The evaluation report of the Riihimäki City Audit Board for 2025 has been completed

The Audit Board of the City of Riihimäki annually assesses whether the operational and financial goals set by the City Council have been achieved and whether the city's operations are organized in a productive and appropriate manner. The Audit Board has now published the evaluation report for the evaluation year 2025. It will be submitted to the City Council for consideration in June 2026.

"The evaluation report highlights the strengths and clear development needs of the city of Riihimäki. The audit committee considers it important that the city's operations and management are examined as a whole and that the strategic goals are also more strongly reflected in practical operations," says Salka Orivuori (Greens), chair of the audit committee.

Successes and development needs

Based on the evaluation, Riihimäki has succeeded in several areas. Internal cooperation within the city has improved in many places, the Master Plan 2050 was approved and two new nature reserves were established on city lands. Activities have been developed with visible results, for example in early childhood education, the amenity and accessibility of the urban environment, museum activities and the promotion of vitality.

At the same time, the audit committee highlights in the evaluation report the development needs related to management and the organization of administrative support services. Challenges related to these themes were repeatedly raised in the evaluation work. In the opinion of the audit committee, the city's management must be strengthened as a whole so that the coordination of administration, basic services and development projects is clear and consistent.

The implementation of environmental policy and strategic environmental goals requires stronger leadership

In the evaluation report, the audit committee pays special attention to the implementation of environmental policy and strategic environmental objectives. Although long-term environmental work has been carried out in Riihimäki and greenhouse gas emissions have decreased, the management of environmental objectives does not appear to be sufficiently clear or unified at the level of the entire city organization.

The assessment report states that the measures described in the environmental report are partly spot-on in relation to the set objectives. The audit committee emphasizes that promoting sustainable growth requires stronger commitment from top management, monitoring of objectives and concrete, measurable actions.

Strategy, economy and well-being require clearer overall guidance

According to the evaluation report, the implementation of strategic goals has been weak in many respects, and the indicators used do not always reflect the effectiveness of the city's own operations. Strategic management is not sufficiently unified across the entire city organization.

Regarding the Stable Economic Programme, the Audit Board draws attention to the fragmentation of monitoring and the lack of sufficient information on the long-term overall effects of austerity measures.

In promoting well-being and health, the evaluation report raises concerns, particularly about the development of the well-being of children and young people. The audit committee emphasizes the effectiveness of preventive measures and consistent management.

Six recommendations for improving the city's operations

The Audit Committee makes six recommendations in the evaluation report. The recommendations concern:

• Clarifying the city's administrative model
• stronger integration of environmental and sustainability goals into management
• development of group supervision
• a unified operating model for investment and development projects
• concretization of measures for a child-friendly municipality
• promoting youth employment.

In addition, the evaluation report examines the implementation of previously issued recommendations and states that some of the key recommendations are still relevant.

In Riihimäki, the city council will discuss the evaluation report at its meeting on June 8 in connection with the financial statements. After that, the report will proceed to the city board. The city board asks the boards to provide their responses, especially to the findings and recommendations made by the audit board, by the end of September.

Evaluation report 2025

Audit Committee Minutes May 19, 2026

Composition of the Audit Committee