The number of person-years decreased by 2.3 percent and is now 952. The
decrease was mainly due to the reduced number of temporary researchers.
Otherwise the organisational structure remained approximately the same.
The share of person-years in the Helsinki metropolitan area was 45 percent.
Metla’s operating expenses in 2004 totalled approximately 51.4
million euros, i.e. about the same as in the previous year. The expenses
include the funds carried forward from the previous year and the used
external funding. The contribution to expenses by the Helsinki metropolitan
area decreased from 51 % to 49 % of the total.
The amount of funds received directly to the operating budget increased
by approx. 0.5 million euros from the previous year. This was due to the
acceleration of the National Forest Inventory (NFI), the non-recurrent
investment into the new building of the Joensuu Research Centre and extended
income-financed operations.
The net income from operations increased by approx. 2.0 million euros,
which is mainly due to the increase of shared-funding research and the
non-recurrent return payment on employer’s pension fees. The net
operating income exceeded the budgeted amount by more than 0.8 million
euros.s
