Structure of Service Production in Central Finland

Structure of Service Production in Central Finland Martti Ahokas Regional Council of Central Finland

Introduction Traditionally services in Finland produced by over 400 municipalities The service production under restructuration financial difficulties of municipal economies ageing population, out migration, a need to redirect resources towards the elderly population concentrating in the Jyväskylä sub region, decreasing in other areas

Service structure Municipal services (900-85 000 people) Social services (e.g.) Technical services Educational and Cultural doctor, dentist medical rehabilitation laboratory services maternity and child health care clinics school health care day care services family social services social services and counselling Planning Building protection Environment management Rescue services Public transport Primary education Library services Recreational facilities, sports Cultural activities Sub regional services (6000-164 000) on-call duty of doctors in the evenings and on weekends oral health care on-call duty and special treatments ambulance service partially decentralized health care centre services partially decentralized X-ray and imaging services partially decentralized mental health care services institutional care for the elderly partially decentralized child protection Waste management Water management Business policy (regional development companies) Secondary education Vocational education Youth services Coordination of library services Culture and recreational institutions Regional services (268 000) special medical services and treatment, hospital analysis of laboratory samples occupational health care partially decentralized patient records of the health care system institutional intoxicant abuse rehabilitation, e.g. double diagnoses, special know-how the organizing of child foster care Regional planning Vocational education, Polytechnics

National services, private companies and third sector example of social and health care services National services regional boundaries are crossed to seek specialized knowledge, e.g. special level specialized health care and treatment the special know-how of disabilities, e.g. small disability groups the juridical know-how of child protection the special rehabilitation of intoxicant abuse Private and third sectors complement public service production e.g. doctors, dentists, research, personal services safe houses, rehabilitation, nursing homes

KINNULA Viitasaari Pop. 14 413 Saarijärvi Pop. 20 546 Äänekoski Pop. 23 448 Central Finland s s for organizing public services (cooperation with other regions marked with lineation) UUSI ÄÄNEKOSKI Keuruu Pop.13 202 MULTIA UURAINEN Jyväskylä Pop. 164 870 PETÄJÄ Jämsä Pop. 25 459 Joutsa Pop. 6095

Examples of different service production units Wiitaunioni KINNULA KINNULA SUMIAINEN ÄÄNEKOSKI MULTIA UURAINEN JYVÄSKYLÄN PETÄJÄVESI MLK SUOLAHTI JYVÄSKYLÄ MUURAME JÄMSÄNKOSKI JÄMSÄ KUHMOINEN LAUKAA TOIVAKKA KORPILAHTI LEIVONMÄKI LUHANKA JOUTSA HANKASALMI Jämsä SUMIAINEN ÄÄNEKOSKI SUOLAHTI MULTIA UURAINEN LAUKAA HANKASALMI JYVÄSKYLÄN MLK PETÄJÄVESI JYVÄSKYLÄ JÄMSÄNKOSKI MUURAME TOIVAKKA KORPILAHTI LEIVONMÄKI JÄMSÄ LUHANKA JOUTSA KUHMOINEN Health care districts Regional nightly on call service

Examples of different service production units (2) KINNULA KINNULA SUMIAINEN ÄÄNEKOSKI MULTIA UURAINEN PETÄJÄVESI SUOLAHTI LAUKAA JYVÄSKYLÄ MUURAME JÄMSÄNKOSKI TOIVAKKA KORPILAHTI JÄMSÄ KUHMOINEN JYVÄSKYLÄN MLK LUHANKA LEIVONMÄKI JOUTSA HANKASALMI MULTIA SUMIAINEN ÄÄNEKOSKI SUOLAHTI UURAINEN PETÄJÄVESI MLK MUURAME JÄMSÄNKOSKI JÄMSÄ KUHMOINEN JYVÄSKYLÄN KORPILAHTI LUHANKA LAUKAA HANKASALMI JYVÄSKYLÄ TOIVAKKA LEIVONMÄKI JOUTSA Regional laboratory cooperation Regional digital archives

Conclusion The vision for the service structure in Central Finland in 2015: Successful Central Finland produces high-quality basic services from an area larger than the current municipal structures and organizes common services on a regional level in order to secure the quality of life in the area. Renewal of the service structure to increase the dynamism and attractiveness of the region Towards bigger organizational units?

Defris cooperation What next? Complementary reports on technical and educational services in Central Finland Structure of service production in Central Finland Answers to the Questionnaire for comparison of preconditions of development and functioning of services in regions from the Polish partner