Source of toolsName of the tool Multi-criteria-analysis (MCA) -(Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (YTV)) Where is tool available from Ms. Suoma Sihto, YTV,
P.O. Box 521, FIN-00520 Helsinki,
Tel: +359-9-1561393,
Email:suoma.sihto@ytv.fi, website:http://www.ytv.fi/english/transport
When was the tool produced 1999. Small upgrades all the time. Is support provided Not needed normally. The personnel implementing the analysis is mainly the same who produced the tool. Instructions are given to those who implement parts of the system without previous experience. Organisation/s that developed the tool and country of origin Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (YTV), Finland Is the tool newly developed or based on an exisiting tool The tool is basically an ordinary MCA, but the way of implementing (with many steps an operationalizing) is developed for this case and further use for the same purpose. Cost of the full tool The tool itself is free. Implementing it in this case caused costs of appr. 80 000 €, which is however difficult to separate from the total costs of the whole planning process to achieve the regional strategy. These total costs were about 500 000 € plus 10-11 person years of office work. |