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Project Manager Katinka Käyhkö 

Project Coordinator Tanja Ryymin 
 

Visiting address: Kuntatie 1, 86100 Pyhäjoki (1st floor)

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Tip database

On this page, we aim to compile various existing tools and practical tips for websites related to different actors and entities.

It may not be necessary to reinvent the wheel when somebody else has already provided lots of information on a certain topic!

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/