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Management plan

The management plan defines the guidelines for Suomenlinna’s future.

A new management plan was made for Suomenlinna in cooperation with partners. UNESCO requires that all World Heritage Sites prepare a plan outlining how the site is managed and developed. The management plan is implemented in cooperation with a wide range of partners through a continuous process. The project team consisted of personnel from the Governing Body of Suomenlinna and the Finnish Heritage Agency.

Open the Management Plan, Fortress of Suomenlinna 2020-2024

The new management plan continues the long tradition of managing Suomenlinna. The previous plans in use and management were observed in the new management plan of Suomenlinna as well as changes in society.

The management plan consists of four parts:

The action plan of the management plan

The action plan aims to ensure that the management plan for Suomenlinna is implemented and kept up-to-date and is a concrete guideline for the operations of the World Heritage Site. Its implementation is monitored and reported on annually. The action plan is reviewed annually at the network meeting for the site. At the same time, the status of the implementation and any need for changes will be discussed. The action plan includes both larger projects and smaller, concrete actions that will ensure the implementation of the management plan.

The action plan covers the period from 2020 to 2024. Like the management plan, this action plan concerns the Suomenlinna network on a large scale. The action plan presents goals for management plan, which are expanded upon through various actions. The plan also defines the lead implementor of the actions, the participants, and the schedule. The action plan is intended to function as a practical guideline for all parties involved on how to achieve common objectives. The plan will be evaluated annually and additions will be made as necessary.

An example of the results of the action workshop: “We work together – nobody can maintain Suomenlinna alone!”

Actions implemented Avaa osio Sulje osio

Sustainable development: Sustainable tourism

Updating Suomenlinna’s sustainable tourism strategy.

Responsibility: The Government Body of Suomenlinna (later SLHK; in Finnish: Suomenlinnan hoitokunta) – Participants: Residents, operators, City of Helsinki, Helsinki Marketing, Suomenlinna networks

Comment: An action set for 2020, which was postponed until 2021 due to the pandemic and which was implemented as a plan of short-term examination due to the present uncertainties of tourism development.

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna

Establishing a communal space for residents and visitors.

Responsibility: Residents – Participants: Visitors

Comment: An action set for 2020, to which a group of four residents reacted by opening Linna Bar, a meeting place for residents which provides a space for Suomenlinna associations, among other things. All visitors are welcome customers of the bar.

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna: Digitalisation

Using digital guidance to provide visitors with more information, help for using the services, and enhanced experiences.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Operators, visitors

Comment: An action set for 2021. The implementation and deployment of the digital Suomenlinna guidebook took place under the exceptional circumstances of the pandemic. Further development will be done in the coming years.

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna: Accessibility

Building an accessible WC in Kustaanmiekka.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment: An action set for 2020. The extensions of the beach WC was completed in June 2020. The work was carried out by Suomenlinna Prison.

Improving the safety of the Susisaari Island beach.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: SLHK

Comment: The new stairs were implemented in 2021 by the City of Helsinki and SLHK.

The significance of history and the spirit of the location

Drafting a long-term plan for the restoration projects of the Governing Body of Suomenlinna based on the maintenance backlog calculation.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: City of Helsinki, Senate Properties, Parish Union of Helsinki

Comment: The action set for 2020 was implemented. The calculation is being updated regularly.

Renovating the police, customs and border guard station building.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Police, Customs and Border Guard

Comment: An action set for 2020–2021. The facilities, yard areas and fence were completed in 2021. Phase three will be completed in 2022.

Renovating the Officers’ Club building.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment: The action set for 2020-2021 was implemented.

Carrying out a historical building review of the Naval Academy.

Responsibility: Senate Properties

Comment: An action set for 2020. Completed in 2021.

Suomenlinna as a city district and its services: Transport

Organising a tender competition for the waterbus operations of the Helsinki Waterfront.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: SLHK

Comment: An action set for 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, SLHK and Metsähallitus only made one-year waterbus agreements for Suomenlinna, Vallisaari, and the distance between the two. In 2021, the Governing Body of Suomenlinna and Metsähallitus organised a tender competition for the waterbus lines for 2+2 years.

Examining the option of having cost-free ferry traffic for residents and ensure consistent treatment in relation to things such as transport charges for bicycles.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: SLHK, residents, operators

Comment: An action set for 2020. No structural changes have been implemented in the ferry traffic fees. SLHK and the Naval Academy proposed in 2020 that Suomenlinna employers whose employees use the so-called “resident token” could transport bicycles without a separate fee. Suomenlinnan Liikenne considered this impossible. The parliamentary Island Committee appointed by the Government proposed in 2021 that the City of Helsinki should take the permanent residents of Suomenlinna into account in the zone fees of public transport and the transport fees for vehicles.

