Under the Municipal law, residents have the right to submit initiatives to the municipality on matters concerning its activities. You can submit a municipal initiative via the national initiative service. Initiatives can concern, for example, improvements to municipal services. The initiative can be free-form, as long as you make it clear what you want to influence with your initiative.
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Submit the initiative to the municipality either electronically or on paper.
The residents of a municipality, people who own or govern real property in the municipality, and communities and foundations that operate in the municipality have the right to submit initiatives on matters that concern the municipality’s activities. People who use the municipality’s services have the right to submit initiatives on matters concerning the service in question.
The community and foundation refer to parties that have ownership in the municipality or a connection to a service. Such a community or foundation may be local, regional or national.
An initiative usually concerns developing a service or tackling an issue at a general level. The competent municipal authority must consider the initiative as soon as possible. In all cases, the municipality must respond to the person who submitted the initiative and report on any measures taken as a consequence of it.
A minimum of four per cent of municipal residents who have turned 15 can submit an initiative to organise a municipal referendum. If at least four per cent of the residents who have turned 15 jointly submit initiative to organise a municipal referendum, the council must decide without delay whether to hold a municipal referendum.