Strategic planning for 2023 to 2026 was decided in Zurich
As announced by the City of Zurich, City Councilor Daniel Leupi presented the Finance Department’s strategic planning for 2023 to 2026.
That financial department of the City of Zurich makes a significant contribution to mastering the challenges in the areas of growth and climate.
As a cross-sectional department, that covers it financial department A variety of areas for the population and the city government.
This is done with strategic planning financial department his most important fields of action.
Five main topics are in the foreground
“In this way we set priorities and create commitment and transparency about our activities,” as City Councilor Daniel Leupi, Head of the Finance Department, emphasizes.
In 2023 and in the coming years, five main topics will be in the foreground: digitalization; residential, commercial and real estate; Employer City of Zurich; finance and Steer; climate and environment.
Demand for affordable housing is gross
The city of Zurich will continue to grow in the coming years. The demand for affordable housing is gross and the supply.
“We continue to actively pursue the goal of acquiring larger plots of building land or properties for non-profit housing and for municipal administration and infrastructure use.
The number of properties available on the market is limited. Therefore, no miracle should be expected in terms of the number of annual purchases,” says Leupi.
The potential for densification should also be used in urban housing estates – in a forward-looking, socially acceptable manner and taking ecological factors into account.
Residential properties are built biodiverse
In 2022, the people of Zurich said yes to the climate targets of net zero by 2040.
That financial department makes a significant contribution to the actual achievement of these goals.
The municipal residential properties are built, maintained and managed in a climate-neutral manner (implementation by 2035) in a biodiverse and ecologically valuable manner.
The procurement of vehicles with alternative drives makes an important contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
«City of Zurich should remain an attractive employer»
There are two major challenges in the human resources sector over the next few years: a shortage of skilled workers and demographic change.
“The city of Zurich should remain an attractive employer.
Active generation management and targeted measures to recruit and retain staff are therefore essential,” emphasizes City Councilor Leupi.
Securing the urban finance in a growing city as well as a stable, secure and modern IT infrastructure are among the core tasks of the finance department.
Setting further accents in digitization
With the development of the digitization strategy 2023, in which new developments and trends are included, the “Digi+” program and the expansion of the city’s digital counter, the “My Account”, this will be done financial department further accents in the coming years digitalization set.