Investigating the option of having a uniform digital payment solution for the ferry traffic.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: SLHK, HSL, waterborne transport operators

Comment: The Suomenlinnan Liikenne ferry uses both mobile and contactless payment. The City of Helsinki has funded a MaaS interface through which the digital systems of waterbuses can also be deployed.

Sharing of responsibilities and resources: National-level legislation and allocation of resources

A cooperation agreement between the Governing Body and the Finnish Heritage Agency was made.

Responsibility: SLHK, Finnish Heritage Agency

Comment: The action set for 2020 was implemented and the implementation of the agreement is being monitored.

Deploying a joint project management system of the Governing Body and the Criminal Sanctions Agency (RISE).

Responsibility: SLHK, RISE

Comment: The action set for 2020 was implemented. The Trello tool in joint use.

Actions whose implementation is underway and occurs long-term or recurringly Avaa osio Sulje osio

Values

Continuing the value discussion by organising open network events.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Suomenlinna networks

Continuing the value discussion with the annual reviews of the Finnish Heritage Agency and the Governing Body.

Responsibility: SLHK, Finnish Heritage Agency

Ensuring that those belonging to the Suomenlinna network have the necessary channels for discussion.

Responsibility: SLHK

Sustainable development: Environmental efforts

In additional to cultural sustainability, promoting ecological sustainability with competent and timely restoration and reconstruction.

Responsibility: SLHK, Finnish Heritage Agency

Improving the competence related to the most impactful environmental efforts. Identifying the efforts most impactful for Suomenlinna and using them to form a plan.

Responsibility: SLHK

Increasing awareness and competence about decreasing the carbon footprint of different operators.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Suomenlinna networks

Enhancing the management of the Governing Body’s environmental affairs with an environment system and draft a long-term environmental programme for 2020–2030. Committing to a environment certificate that has the most effective impact.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment: An action that was originally set for 2020 and the implementation of which remains unfinished.

Making energy-efficient system selections when it comes to repairs.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Property owners

Increasing heat recovery when replacing the building services engineering equipment.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: City of Helsinki, Parish Union of Helsinki, private property owners

Ensuring that the working machinery and transport equipment are appropriately sized for Suomenlinna and the intended use.

Responsibility: SLHK, RISE – Participants: Operators

Procuring equipment that uses electricity and batteries.

Responsibility: SLHK, RISE – Participants: Operators

Renovating the Suomenlinna waste collecting points so that, through sorting, as much of the waste as possible can be directed to a useful purpose.

Responsibility: SLHK

Sorting the waste with the best possible method so that as much of the waste as possible will be used in a purposeful manner.

Responsibility: SLHK, Operators, Residents – Participants: Visitors

Regularly using precise methods to monitor the condition of the buildings, structures and environment.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: City of Helsinki, Parish Union of Helsinki, private property owners

Sustainable development: Sustainable tourism

Developing the site’s intentional visitor management with both digital measures and physical structures.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Residents, Operators, City of Helsinki, Helsinki Marketing, Suomenlinna networks

Monitoring the number of participants in the joint meetings and the use of the Suomenlinna communications channels.

Responsibility: SLHK

Developing the attraction’s signs and guided tours in accordance with the feedback received.

Responsibility: SLHK, Ehrensvärd Society – Participants: Visitors, residents

Developing the communications about Suomenlinna as a place of residence and we clarify the marking of residential areas.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Helsinki Marketing, Operators, residents

Comment: This action was allocated for 2020. Actions have been implemented, but they need to be continued in the future.

Improving the accessibility and the use of simplified language in the communications channels.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Operators

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna

Discussing the matters related to Suomenlinna in regularly held events that are both open to everyone and targeted at different target groups (e.g. residents meetings, tourism meetings, the cooperation groups between the city and the Governing Body).

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: City of Helsinki, operators, residents

Discussing the matters related to Suomenlinna in communications channels that are both open to everyone and targeted at different target groups (e.g. the Suomenlinna social media channels, the resident communications channel Vianet, the residents’ internal social media channels, the Suomenlinna operators’ Extranet).

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Suomenlinna networks

Developing the cooperation of the Governing Body and Suomenlinna Prison.

Responsibility: SLHK, Rise

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna: Digitalisation

Ensuring that the information necessary for preserving the World Heritage Site is saved and can be transferred to future operators.

Responsibility: SLHK, Finnish Heritage Agency, National Archives of Finland

Enhancing the maintenance’s use of digital property management in monitoring and documentation.

Responsibility: SLHK

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna: Accessibility

Improving apartments accessibility during renovations.

Responsibility: SLHK

Ensuring that the quays are safe.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: City of Helsinki, Finnish Defence Forces, Suomenlinna Yacht Club, Suomenlinna Boating Club, Merenkävijät

The significance of history and the spirit of the location

Renovating the apartments in the garrison block.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment: A long-term project that is underway.

