The goal of influencing and promoting is the success and competitiveness of the region.
The Council of Tampere Region operates as a regional development and regional planning authority.
We pursue the interests of the region, our 23 municipalities, inhabitants and businesses and carry out research, planning and analyses. We promote the region´s interests nationally and internationally.
We also coordinate the cooperation between the various actors and influences within the region. The emphasis in regional planning and other regional development is on vision and strategic matters.
If you want to have the whole information about us and our tasks and goals, please go to our Finnish site and use some translators that are available in Internet.
Accelerating reforms, securing project resources, increasing the economic growth of the region and the conditions for a good life for the inhabitants are examples of the key priorities of our work.
We cooperate together with our municipalities, companies, organizations, educators, state administration representatives and constituency MPs.
The targets are, in particular, Parliament, Finland´s government and the national authorities. EU lobbying is carried out directly on the spot in Brussels, assisted by The Tampere Region EU Office.
The regional board annually confirms the region´s budget targets for the state budget for the following year and the government program targets for each election period.
The objectives place particular emphasis on the need for appropriations to strengthen know-how and attractiveness, measures to promote carbon neutrality and transport investments.
Promoting goals often requires multi-year and multi-stage work as well as extensive cooperation.
Director, Regional Development (Deputy Region Mayor) Matti Lipsanen is a member of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Monitoring Committee. He represents all the Finnish Regions in the Committee during 2021-2027.
I am the leader of the Council of the Tampere Region, the region´s promotion and cooperation in Europe and Finland. My goal is a sustainably successful international Tampere region. I am responsible for our results to the Regional Assembly and the Board.
I am responsible for regional development planning and financing of development projects. Our Council also supports the regional developers by promoting their cooperation. I promote the interests of the region both in Finland and in the European Union.