Public Sector and NGOs – Critical Partnership for People’s Welfare
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Public Sector and NGOs – Critical Partnership for People’s Welfare
Mr Mika Pyykkö
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Structure of the Presentation
• About Finland
• RAY in general
• Funding activities
• Challenges and possibilities
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About Finland
• Officially the Republic of Finland• Population 5,4 million• 80 % live in cities or densely built-up area etc.
20 % live in countryside, rural areas etc.• Education: ca. 33 % of Finns has a academic degree• 6 Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) • 336 municipalities • Ca. 130.000 registered association,
for which ca. 8 000 operates on the fieldof social affairs and health
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RAY in General
• An organization governed by public law, its neither a private enterprise nor a private association
• Established in 1938 to raise funds through gaming operations to
support the work of Finnish health and welfare organizations
• 94 non-profit organizations in the health and welfare fields are members of RAY
• Decision-making• General Meeting (all the member organizations)• Board of Administration
• 7 representatives appointed by the Finnish Government • 7 representatives selected by the General Meeting
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The operations are governed by laws and decrees
Lotteries Act
Decree on the Slot Machine Association
Act on slot machine funding assistance
Decree on certain time limits applicable to slot machine funding assistance
Licensing and supervision (Ministry of the Interior), prevention of problems (Ministry Of Social Affairs and Health), distribution of proceeds (Ministry of Finance) and allocation of funding (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health)
Proceeds from gaming operations in 2011 total € 739.1 million
Slot machines € 571.2 million
Arcades € 94.1 million
Casino Helsinki € 27.5 million
Casino games in restaurants € 14.9 million
Online gaming € 29.7 million
Rent income € 1.7 million
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Distribution of the proceeds from gaming operations in 2011 total € 739.1 million
Lottery tax€ 73.8 million
Salaries andsocial expenses€ 61.2 million
Other expenses€ 69.9 million
Investments€ 23.9 million
Grants and State Treasury€ 410.8 million
Space rental€ 99.5 million
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”RAY must have the monopoly for slot machine operations also in the future”
Agree No opinion Disagree
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Funding Activities - From revenue to funding
To the State Treasuryfor war veteranrehabilitation and care
Lottery duty
Operational costs (wages,social security costs,investments)Slot machine space rental
Funding to be granted
Applications
Gaming revenue
Application handlingand fundingpreparations
The fundingdepartment'spreparatoryworking group
RAY
paysthe funding
controlstheiruse
monitors/evaluates
the fundedoperations
The Governmentmakes the
funding decisions
RAY’s ExecutiveDirector
RAY's Board ofAdministration
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
presents the funding proposal
to the Government
Funding
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Funding in 2012MEUR Number
• Applied funding in total 487,0• Applicants 1 170• Applications for projects and activities 2 367
• Granted funding in total 291,0• Funded organisations 756• Funded projects and activities 1 557• New funding projects and activities 327
• Funding categories• General funding (Ay) 51,7 131• Targeted operations funding (Ak) 132,8 784• Investment funding (B) 40,3 157• Project funding (Ci/Ck) 66,2 485
• State Treasury 99,3
(During 1993 – 2012 all together about € 1,7 billion)
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Funding in 2012
• Main strategic policies MEUR
1) Strengthening health and social welfare 86,7
2) Preventing problems threatening health and 89,7 social welfare
3) Helping and supporting those in trouble 114,7
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Influential social powerFunding is used to combat current health and social challenges, including
• Change in age structure• Immigration / diversity of cultures• Loneliness• Social and financial exclusion• Involvement of persons with various disabilities• Substance abuse• Mental well-being• Obesity• Memory-related illnesses
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The performance management 2012-2015 between Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and RAY
• Strategic choices of Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Three priorities in Programme of Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen’s government• Reduction of poverty, inequality and social exclusion• Consolidation of public finances• Enhancing sustainable economic growth, employment and competitiveness
• Following actions are based on implementation of Programme for government• A cross-sector action plan for reducing social exclusion, poverty and health problems• Programs belonging to The second National Development Programme for Social
Welfare and Health Care (KASTE II) • Programme to reduce long-term homelessness• The housing programme for mentally disabled people
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Main strategic policies 2012 - 2015• Target: Fruitful NGO activities for the benefit of the people
• Aim: Promoting health and social welfare by supporting the operations and projects of NGOs working for the public good.
• Principles• Non-governmental organization (NGO) has a special right to receive funding• Every applicant is treated equally• Openness and transparency
1 Strengthening
health and social welfare
2Preventing problems threatening health and social welfare
3Helping and supporting those in trouble
1 Strengthening health
and social welfare
2Preventing problems
threatening health and
social welfare
3 Helping
and supporting those in trouble
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Funding secures the viability of organisations
• Providing participation opportunities and meeting places
• Voluntary and peer activities• Information, guidance and training• Influencing and lobbying• Acquisition of premises• Regional activities• International activities
NGOs, working on health and social welfare sector, are an important part of a welfare state. RAY’s support for these organisations includes
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Biggest funding recipients in 2012
• Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired 7 560 000 €• Y-Foundation 5 819 999 €• Federation of Mother and Child Homes 5 664 993 € and Shelters • Finnish Society for Social and Health 5 106 000 €• Registered Association of Drug Prevention 4 748 000 €• The Finnish Association on Intellectual and 4 729 000 € Developmental Disabilities • Rural Health and Holiday Care 4 663 000 €• Registered Association of Welfare Holidays 4 660 000 €• The Finnish Association for Mental Health 4 368 995 €• Finnish Association of the Deaf 3 788 000 €
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Mutual challenges and possibilities (1/5)
NGOs
• participation opportunities• voluntary activities, peer groups • influencing/lobbying•developing• training• information
Municipalities
The Government
Private companies
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Mutual challenges and possibilities (2/5)
• Alternating environment
• Shrunken / widened view of the world
• State of the economy
• Reformation of the municipality structure
• Information overdose
• The orientation of voluntary work
• Doing good is outsourced
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Mutual challenges and possibilities (3/5)
• NGOs’ changing role
• Participation, acting, influencing AIM, THEME
• Voluntariness FORM, TIME FRAME
• Peer support TIME, PLACE, METHOD
• Expertise VISIONS
• Communication/give out information LISTENING, CONVERSATION, SPARRING
• Methodical approach/developing REGENERATION, ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE
• Reacting FLEXIBILITY
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Mutual challenges and possibilities (4/5)
• Alternating course of action
• To chart the needs of action
• To clarify the setting up of the aims
• Increasing the cooperation • Between NGOs• Between NGOs and municipalises (e.g. KASTE-Programme)• Between NGOs and corporations
• Compounding of professional work, voluntariness and peer support
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Mutual challenges and possibilities (5/5)
• Alternating course of action
• Development of strengthening and preventing action
• Establishment of monitoring (evaluation) practises
• Expanding the utilize of the good practises
• Implanting the results of development work
• Reducing health and welfare inequalities between different groups of people
Why, what aims, to who, in what way, with who?
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Non-profit organizations
Welfare is build with collaboration
schools exercise
youth
culture
environment
neighbours
hobbies
church
media companies
friends family
educational establishments
social
health
Ad hoc
www
village/suburb
work
The Parliament, legislation
Counties
Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
& Regional State Administrative
Agencies
Centres of
expertise etc.
Nursing districts
Research institutes
EU
GLOBALISATIONKela
- The Social Insurance Institution of Finland
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Finland’s Slot Machine Association
Turuntie 42, FI-02650 ESPOOtel +358 9 437 01 fax +358 9 4370 2383