Supporting the preservation of functions related to a special universal value, such as the shipyard and the Naval Academy, with continuous dialogue and by preparing for changes in the operating environment.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Suomenlinna networks

Using regular maintenance to decrease the need for major repairs and lengthen the lifecycle of buildings.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: City of Helsinki, Parish Union of Helsinki, private property owners

Suomenlinna as a city district and its services: Transport

Renovating the high street in Iso Mustasaari.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: SLHK

Comment: An action set for 2021, the implementation of which began in 2020 and will continue in 2021 and 2022, at least.

Keeping the ferry and waterbus quays in a good condition and planning the repairs jointly.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki, SLHK – Participants: Finnish Defence Forces, waterborne transport operators

Taking into account the operations and forms of traffic that are in accordance with sustainable development when planning traffic to, from and on Suomenlinna.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Residents, operators, waterborne transport operators

Suomenlinna as a city district and its services: Services and entrepreneurship

Improving the energy and resource economy of Suomenlinna companies.

Responsibility: Operators – Participants: SLHK

Using the operators’ extranet as a communications tool.

Responsibility: SLHK, operators

Carrying out surveys for the residents, entrepreneurs, workers, and visitors. Making the results public.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Residents, operators, visitors

Using local services – “we buy Suomenlinna-made”.

Responsibility: Suomenlinna networks

Suomenlinna as a city district and its services: Living

Through cooperation, developing the selection of city services available for Suomenlinna residents.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: Residents, SLHK

Through cooperation, developing the use of the primary school premises so that they serve residents of all ages.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: SLHK, residents

Investigating the hobby opportunities young people and children have in Suomenlinna.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: SLHK, residents

Comment: An action originally set for 2020, moved to this category as it is not of one-time nature.

Using the resident selection process for rented apartments to support the preserving of city services, such as the school and day-care centre.

Responsibility: SLHK

Repairing the damages in apartments that decrease the quality of indoor air.

Responsibility: SLHK

Sharing of responsibilities and resources: National-level legislation and allocation of resources

Through cooperation between the relevant authorities, ensuring that there are adequate laws, decrees and conservation decisions for protecting Suomenlinna and that Suomenlinna and other World Heritage Sites have been taken into account in the legislation.

Responsibility: Finnish Heritage Agency, Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of the Environment, Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, SLHK

Implementing the zoning of the protected area in accordance with the commission of World Heritage Committee (2012).

Responsibility: Finnish Heritage Agency – Participants: SLHK

Repairing and developing Suomenlinna using the cost-sharing agreement of the state and the city.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki, SLHK

Disclosing information about the maintenance backlog calculation of Suomenlinna to give some background to the investments.

Responsibility: SLHK

In the cooperation, making the necessary preliminary assessments about the city plan.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki, SLHK

Participating in the cooperation groups of the Helsinki Waterfront and networking.

Responsibility: Suomenlinna networks – Participants: SLHK

Recognising the security responsibilities of Suomenlinna and in the annual meetings agreeing on the sharing of responsibility concerning the ensuring of security and the resources related to it.

Responsibility: SLHK, RISE, police, fire and rescue services, Border Guard, Customs

Offering Suomenlinna sites and themes for teaching and research purposes.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: educational institutions

Monitoring the implementation schedule and costs of restoration projects.

Responsibility: SLHK

Actions postponed Avaa osio Sulje osio

Sustainable development: Environmental efforts

Measuring the carbon footprint of things such as buildings, traffic and tourism.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Suomenlinna networks

Comment: Originally supposed to start in 2020. Monitoring the development of calculation methods and we will progress to implementation as soon as possible.

Organising a “Suomenlinna and the climate change” (Suomenlinna ja ilmastonmuutos) seminar in cooperation with environment and cultural heritage organisations.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Environment and cultural heritage organisations

Comment: Originally supposed to be implemented in 2021. The action has not been implemented due to the coronavirus pandemic. The issue was one of the subjects discussed in 2021 in the joint sustainability seminar of the Governing Body of Suomenlinna, Finnish Heritage Agency, National Archives of Finland, and Arts Promotion Centre Finland. Postponed until 2023.

Holding an energy workshop with the residents and operators.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Residents, operators

Comment: An action set for 2020, not implemented during the coronavirus pandemic. The energy workshop and other methods for sharing information will be assessed in 2022. SLHK and the Finnish Heritage Agency have began a dialogue concerning the option of alternative energy.

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna

Developing the implementation opportunities of alternative and voluntary work.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: City of Helsinki, Allianssi ry

Comment: An action set for 2021 which could not be implemented due to the coronavirus pandemic. Postponed until 2023.

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna: Accessibility

Building an observation deck in Kustaanmiekka that ensures that people can visit the site safely and without harming the view.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment: An action supposed to be implemented in 2020, has since been postponed. Will be moved to be implemented in connection to actions pursuant to the safety report.

