ELY Centre for South Ostrobothnia

Professional waste carriers or waste transporters must apply for the acceptance of operation onto the waste management register.

If the property boarders a road, the adjoining owner's consultation response on the pending construction projects is requested from the ELY Centre

Roadside advertisements are advertisements or notices intended for road users that are placed along the road.

The ELY Centres provide municipalities and partners with advice and guidance in matters related to immigration, integration and reception of refugees.

Agreement between a municipality and ELY Centre on the imputed reimbursement paid to the municipality for the costs incurred for receiving refugees.

The aid promotes planning, implementing, coordinating and developing the sustainable use and management of fishing waters, and fishing supervision.

Aid for investigating the risk or harm to health or the environment and for cleaning a contaminated area.

An exception to the protection of a natural habitat protected under the nature conservation acts.

Service signs are traffic signs that require a permit. They are placed on highway road areas.

Applying for an annual fishing quota for Baltic herring, sprat or salmon.

An operator of a return system for beverage containers can submit an application to the ELY Centre for an exception from the labelling obligation

An operator of a return system for beverage containers can apply for the producer register to obtain the tax benefit for its beverage containers.

You can apply for a ban or restriction on the use of motor vehicles in certain land areas or ice-covered water areas at the ELY Centre.

Built heritage maintenance grants are available for the maintenance of culturally valuable built heritage sites and their immediate environments.

Business development aid is granted especially for restructuring, expanding and internationalising small and medium-sized enterprises.

A permit from the road maintenance authority is required for the installation or maintenance of cables, lines and pipes in a highway traffic area.

ELY Centre grants aid for the prevention of damage caused by protected animals, as well as compensation and support for damage.

Compensation for damages caused by defective road maintenance can be applied for from the road keeper.

Compensations for owners of fishing waters for use based on the utilisation of chargeable common fishing rights and fishing guide activities.

Decision on the application of the Environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure in an individual case.

Environmental impact assessment (EIA)

European Regional Development Fund supports development projects that implement sustainable growth and jobs.

The purpose of ESF funding is to support employment and employment opportunities, promote the development of skills and expertise.

Exception to the declarations of preservation of private protected areas.

The Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment may, for justified reasons, grant various exceptional permits for fishing.

Operators must notify the ELY Centre of exceptional situations in activities that require an environmental permit or registration.

The security system ensures that employees are paid their contractual dues should the employer become insolvent.

Yrittäjän talousapu counselling service offers companies and entrepreneurs financial and debt counselling for free.

Grants are available for the environmental management of archipelago sites

Discretionary government grant for waterway and fishing industry projects that promote, among others, fish passage and execution of water management.

Grants are available for rehabilitation, care and restoration projects under the Helmi programme.

A discretionary state grant may be awarded for the preparation of groundwater area protection plans.

Grant for projects promoting environmental education and awareness.

The national Enterprise Finland Telephone Service provides guidance to starting entrepreneurs in matters related to establishing an enterprise.

Finland has a pay security system to ensure that employees are paid their contractual dues in the event of the employer becoming insolvent.

You must submit a report about incidents that occur at the institution or some other exceptional incident.

A road maintenance authority’s permit is usually required to connect a private road to a public road.

Monitoring of the state of environment, emissions and impacts related to activities that require an environmental permit and the water economy project

If you take surface water or groundwater over 100 m3/day and the abstraction does not require a water permit, notify the ELY Centre.

The competent authority must be notified of any measures that may impair environmental values of an area belonging to the Natura 2000 network.

Notify the ELY Centre of the clean-up of contaminated land or groundwater and of the processing of the soil dug up during the clean-up.

You must submit a notification for constructing under a water system

The dredging or mowing of a wetland requires a notification.

Companies that buy fish or fisheries products directly from seaside fishermen must submit a notification of the bought and/or taken over lot of fish.

Operating environment development aid is granted for development projects that promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

You can apply for a deviation from the building protection decision under the Act on the Protection of the Built Heritage.

In principle, it is prohibited to build on a protection zone of a road, but ELY Centre can for a specific reason grant a special permit for it.

A permit granted by the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centre) is required for work carried out in road areas.

You can apply public aid for special sites situated on private roads such as ferries, annually dismantled temporary bridges and winter or ice roads.

ELY Centres can grant a municipality or a community of municipalities a state subsidy for the costs and development of public transport.

The service will support the recruitment of international professionals and specialists in the Finnish technology industry from EU and EEA countries.

Recruiting training in the country of origin refers to training organised for experts recruited from abroad.

Recruitment training is a good option if you cannot find competent employees and skilled personnel will not be graduating soon in your field.

A subsidy to reduce the transport costs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in sparsely populated areas.

A fisherman who intends to sell their catch must register as a commercial fisherman.

An aquaculture operator must register with the aquaculture register.

Companies that buy fish or fisheries products directly from seaside fishermen must register with the register of first-sale fish buyers.

Fees and reimbursement of expenses of representatives of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers.

National permit guidance and supervision of the deadlines for procedures for those planning to produce renewable energy.

Reporting the information specified in the permit or notification decision to the ELY Centre acting as the supervisory authority.

An area (an estate or a parcel thereof) can be reserved as a nature reserve on the initiative of the land owner or ELY Centre.

The ELY Centre may, for justified reasons, restrict common fishing rights.

Restructuring coaching is designed to promote corporate responsibility for employees’ future.

A person with limited mobility can apply for a special permit to use a motorised vehicle off road.

In individual unprecedented cases, ELY Centres may grant temporary transport licences for roads with load restrictions.

A special transport permit is required if the transport exceeds the dimensions and masses permitted for normal traffic.

Island traffic is subsidised on routes that serve permanent residents, but have no other regular traffic or roads.

Discretionary subsidies for projects to improve water status and promote overall sustainable water management in agriculture and forestry.

Subsidies for projects that foster a good condition of water systems, safeguarding the diversity of aquatic habitats or reducing flood risks.

Targeted training is vocational training tailored to the needs of your company and its personnel.

Apply for a permit from the ELY Centre if an event requires closing a highway from other traffic.

Notice of temporary noise or vibration site

An agreement on the temporary protection closure of a land area with the site owner.

Temporary traffic sign arrangements in a highway road area require a permit from the ELY Centre.

ELY Centres can have vehicles left on a highway town away and charge the owner of the vehicle.

Trading in road rest areas and car parks requires a permit from the ELY Centre.

You can ask for advice, give feedback, or report the condition of a route.

Notification of utilisation of waste in earthworks if no environmental permit is required.

Workplace Finnish is language training tailored to the needs of the company and its personnel with a foreign background.

Workplace Swedish Training is a language training tailored to the needs of the company and its personnel with a foreign background.