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Leväniemi Heikki
Youth councelor
Education and welfare
Youth services. Community and international youth work. Activities of the Youth Council.
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 are held every two weeks on Mondays starting at 18 pm. The main meeting place is the Voima conference room, a government office building in Veturi (Eteläinen Asemakatu 4).
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.
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- Aalto Mikael (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 (representative on the Education and Welfare Board)
- Kankaantähti Jasmin (2nd Vice-Chair of the Youth Council, representative on the Vitality Committee)
- Jenny Kankaantähti (representative on the Education and Welfare Board)
- Kekki Iris (Chairwoman of the Youth Council, representative of NUVA at city council meetings, vice-chairwoman of the Häme district of the Association of Youth Councils, representative in the Riihimäki Child-Friendly Municipality coordination group)
- Lausmaa Okko (1st Vice-Chair of the Youth Council, Chair of the Häme District of the Finnish Association of Youth Councils, Deputy Representative in the Youth Council of the Welfare Region, Representative in the UNICEF Child-Friendly Municipal Steering Group and the Child Impact Assessment Steering Group)
- Mämmelä Aino-Liisa
- Palmunen Leevi
- Parikka Pyry
- Pasanen Riikka (representative on the welfare area youth council)
- Purhonen Jonne (representative on the technical committee)
- Rintakoski Juho (representative on the technical committee, representative on the welfare area youth council, representative on the Riihimäki sustainable and safe mobility working group, representative on the Siisti Riksu steering group)
- Santoo Daniel (representative in the multidisciplinary cooperation group pursuant to Section 9 of the Youth Act)
- Sovio Lemmi
- Tölmälä Leo-Tobias
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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.
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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