Audit: Tampere Reached Just 53% of 2025 Targets; Subsidiaries Hit 71%

An audit by the Auditing Board found the city achieved just over 53 percent of its 2025 targets, while its subsidiaries reached about 71 percent, the City of Tampere said.

The audit warns Tampere faces a difficult financial outlook as weak employment reduces revenue and pushes up costs. Mikko Aaltonen, chairman of the Auditing Board, said there are no quick fixes: "We must continue to balance the budget, but at the same time we must take into account the need to meet the targets set by the council."

The four-year 2022–2025 strategy is judged to have steered the city well, with 57 percent of its annual targets met. The committee calls for clearer, more specific budget objectives after finding some items too vague to evaluate.

Practical challenges were flagged for local development. Tampere–Pirkkala air links depended on connections via Riga in 2025, prompting calls for direct flights to hubs such as Copenhagen or Stockholm.

The city's well-being development programme was suspended at the end of 2025 after producing a series of citizen experiments; some of its tasks will be absorbed into the All Tampere Development Programme starting in 2026.

Subsidiary reviews showed good customer satisfaction at Tampere City Transport Ltd. Tredu-Kiinteistöt Oy has begun measuring satisfaction but needs higher response rates before drawing firm conclusions.

The City Council will discuss the Auditing Board’s report at its meeting on 18 May 2026.