Accessibility working group

On the 5th of December 2025, the City Manager appointed an accessibility working group, whose task is to

• monitor the implementation of the City’s accessibility policy measures
• increase awareness of the importance of accessibility to the residents’ health and wellbeing
• coordinate and promote the City’s accessibility work, and monitor the implementation of accessibility during the practical projects of the divisions
• collaborate with the Council on Disability and the Elderly Citizens Council
• issue statements and propose initiatives in order to carry out its duties.

The Director of Shared Services of the Urban Environment Division serves as its chairperson. The group members include accessibility contact people from the different divisions, the disability ombudsman and the secretary of the Elderly Citizens Council.

The City of Helsinki’s accessibility policies, accessibility indicators and future monitoring system, created based on a database, are the accessibility working group’s main tools for monitoring the implementation of accessibility.