Hi! My name is Daniel and my wife and I have six school-age children. After graduating with a communications degree from an Applied Sciences University in Singapore, I spent several years in the mission field and on staff in my church. I also established several marketing and communications companies in Singapore as well as one of Singapore's leading online news outlets.
In 2018, our family moved to Vaasa, my wife's hometown, and since then I have mostly been working with global startups and high tech companies in management and leadership roles. I'm a deacon in my local church.
I am an investor and partnerships and marketing manager of a startup company in Vaasa that is building a global healthcare system. As a journalist in Singapore, I covered the health and politics areas and have viewpoints that may be innovative and outside the box.
Theme 1: Kansainvälistyminen / Internationalisation
Theme 2: Osallisuus ja integraatio / Inclusion and integration
Theme 3: Tehokkuus / Efficiency
Vaasa and Pohjanmaa are some of Finland's most multi-cultural places, and this has contributed greatly to the region's success. I want to help make Vaasa and Pohjanmaa a place where internationals feel cared for, plugged in, and welcome. I want to create opportunities for everyone to be able to engage and contribute to society and feel proud that we are building something together, regardless of where we come from.
I believe that governance should be efficient and inclusive, and that diverse ideas and points of view built on shared values are what will lead us to success.
Enhance English municipal info
Make municipal information available in English and distribute it to places where non-Finnish and non-Swedish speaking residents are engaged. Engage with and support media that publish English and international content.
Promote learning of local languages
Increase the diversity of Finnish and Swedish language learning opportunities (more events and social interactions in addition to classes). Improve access to publicly available learning material such as books, theatre, culture, films, music, etc. in Finnish and Swedish for residents who don’t speak either language.
Encourage work openness
Start volunteering programmes with various organisations so that non-local-born residents can integrate better. Conduct research with various offices such as Pohjanmaan ELY keskus to gather concrete data on integration and the economic situation of migrants. Encourage and support the establishment of local business networks for entrepreneurs with immigrant backgrounds. Promote remote working from Vaasa to other cities and countries - help people find remote jobs elsewhere if it cannot be found here and provide good infrastructure for remote working culture.
Return to the family medicine healthcare system
Reinstatement and re-integration of family doctors as a means to improve health monitoring, chronic disease management, prevention, and holistic care.
Spend more on service delivery
Healthcare workers are the most critical resource on the frontline. We should spend less on administration and more on providing and designing a good working environment for nurses, doctors, and other frontline staff, with a special focus on preventing burnout.
Efficiency and access
Process simplification and reduction of administration costs with automation. Effective communication of healthcare information and policies to those who are not fluent in local languages. Addressing the bilingual/multilingual needs of the region with technology such as healthcare chat services.
