights or other illuminated sites for one minute at 19.00. The global campaign is a reminder of the impact of Russia's war of aggression on the lives of Ukrainians. Due to Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, millions of people in Ukraine are currently without electricity.

In Jyväskylä, the coloured lights will be switched off from the Kuokkala and Ylistö bridges on 21 December 2022 at 19.00.

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Silta valaistuna iltahämärässä. Image Outi Kaakkuri

Communications and marketing

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.

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    Lutakko Jyväsjärveltä. Image Kalevi Korhonen

    Services for the International Students

    Initial assessments for International Degree students

    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. 

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    Finland-Japan friendship week 2022

    Program in Jyväskylä

    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.

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      Suomi-japani ystävyysviikko 31.10.-6.11.2022. Image Jyväskylän kaupunki

      Finland’s Susijengi, the Lauri Markkanen homecoming, and amity across borders

      For the first time in 34 years, Jyväskylä will host a men’s basketball national team game. Finland’s national team, Susijengi, faces Ukraine at LähiTapiola Areena on Thursday, August 18, as they gear up for EuroBasket 2022. This will also be the first national team game for Lauri Markkanen, the premier star of Finnish basketball, in his hometown.

      The schedule of events for this hot week of Jyväskylä basketball includes:

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      Lauri Markkanen koripalloa heittämässä. Image Ville Vuorinen

      IMPACT project

      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.

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      Jyväskylä’s financial statements show a surplus of 16.4 million euro

      The good fiscal situation makes it possible to carry out planned investments and thus support growth.

      The recently completed financial statements for the City of Jyväskylä for the year 2020 show a significantly better financial picture than previous

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      Mies nojailee Jyväskylä-kirjaimiin talvimaisemassa. Image Petteri Kivimäki

      International Jyväskylä - Info Center in English

      Guidance and Counseling Services for Internationals – development project

      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.

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      Organisation

      The Jyväskylä City organisation consists of the following four divisions:

      • City Administration 
      • Social and Health Services
      • Education, Culture and Sports 
      • Urban Planning and City Infrastructure

      Plus several

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      City of Jyväskylä grants

      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.

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      Rahaa pöydällä. Image Pirjo Ala-Hynnilä

      Theses and research permits

      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.

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      City registry

      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.

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      Projects

      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.

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      Innovan katolta keskustaa. Image Tero Takalo-Eskola

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      Contact search

      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].

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      Country code for Finland is +358 and the first area code 0 is left blank.

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