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Answer the Idealinko survey and participate in the development of Kankaanpää! Read more about the survey and submit your suggestions here.

Citizens can influence the management of city affairs and decision-makers in various ways. In addition to voting in elections, citizens can send feedback and make initiatives, send questions and suggestions to elected officials and office holders, monitor decision-making, and participate in information and discussion events regarding city affairs. By following the city's current news and decision-making information, you can stay well informed about city affairs.

Quick surveys in the Kankaanpää app

The Kankaanpää mobile application features changing surveys, usually consisting of 1-2 questions, that can be answered quickly. We use surveys to collect information, opinions and feedback on current issues.

Feedback

You can send feedback or questions to the city and city employees either via an electronic feedback form or by contacting city personnel or shop stewards directly. The electronic form can be found on the city's website. You can use the form to send us questions or to inform us of development ideas, complaints, and praise for our activities.

City's general feedback form

The city also has an ethics reporting channel through which you can report activities that are against the public interest or serious suspicions of abuse in the city's operations.

Guidelines for the ethical reporting channel (PDF)

The city's ethical reporting channel

You can find contact information for city staff on the pages of various services or contact informationfrom the page.

Participatory budgeting

Participatory budgeting is an operating model in which local residents are given the opportunity to influence the choice of the use of the budget allocation. In Kankaanpää, the allocation for participatory budgeting in 2026 is 20.000 euros. The use or uses of the allocation can be planned and decided by the residents. Schedule 2025: proposal phase by February 15th, voting phase in March and results will be announced in week 15.

Monitor decision making

The city's agendas and minutes are public documents that every citizen can access. Agendas are published on the electronic bulletin board on the home page of the city's website before each meeting of each institution, and the minutes after the meetings.

Appeal against decisions

According to the Local Government Act, you have the right to appeal decisions made by city institutions. This can be done by submitting a written request for rectification, a municipal appeal or an administrative appeal.

Current news, announcements and official decisions

You can also view current news, announcements and official decisions on the electronic bulletin board on the city's website homepage. You can subscribe to the news as RSS feeds. Official announcements and official decisions inform about, among other things, planning projects, granted building permits, approved tariffs, meetings, street plans or hearings.

Social media

The City of Kankaanpää and its various units have access to various social media channels. These channels provide information about news, decisions and other current issues concerning the city. They also serve as open discussion forums. Kankaanpää City on social media page you will find a list of all the city's social media channels.