The winners of the Personnel as Developers competition were awarded at the Town Hall

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The City of Tampere presented the developer awards to the staff at the Town Hall on 9.6.2025. A total of 14 teams were awarded in recognition of their enthusiasm to develop their work.
People in the Town Hall listening to the speech.
A total of 14 working groups were awarded at the Town Hall.

– The skills of our staff have been – and will remain – central to the way our city operates, delivers services and develops. No one should be in any doubt about the important work we do, said Marju Leinonen, Head of Human Resources Development.

The awards were presented in five categories: customer focus, work community, climate impact, special mentions and others. The purpose of the Staff Development Award is to support and encourage staff creativity and enthusiasm to develop their own work.

– Particularly in these challenging times, it is particularly important to foster an inspiring, positive atmosphere and the courage to experiment. Insights and development work are done in small everyday steps as well as in larger reforms, where city employees work together in a multidisciplinary way and across organisational boundaries to find new customer-oriented solutions to develop services, increase effectiveness and improve well-being at work, said Leinonen.

The prize money for the competition was 20 000 euros. The winners were photographed at the awards ceremony in the Town Hall, and some of the winners were unable to attend the ceremony.

Johanna Hemmilä, Elina Lehtinen, Ykä Lähteenmäki, Ilari Paukku, Kaija Salminen, Suvi Särkilahti and Linda Warto pose for the camera at Town Hall.
Johanna Hemmilä, Elina Lehtinen, Ykä Lähteenmäki, Ilari Paukku, Kaija Salminen, Suvi Särkilahti and Linda Warto were awarded for their Haavi activity aimed at preventing bullying.
Janina Ahlfors, Liisa Aholainen, Merja Kostamovaara, Niina Niiniluoto and Mia Saharla pose for the camera at the Town Hall.
Janina Ahlfors, Liisa Aholainen, Merja Kostamovaara, Niina Niiniluoto and Mia Saharla developed a new kind of art concept, where the art of children and young people is displayed in the urban landscape of Tampere.
Petri Huhtala, Jussi Jantola, Sanna Kattelus, Eerikki Maula, Siniriikka Nevalainen, Tiina Partanen and Inga Pöntiö pose for the camera at Town Hall.
Petri Huhtala, Jussi Jantola, Sanna Kattelus, Eerikki Maula, Siniriikka Nevalainen, Tiina Partanen and Inga Pöntiö developed a digital smart home using a virtual learning environment to enable social and health care students to practice supporting the living of older people.
Teemu Haapakoski poses for the camera at the Town Hall.
Teemu Haapakoski was awarded for reusing broken studio and acoustic equipment to reduce waste.
Pia Heinikainen, Taina Kettunen, Antti Klemi, Elina Mäntylammi, Henna Ojaluoma, Marja Vehkaniemi and Taina Vähämäki pose for the camera at Town Hall.
Pia Heinikainen, Taina Kettunen, Antti Klemi, Elina Mäntylammi, Henna Ojaluoma, Marja Vehkaniemi and Taina Vähämäki were awarded for promoting reading agents and raising students' interest in reading in the form of a literature prize and a literature prize celebration.
Text: Aleksis Villanen
Photos: Laura Happo
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