Ideas made real

What service or thing would you like to see for the joy and benefit of Porvoo residents? Propose an idea and vote for your favourite to be implemented by the City of Porvoo in 2025. In the third participatory budgeting process in Porvoo, €50,000 will be used to implement ideas. The budget can be divided among multiple ideas.

Participatory budgeting means that residents are closely involved in planning and deciding on matters related to the economy and resources and developing city services together. Last year, nine proposals were voted for implementation, mostly carried out in the summer of 2024.

The schedule for this year’s participatory budgeting is the same as last year. At the beginning of the year, Porvoo residents, summer residents, and those interested in Porvoo can propose ideas for implementation. After that, the ideas will be evaluated, modified, and combined for voting in March. The ideas that receive the most votes will be implemented during the spring, summer, and autumn.

During the ideation phase, you can freely brainstorm. The goal of the ideation phase is to find as many suggestions as possible for ideas that would make Porvoo an even better city for all of us.

To proceed to the voting phase, ideas must meet all evaluation criteria.

The name of the person submitting the idea will not be published with the idea. Contact information can be provided so that the evaluation team can request additional information if needed.

Ideas can be proposed via an electronic form or in person at the service point Compass and libraries. The name and address of Service Point Compass will change as of January 22, 2025. The paper idea form can be filled in on January 15 to 17 at service point Compass, Rihkamatori B and on January 22 to 29 at Porvoo Info at Lundinkatu 8A.

The evaluation team will review all proposed ideas. Ideas will be combined and refined for the final vote. A preliminary cost estimate and possible implementation schedule will be calculated for the ideas. Ideas that do not meet all evaluation criteria will be eliminated at this stage. The evaluation team consists of city experts and representatives from the elderly and disabled councils and the youth council.

During the voting stage, you can vote for ideas according to the available budget. The ideas that receive the most votes will move to the implementation phase. After the voting ends, the voting results can be viewed on the voting page.

The ideas to be implemented will be selected based on the number of votes and the available budget. The ideas will be implemented during 2025.