Suomalaiset kehitysjärjestöt – Finnish Development NGOs Fingo Annual General Meeting, Spring 2025
Time: Monday May 12, 2025 starting at 1.00 p.m. (Note: the official AGM begins at 3.00 p.m.)
Place: Tiivistämö, Suvilahti, (Sörnäisten rantatie 22/Kaasutehtaankatu 1, Helsinki). You can also attend the AGM remotely. The link will be sent to those who have registered.
Invitations to the AGM are emailed to all contact persons and general email addresses of member organisations 28 April 2025 at the latest. If you wish to check or update your organization’s contact person, please email sara.levanen@fingo.fi.
Both attendees, those present at Tiivistämö and those participating remotely via online connections must have a device with access to email, in case of electronic voting.
Registration
NOTE: Please register for the AGM Thursday 8 May 2025 at the latest by using this link.
Proxies
Please send your scanned or photographed proxy to info@fingo.fi by Thursday May 8, 2025 at the latest. You will find a proxy template here (pdf).
Programme
The Spring meeting is preceded by a programme aimed at member organizations. In the programme we’ll discuss the role of civil society and especially organizations as drivers of the sustainability transition.
Docent and author Hannele Cantell will be the opening speaker for the discussion. She specializes in sustainability and global education and is also an experienced working with NGOs. In her speech, Cantell will explain what kind of changes are required to implement the sustainability transition at different levels of society and what the specific roles of organisations are in this.
After Cantell’s speech, Jenna Kettunen from Solidaarisuus and Heidi Holmroos from Marttaliitto will comment on the topic from the perspective of their own work. After the presentations, meeting participants will have the opportunity to reflect on the sustainability transition from the perspective of their own organization through small group discussions.
The Spring meeting day offers Fingo’s members an inspiring opportunity to map the diverse work that organizations are already doing to achieve the sustainability transition. Together we will seek answers to what it takes to bring about systemic change and how we would like to do this work in the future.
We will also get a taste of the World Village festival when Nemat Battah, who will perform at the Sound of Peace concert, will perform a couple of songs. Palestinian-Jordanian musician Battah is trained in traditional Arabic music, and the artist’s self-composed music explores her own experiences of intergenerational war trauma.
“Peace is understanding that our diversity as humans shouldn’t divide us.”
Timetable
12.30 Registration for the Spring Meeting begins, coffee and tea served
13.00 Opening of the Spring meeting and practical instructions, Sara Levänen, Fingo
13.05 Opening speech, Hannele Cantell
13.20 Members´ comments, Heidi Holmroos, Marttaliitto and Jenna Kettunen, Solidaarisuus
13.30 Group discussion, facilitated by Katja Väyrynen, Fingo
14.15 Summary of discussions
14:30 Break, coffee and snacks
15.00 Fingo´s Annual General Meeting
On the agenda:
Nomination of Election Committee
Annual Report 2024
Financial Statements 2024
Auditor´s Report
The meeting will end approximately at 16.45.
Documents
Executive Director´s Invitation
Annex 6A Nomination of Election Committee (in Finnish)
Annex 7A Annual Report 2024 (in Finnish)
Annex 8A Financial Statements 2024 (in Finnish)
Annex 9A Auditor´s report (in Finnish)
Remote Participation Instructions
Arrival at Tiivistämö and accessibility
Tiivistämö is located in the middle of Suvilahti’s cultural and event area in building number 5. Entrance to the area is from Sörnäisten rantatie 22 and Kaasutehtaankatu 1. More information about Tiivistämö.
Tiivistämö has barrier-free access from the door on the left side of the main doors, which is marked with a sign indicating accessibility. The door leads to the Lämpiö space, from where you can take a wheelchair lift to the side of the Tiivistämö hall. The accessible toilet is located in the lobby of Tiivistämö.
The escort traffic stop is located near the entrance (distance no more than 5 meters), from where you can get to the entrance smoothly. You can drive to Tiivistämö from Sörnäinen beach road and through Kalasatama. The closest metro station is in Kalasatama. See the map of the Suvilahti area.
