Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities |
| Acronym: |
AFLRA
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| Legal status: |
Association for public sector
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| Website address: |
http://www.localfinland.fi
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Sections
| Section: |
VI - Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities, etc. |
| and more precisely: |
Local, regional and municipal authorities (at sub-national level) |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Henrik Rainio
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| Position: |
Director |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Henrik Rainio
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| Position: |
Director |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
14 Toinen linja
Helsinki 00530
FINLAND
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| Telephone number: |
(+358) 97711 |
| Fax number: |
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| Other contact information: |
AFLRA is a national association that represents all Finnish local and regional authorities (336 municipalities and 20 regions). In Finland the local authorities are responsible for providing a wide range of services to their residents. Their budgets represent over 50 % of the total public sector expenditure and they employ almost 20 % of the country’s working population. The services of AFLRA span all areas of municipal operations. Emphasis is placed on stable and consistent relationship between local and central government, autonomy, democracy and management, services, regional development and employment. AFLRA plays a key role in the national level policy making process. Our office in Helsinki employs almost 300 experts.
AFLRA provides services for local and regional authorities also in international and EU matters and looks after their interests in the European Union. The Association has had an established office in Brussels since 1992. The Association also acts as the Secretariat for the Finnish delegation in the Committee of Regions as well as for the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE).
AFLRA’s Brussels Office follows closely the decision making process of the European Parliament on the policy areas which are important to the Finnish authorities on regional and local level. Especially im-portant policy areas are the internal market and public services, regional policy and rural development, social and health services, employment, education, environment, energy and transport. Our work is done in close co-operation with the European Parliament and especially it’s Finnish delegation.
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
The Association provides services in Finland’s two national languages – Finnish and Swedish.
The Association’s goal is to promote the opportunities for local authorities to operate and co-operate and to enhance their vitality and viability for the benefit of the residents. The Association’s vision for the future encompasses the core values of the Finnish welfare society: good basic services, living democracy and sustainable environment.
The Association employs almost 300 experts, who provide lobbying services, research and development services and other expert services for local authorities.
The services provided by the Association span all areas of municipal operation: social and healthcare services; education and culture; community, technical and environmental concerns; regional and industrial development; municipal finance; legal matters; the Information Society; local government development and research; communications; and international affairs.
The Commission for Local Authority Employers is also part of the Association. It promotes the interests of Finnish local and joint authorities in labour market issues.
The Association has set as its priorities to develop municipal management and local democracy, to reinforce services and improve performance, to ensure stable municipal finances and to curb climate change.
The Association’s operations are managed by a Council and a Board consisting of representatives of local authorities and elected every four years. The Council has 101 and the Board 15 members.
The House of Municipalities, the Association’s main office, is located in Helsinki. It is the annual venue for thousands of professionals and decision-makers from municipalities.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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- sub-national
- national
- European
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
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3
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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The co-operation with the European Parliament is one of the main tasks of the AFLRA Brussels Office that requires frequent and regular contact to the European Parliament. For this reason we need to register to the Transparency Register.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Budget
- Competition
- Development
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Education
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Energy
- Environment
- General and Institutional Affairs
- Internal Market
- Public Health
- Regional Policy
- Taxation
- Transport
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
0 |
| Number of member organisations: |
0 |
| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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The Association is a member of several international organisations, such as the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR). Page Content
The Association also acts as Secretariat for the Finnish delegation to the EU’s Committee of Regions as well as for the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE).
The Association also follows the activities of other international local government organisations whose memberships include Finnish local and regional authorities. The Finnish Regional Councils are members of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR).
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Total budget:
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125,000
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€
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of which public financing:
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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€
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- Grants:
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€
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- from national sources:
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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€
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from other sources: |
125,000
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€
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- donations:
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€
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- contributions from members:
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125,000
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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100000
€ - 150000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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