JAMKO’s campaign priorities are based on the joint Municipal and County policy programme 2025-2029 of JAMKO, JYY and HUMAKO. The priorities have been selected from the programme to best affect the students of the university of applied sciences. Internationality and the consideration of international students permeate the priorities. They will be used as a basis for election advocacy and questions for the JAMKO election panel.
Campaign Priorities
Welfare first - for every student!
The physical and mental well-being of students is the most important prerequisite for quality and smooth study, so health and physical activity services should be equally accessible to all students.
- The division of labour between the YTHS and Wellbeing services county in student health care is clear to both parties. Students are referred to the right place, and Wellbeing services county does not automatically refer students to YTHS.
- Low fees for early childhood education and flexible practices in early childhood services allow students with families to study more easily.
- The Wellbeing services county also provides low-threshold mental health services for students.
- The Wellbeing services county ensures that English is also available as the language of contact for on-call and telephone answering services. Ensuring that international students receive high-quality, affordable and language-sensitive healthcare.
- International students are identified as a specific target group in the communication of the city and the Wellbeing services county. The city and Wellbeing services county will also target international students in its communication.
- Sexual health services will be invested in in a way that takes into account the diversity of people. Free contraception will be offered to people under 25 and all students. The wishes and needs of the individual are taken into account when choosing the method of contraception.
- The city will commit to the creation of a new equality plan and will highlight concrete actions to prevent and address racism and discrimination.
- The City of Jyväskylä will provide extensive support for the development of sports, cultural and recreational services and their targeting of students. The services are affordable for students. A wide range of free services are available.
- Jyväskylä’s sport, culture and leisure services are accessible and barrier-free.
Student employment - the key to a vibrant Jyväskylä
Employment is an important factor that binds to the city. The city and the wellbeing services counties should contribute to increasing the supply and accessibility of jobs during studies, such as internships and summer jobs. The transfer of responsibility for employment and economic development services to the city must not reduce access to employment services in Jyväskylä and its surrounding municipalities. In addition, if Jyväskylä is to be viable in the future, the city’s employment services must take into account separately the position of students and international experts as job seekers.
- As the main shareholder of Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences Ltd, the City of Jyväskylä promotes an active and responsible ownership policy and better recognises the importance of higher education institutions for the economy, vitality and attractiveness of Central Finland.
- The City of Jyväskylä will be made a viable alternative to other cities in terms of summer job markets and internships.
- The Jyväskylä-Muurame Employment Region is designing an approach to facilitate the transition of students and international talents into working life.
- The city supports student entrepreneurship, for example by providing support for start-up companies.
- The city offers remote working facilities, for example in libraries.
- The City of Jyväskylä actively promotes the integration of international talent in Central Finland. The city promotes employment opportunities for international students in cooperation with local companies and universities, for example by increasing the number of internships and jobs during studies. The city does not require full knowledge of Finnish for jobs where it is not essential.
Sustainable mobility as a basis for students' everyday life
The majority of Jyväskylä students use public transport, cycling and walking. These modes of transport should be given special consideration in urban planning to ensure that mobility between campuses and housing is as easy and ecological as possible.
- Students will continue to be taken into account as a special group when determining public transport fares. Bus fares for students will be reduced.
- In Jyväskylä, night bus services will be improved, especially in the city centre and student housing areas, by increasing the frequency of late running buses and increasing the number of late running services.
- Bus accessibility in the Jyväskylä city centre will be improved. Bus timetables will be planned taking into account the timetable of the lectures.
- A comprehensive network of cycle lanes will be built in the city. The main routes for students will be Kortepohja-Seminaarinmäki-Mattilanniemi-Kuokkala, Keskusta-Mattilanniemi (Mäkibaana and Tietobaana) and Rajakatu-Tapionkatu-Väinönkatu-Keskus-Lutakko (Poikkibaana).
- Cycling in the city centre is easy and safe for all road users.
- Jyväskylä will develop a functioning urban cycling system, using electric bicycles where possible. Students will be taken into account as a special group in their prices.
- Incidents and other nuisances caused by electric scooters for hire will be reduced, for example by regulating age and hourly speed limits and by providing parking spaces for scooters around the city.