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna: Digitalisation

Drafting the Governing Body’s digitalisation plan and the implementation programme for it.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Valtori

Comment: Included in the action plan of the SLHK administrative body. The plan will be updated in accordance with the Government’s instructions.

Drafting a plan to make the data concerning Suomenlinna openly accessible.

Responsibility: SLHK, Finnish Heritage Agency – Participants: Valtori

Comment: Will be postponed; implementation to start in 2024. All necessary background research has not yet been completed.

Sustainable development: Sustainable tourism

Reforming the exhibition and operations of Suomenlinna Museum.

Responsibility: SLHK, Finnish Heritage Agency – Participants: Ehrensvärd Society, visitors

Comment: The Finnish Heritage Agency has stated that it does not have the resources to participate in the funding of the exhibition reform. SLHK has applied for appropriations for the reform. At the moment, the funding has not been arranged and the reform will be postponed to be implemented in 2023–2024, at the earliest

The significance of history and the spirit of the location

Building a new workshop in the depot.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment: An action planned for 2020. The building will be re-evaluated after Helen has informed us of the standby power plant’s need for new driving force.

Holding a seminar about the Naval Academy’s history and current state.

Responsibility: Senate Properties – Participants: SLHK

Comment: The action set for 2020 was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ensuring the up-to-date use of the communications channel for traffic matters.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki, SLHK – Participants: Waterborne transport operators

Comment: An action set for 2021 which has not been implemented.

Suomenlinna as a city district and its services: Services and entrepreneurship

Describing the leasing process of premises and showcase the unoccupied premises on the suomenlinna.fi website.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment: An action set for 2020. The leasing process has been reformed and described in 2021, but it will be presented on the website in 2022.

Suomenlinna as a city district and its services: Living

Appointing resident mentors to offer peer support to both new and old residents.

Responsibility: Residents

Comment: An action set for 2021. Has not been implemented in this form, but the residents’ society is considering the ways of implementing it.

Holding maintenance workshops for the residents.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Residents

Comment: An action set for 2021. The coronavirus pandemic made the implementation impossible. Postponed until 2022, will be implemented as in-person events or informational videos.

Planning the restoration and repair projects in more detail in the long-term investment plans of the Governing Body of Suomenlinna, the City of Helsinki, Senate Properties and the Parish Union of Helsinki.

Responsibility: SLHK, City of Helsinki, Senate Properties, Parish Union of Helsinki

Comment: An action set for 2021. Has not been implemented. Will be postponed until 2022 to be discussed by the Board.

Actions in the coming years Avaa osio Sulje osio

Year 2022

Sustainable development: Environmental efforts

Setting indicators for the sustainable development targets.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Suomenlinna networks

Comment: Included in the action plan of the SLHK administrative body

Identifying opportunities for the circular economy in Suomenlinna.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: Suomenlinna networks

Comment: Included in the action plan of the SLHK maintenance and restoration services

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna: Accessibility

Updating the Suomenlinna accessibility plan.

Responsibility: SLHK – Participants: City of Helsinki, operators

Comment: Starting the project in 2022 is included in the action plan of the SLHK restoration unit, but finishing it may happen in 2023.

The significance of history and the spirit of the location

Renovating living assistance spaces in Länsi-Mustasaari.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment: Included in the action plan of the SLHK restoration unit. Has been partially completed in 2021.

Restoring the small boat shipyard in Susisaari Island and renting it to users.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment: The action plan of the SLHK restoration unit includes repairing the area, renting it may be postponed until 2023.

Year 2023

Sustainable development: Cooperation and partnership – Universal Suomenlinna: Digitalisation

Drafting a collection policy for the Governing Body of Suomenlinna.

Responsibility: SLHK, Finnish Heritage Agency

Suomenlinna as a city district and its services: Transport

Drafting a logistics plan for the Helsinki Waterfront.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: SLHK

Sharing of responsibilities and resources: National-level legislation and allocation of resources

Updating the Suomenlinna greater landscape report.

Responsibility: City of Helsinki – Participants: SLHK

Measuring the economic value of voluntary work.

Responsibility: SLHK

Comment on the management plan

The management plan is developed as a joint effort. The plan can be commented by submitting the form below. Received comments are used in the various steps of the process.

Management plan process

The management plan is implemented in cooperation with a wide range of partners through a continuous process.

The past and current situation

Work with the management plan is a continuous process to be refined in cooperation with partners. The first part of the work consists of mapping the past and the current situation.

Guidelines for the future

A key part of the plan outlines the guidelines for Suomenlinna for the next decades. These priorities direct the focus of work on the World Heritage Site. The guidelines were prepared in workshops, in cooperation with a wide network of partners, throughout the year 2018

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