Project workers:
Project Manager Katinka Käyhkö
Project Coordinator Tanja Ryymin
Visiting address: Kuntatie 1, 86100 Pyhäjoki (1st floor)
Project´s Facebook page is now closed.
Project´s Twitter account is now closed.
Tip database
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Interculturality and integration
InfoFinland – Finland in your language: https://www.infofinland.fi/en/frontpage/
Integration.fi https://kotouttaminen.fi/en/frontpage
Refugee Council’s Civic Orientation Textbook (available in many languages): https://yhteiskuntaorientaatio.fi/
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment’s guide Welcome to Finland in 13 languages: https://tem.fi/tervetuloa-suomeen
Recognising one´s own skills and competence:
The abilitator: https://sivusto.kykyviisari.fi/en/about-the-abilitator/what-is-the-abilitator/
SkiLLfie mobile application or forms: http://www.uef.fi/en/web/opinsauna/skillfie
SIMHEapp: https://simheapp.karelia.fi/english/
Information for and about associations:
General information about associations in Finland in multiple languages: https://www.infofinland.fi/en/living-in-finland/leisure/associations
Civil society in Finland: https://www.kansalaisyhteiskunta.fi/kansalaisyhteiskunta/civil_society
Register of Associations of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office: https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri.html
Finnish Civil Society’s directory of associations: https://www.kansalaisyhteiskunta.fi/jarjestohakemisto
For jobseekers, entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs
TE Services website in English: https://www.te-palvelut.fi/te/en/jobseekers/work_finland/index.html
InfoFinland - Where to find work?: https://www.infofinland.fi/en/living-in-finland/work-and-enterprise/where-to-find-work
Jobs in Finland service for English speaking professionals: https://jobs.workinfinland.fi/
Hiring a foreigner as an employee: https://www.palkkaus.fi/cms/article/ulkomaalaisen_tyontekijan_palkkaaminen
Foreigner as an employee in Finland: https://www.tyosuojelu.fi/web/en/employment-relationship/foreign-employee
First weeks of a foreign employee: https://finlandrelocation.com/en/ulkomaalaisen-tyontekijan-ensimmaiset-viikot/
KIITO application for learning the working language and work methods: https://blog.haltu.fi/kiito-mobiliisovellus-maahanmuuttajien-kotoutumisen-tueksi/
Many industry-specific online guides are available for introducing foreign employees to work!
Becoming an entrepreneur in Finland: https://www.infofinland.fi/en/moving-to-finland/non-eu-citizens/becoming-an-entrepreneur-in-finland
Start Up Refugees: https://startuprefugees.com/