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Ahjoniemi Mira
Project manager
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Project management, development, participatory budgeting and Meidän Riksu resident surveys.
Participatory budgeting
In participatory budgeting, residents get to decide how the city's public funds are used. The goal of participatory budgeting is to brainstorm and decide together on how to make Riihimäki an even more functional place to live. Proposals for development projects can be made by private individuals, communities and groups freely gathered around a topic, such as clubs, school classes or hobby groups. The budget allocated for the projects to be implemented is a total of 100,000 euros.
Create your own proposal and support the ideas of others on the participation platform at osallistu.riihimaki.fi.
Stages of participatory budgeting
The process progresses in stages from idea search to further development of the ideas, voting by city residents, and finally the city implements the selected ideas. Unlike previous years, the implementation period for the selected projects is now two years.
Schedule for the 2027-2028 season
- From September 15 to November 22, 2026, submitting ideas and gathering support for ideas.
- Evaluating proposals that received at least 10 endorsements and working them into plans.
- January 15 – February 21, 2027 participatory budgeting vote.
- Results to be published in week 8 of 2027.
- Implementation of the winning designs during 2027–2028.
Anyone can submit suggestions and ideas on the participatory platform: osallistu.riihimaki.fi
Only Riihimäki residents, children and young people aged 12 and over, and adults are allowed to vote. The voter must be registered in the city of Riihimäki and must not have a data security ban that prevents the transmission of hometown information. You can vote online with your bank account, mobile certificate or student MPASSid.
If you are unable to prepare your development idea online, paper forms can be picked up and dropped off at the city office. In the information room, library and In a rickshaw.
Results of the 2026 season vote
In January 2026, 1464 Riihimäki residents voted in the participatory budgeting. Voting ended on January 31, 2026, and 12 plans were selected for implementation. The ideas voted for implementation in order of the number of votes:
- 836 votes, Higher quality school food experiment €35,000
- 478 votes, Afternoon snack for middle schools experiment €10,000
- 396 votes, Contribution to the costs of the Homeless Night event €1,000
- 386 votes, Free activities for all ages €10,000
- 377 votes, water tram to Riihimäki swimming pool €5,000
- 307 votes, Free snacks for high school students experiment €10,000
- 299 votes, More defibrillators for Riihimäki €10
- 292 votes, support from Asenne ry and moped activities for young people €6,000
- 277 votes, Bicycle maintenance equipment to borrow from the library €1,000
- 273 votes, Riihimäki Traffic Park pop-up €2,000
- 270 votes, Children's Ö, Ö-house life for children and families €3,000
- 251 votes, Benches for bus stops (Original budget €10,000) €7000
The total budget of the plans to be implemented is 100 euros. Proposals were selected for implementation in order according to the number of votes, so that the total amount of 000 euros is as full as possible, but not exceeded.
Detailed plans, voting results and information about implementations can be seen on the participation platform. participate.riihimaki.fi.
The short address for this page is riihimaki.fi/osallistuva-budjetointi.
Rules, schedules and instructions
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- From September 15 to November 22, 2026, submitting ideas and gathering support for ideas.
- Evaluating proposals that received at least 10 endorsements and working them into plans.
- January 15 – February 21, 2027 participatory budgeting vote.
- Results to be published in week 8 of 2027.
- Implementation of the winning designs during 2027–2028.
All children and young people aged 12 or over, as well as adults who are registered in the city of Riihimäki, are eligible to vote.
Ideas can be entered and viewed on the participation platform osallistu.riihimaki.fi
You can access the participation platform with bank credentials, a mobile certificate or students' MPASSid credentials. Drafting an idea on a paper form is possible in Tietotupa (Information Center), in the library and in Riksula.
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The proposed activity and idea must be
- in line with the city's strategy and values
- feasible within the city's jurisdiction
- universally useful and producing joy for as many as possible
- regarding investment projects aimed at improving the public environment
Participatory budgeting can be used to make purchases and implement one-off projects that can be implemented during the implementation period (2027-2028). Participatory budgeting projects can include, for example, various events or the hiring of temporary personnel.
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International EmPac – The Finnish partners of the Empowering Participatory Budgeting in the Baltic Sea Region project LAB University of Applied Sciences (LAB) and the University of Tampere (TAU) support the implementation of participatory budgeting in the city of Riihimäki, for example by carrying out an evaluation of the participatory budgeting process. For this purpose, during spring winter 2021, LAB and TAU collected the thoughts, views and experiences of the Riihimäki city organization and the citizens of participatory budgeting through surveys, interviews and workshops, among other things. The EmPaci project is financed by the EU's Interreg Baltic Sea Region fund.
LAB's announcement on 21.1.2021 January: A handbook was completed to support participatory budgeting
More information
University of Tampere
Lotta-Maria Sinervo, responsible director
lotta-maria.sinervo@tuni.fiLAB University of Applied Sciences
Annukka Heinonen, project manager
annukka.heinonen@lab.fi
