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Youth council

You are welcome to follow our meetings! However, we hope that you inform the youth council chairman or the youth services employee responsible for the youth council's activities of your result in advance. They will also provide you with the venue for the meeting.

Meetings will be held every two weeks on Mondays starting at 18 pm. At least the spring 2025 meetings will be held at the Monari Youth Center, Uudenmaankatu 1.

In order to ensure young people's opportunities to participate and influence, the municipal government must appoint a youth council or a similar influential group of young people (youth council) and take care of its operating conditions. The youth council can be shared by several municipalities. The youth council must be given the opportunity to influence the planning, preparation, implementation and monitoring of the activities of the municipality's various industries in matters that are important to the well-being, health, studies, living environment, living or movement of the municipality's residents, as well as in other matters that the youth council deems to be significant for children and young people. The youth council should be involved in developing the participation and consultation of children and young people in the municipality. (Municipal Act § 26.)

The participation and consultation of children and young people is regulated in section 8 of the Youth Act.

The short address of this page is riihimaki.fi/nuorisovaltuusto.

    • Aalto Mikael (Representative in the UNICEF Child Friendly Municipality Steering Group, deputy representative in the Riihimäki Sustainable and Safe Mobility Working Group, deputy representative in the Siisti Riksu Steering Group)
    • Hirviniemi Tuulikki (representative on the Vitality Committee)
    • Petra Hämäläinen (Chairwoman of the Youth Council, representative of the NUV in city council meetings, representative on the Education and Welfare Committee)
    • Birch fabric Pink
    • Mämmelä Aino-Liisa
    • Palmunen Leevi
    • Parikka Pyry (1st Vice-Chairman of the Youth Council, representative on the Education and Welfare Committee)
    • Pasanen Riikka
    • Purhonen Jonne (representative on the technical committee)
    • Rintakoski Juho (representative on the technical committee, representative on the Riihimäki sustainable and safe mobility working group, representative on the Siisti Riksu steering group, representative on the Child Impact Assessment steering group)
    • Santoo Daniel (2nd Vice-Chairman of the Youth Council, representative on the Vitality Committee, representative on the multidisciplinary cooperation group pursuant to Section 9 of the Youth Act)
    • Sovio Lemmi
    • Tölmälä Leo-Tobias
  • Youth council members are paid a meeting fee for meetings as follows:

    • Member €10/meeting. Meeting once a month, unless there is a need for an extra meeting.
    • Secretary €12/meeting.
    • Chairman €15/meeting.
    • In boards, the meeting fee is €42,50/meeting, unless the meeting lasts more than 3 hours. In that case, the meeting fee is paid in 1,5 times.
    • The meeting fee for affiliated and working group meetings is €10.
  • Principles of a safer space in the Riihimäki Youth Council:

    • Respect the other person's personal physical and mental space.
    • Respect self-determination. Don't touch someone without asking permission. Remember that you can't know someone's boundaries without asking them. Ask for space for yourself if you need it.
    • Do not mock, ridicule, belittle, marginalize, or embarrass anyone through your words, behavior, or actions. Refrain from judging appearance, gossiping, or perpetuating stereotypes.
    • Don't make assumptions based on appearance or actions. Don't make assumptions about someone's sexuality, gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion.
    • Give space. Let's work together to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to participate in the activities of the youth council. Also, respect the privacy of others and handle sensitive topics respectfully.
    • Listen and learn. Accept new topics, people, and perspectives with an open mind. Treat every issue and situation as an opportunity to learn and develop.
    • Apologize if you have intentionally or unintentionally offended others.

    The principles were approved at the youth council meeting on 18.11.2024 November XNUMX

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