Our Children First
- We want to offer all children from the age of 12 months a place in preschool.
- We aim to subsidize the difference between preschool fees and the cost of day care services for young children while building up preschool services for 12-18 months old children.
- Our aspiration is that our preschools and elementary schools are among the best in the country, for both students and staff.
Care for the Elderly
- All service for the elderly must be more flexible and diverse.
- Renovations of the retirement homes of Akureyri must start as soon as possible.
- Specialized counselling must be available for relatives and close friends of those dealing with dementia.
Enjoy Health and Wellbeing
- Let’s start the experimental project of shortening the working week.
- It is crucial to shorten the waiting time of children and young adults for services of specialists.
- Let’s safeguard the continuing operations of SAA-National Center of Addiction Medicine in North-Iceland.
- Let’s ensure diverse housing options for everyone.
- Let’s strengthen our preventive measures and improve education on sexual harassment and gender-based violence.
A First-Rate Leisure Town
- The sport and leisure subsidy should be raised to 50.000 ISK. Unused sport- and leisure subsidy should go into a fund for children and young adults that do not get to enjoy organized sport and leisure activity.
- The next priority projects in the construction of sport facilities should be at the sports grounds of KA and Þór, the building of a competition swimming pool and the making of foot-, cycle- and horse riding paths.
- It is important to strengthen the cooperation of schools, sport- and leisure clubs to shorten children’s workday.
Human Rights for Everyone
- Let’s safeguard and promote gender equality.
- Let’s increase communication and collaboration with residents whose first language is other than Icelandic.
- Let’s enable queer people to thrive in Akureyri.
Many-Sided Tourism
- We must continue the development of Akureyri Airport, pressuring for the completion of an apron and the equalization of fuel prize.
- We should market Akureyri as a center of outdoor life and adventure tourism, with a special emphasis on Hrísey and Grímsey.
- Let’s make Akureyri Marathon an annual event. All the major cities of the world attract tourists with marathons. Akureyri belongs in that company.
Flourishing Cultural Life
- Let’s support children’s culture.
- Let’s continue the support of Hof Cultural and Conference Center, the North Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Akureyri Theatre Company.
- Let’s support a dynamic programme at the new Akureyri Art Museum.
Staying Ahead in Environmental Affairs
- By becoming a plastic bag free society with the cooperation of companies and citizens.
- By placing a special emphasis on sustainable development.
- By creating more parking spaces with electrical outlets in the town center.
- By combatting airborne particle pollution.
- By continuing to evolve and improve the public bus route system.
Creative Economy
- Our emphasis is on connecting education, innovation and economy.
- We aim to establish an organization in cooperation with interested parties and the public in order to establish direct international flights.
- We must safeguard Akureyri as a research center for Arctic affairs, climate change, geothermal heat and recyclable sources of energy.
- It is important to continue the outsourcing of the management and reconstruction of Hlíðarfjall as a recreational paradise the whole year round.
- We must diligently work toward procuring sufficient and safe transmission of electricity.
Town Center for the People
- Let’s make our town center ecofriendly and fun.
- Let’s build a transportation terminal.
- Let’s develop the area of Akureyri Stadium for diverse operations.
- Let’s provide a sufficient number of parking spaces, i.e. with a parking garage.
People with Disabilities
- We must increase recourses for summer vacations, short time placement and after school programs for children with disabilities.
- It is vital to provide apartments that suit the special service needs of people with disabilities.
- We must create diverse job opportunities for people with disabilities and make sure they get appropriate support to adjust.
Outstanding Services
- Our aim is to significantly raise the level of service at municipal institutions.
- We aim to markedly improve electronic services for town residents.
- Our goal is to provide one help desk for all the town residents.
Responsible Finances and Management
- Let’s fight for just service contracts with the state.
- Let’s use gender budgeting in order to achieve a just distribution of funds.
- Let’s lower the debt to income ratio.
- Let’s reinforce professional local democracy.
- Let’s secure funding to neighbourhood boards and councils for projects and embellishments.
- Let’s continue the project Fragile Communities with Hrísey and Grímsey.
The campaign headquarters of Samfylkingin/The Social Democratic Alliance:
Shopping Center Sunnuhlíð, 2nd floor
The campaign headquarters of Samfylkingin/The Social Democratic Alliance:
Shopping Center Sunnuhlíð, 2nd floor