The Senior Citizens’ Council brings the perspective of older people to the city’s decision-making and promotes their wellbeing, inclusion and ability to cope in everyday life. The Senior Citizens’ Council also organises lectures and recreational events for older people.
The City Board appoints the Senior Citizens’ Council for its term. The Council’s term is 1 June 2025 – 31 May 2029.
Meeting dates 2026
- February 9
- April 13
- May 7
- September 28
- November 23
The minutes are available on the city’s website after verification.
The Senior Citizens’ Council may change meeting times if necessary.
Members
The City Board appoints for its term ten (10) regular members to the Senior Citizens’ Council, one of whom is from the Vähäkyrö area, and an equal number of personal deputy members. The Council’s members broadly represent pensioners’ associations operating in the city.
Chair Irmeli Mandell ( 050 036 7685 | irmeli.mandell@gmail.com )
Vice Chair Ritva Heiman
Representative of the City Board Jorma Kivimäki
The Vaasa Senior Citizens’ Council is a collaborative body of the city, the pensioners’ organisations operating in the area and pensioners themselves, intended to act as an advocacy, information and cooperation body between older people, authorities, decision-makers and other partners. The Council supports and promotes the overall wellbeing and coping of older people in various activities by monitoring and influencing the actions and decision-making of the city’s different administrative branches.
The Council’s tasks
- make proposals and initiatives and issue statements on matters that affect the living conditions and services of the elderly population,
- monitor and influence the city’s decision-making from the perspective of older people,
- monitor the implementation of the ageing policy programme and participate in its updating and other development projects,
- monitor developments in the needs of older people in the city area,
- promote self-initiated participation and community based on older people’s own resources and monitor the development of voluntary work,
- promote the statutory advocacy of older people,
- promote communication between authorities and associations and organisations representing pensioners, as well as cooperation between those associations and organisations,
- organise information, discussion and advisory events dealing with older people’s matters and arrange recreational and celebratory events in cooperation with other actors,
- give statements on grant applications submitted to the city by local pensioners’ associations,
- draw up an action plan, budget and annual report and handle other matters referred to the Senior Citizens’ Council by the City Board.