Helsinki Region Infoshare project is the winner of the 100.000 € European Prize for Innovation in Public Administration. Read more »

"We are honoured for this acknowledgment of our work in the HRI project! With the 100 000 € prize, we’ll advance the transparency of municipal decision making by developing the open interface to Helsinki’s decision making documents."

Project Manager Ville Meloni, Forum Virium Helsinki

City of Helsinki and Metro Magazine together with Forum Virium Helsinki are piloting a new issue-reporting channel that enables citizens to give feedback on the faults they have observed in the public environments. Read more »

"“Metro Fix my street” web service offers citizens a new and quick way to improve their residential environment."

Henri Salomaa, Metro project manager

Helsinki is on its way to become the most developer friendly city in the world. Dev.hel.fi portal offers a chance to test the open interfaces of the city and gives information on the upcoming developer gatherings. Read more »

"We really want to advance a new way of cooperation and dialogue between the different parties and share the experiences from the new tools, that can be used to enhance the utilazation of the open data and to further new innovations."

Markku Raitio, IT Director, City of Helsinki

The fellows of the Code for Europe programme work to open up the city and to enliven a culture of innovation in the city government.         Read more »

"It's brilliant, that Helsinki is among the six European cities involved in this. We really are in the company of true pioneers, as the organization is extended to Europe for the first time."

EU Coordinator Marja Mattila

BlindSquare application, the winner of the Apps4Finland 2012 Competition, aids visually impaired to navigate in urban environment. The app locates the user and tells through speech synthesis information about the surroundings. Read more »

"The application is used already in 60 different countries and it operates in many different languages."

Ilkka Pirttimaa, developer of BlindSquare

With the contest, Mayor Jussi Pajunen wants to encourage the personnel to examine its working environment and work methods from a new perspective.    Read more »

"Helsinki Region Infoshare model can be applied nationally but also internationally."

Hannu Tulensalo, chairman of the jury and Helsinki city's HR director

Forum Virium Helsinki in brief and highlights from innovation projects: view Forum Virium Helsinki´s presentation on SlideShare.  Read more »

CitySDK adds momentum to urban services development. Read more »

"The enterprise utilizes the entire urban community's innovation capacity to develop new and existing services for the citizen."

IT Director Markku Raitio, City of Helsinki

The project develops a new innovative service that encourages elderly to capture their memories and share them with others. Read more »

"Reminiscing the past with storytelling empowers elderly people and enriches their lives."

Anne-Mari Sandell, Forum Virium Helsinki