1. Omnia, the Joint Authority of Education in Espoo Region
Sirje Hassinen

2. FINLAND AND OMNIA
Omnia locates in Espoo, Kirkkonummi and Kauniainen (capital region of Finland)
Area 338 419,31 km²
1160 km from south to north
540 km from west to east
Haltitunturi 1 324 m
5,3 mill. inhabitant
Lakes 187 888
Omnia is one of biggest organisers of vocational education and trainging

3. Omnia
Vocational College
Omnia
Adult Education
Centre
Omnia
Apprenticeship
Training Centre
Omnia
Youth Workshops
4 500 students
1 500 students
1 800 students
150 students
Internal services
Administrative, development-, guidance-, facility services, support services for teaching

4. EDUCATION IN OMNIA
Omnia Vocational College offers vocational training to young people (after comprehensive school or general upper secondary education, students over 16 years old).
Omnia Adult Education Centre offers vocational training to adults (from 18 until 60 years old) who have completed comprehensive school and who have some work experience.
Apprenticeship Training Centre offers vocational education organized at a workplace in connection with practical work assignments (80 %) and supplemented with theoretical studies (20 %). Apprenticeship training is organized both in the form of vocational secondary education and vocational further education for both young people and adults.
Omnia Youth Workshops offer support and training to 17 – 24 years young people who are unemployed or without study place.

5. THREE LEVELS OF QUALIFICATIONS
The number of staff in Omnia is 650
Total number of students is almost 7500
The students come mainly from the nearby municipalities:
Espoo, Kirkkonummi and Kauniainen
Omnia training sectors
Culture
Natural sciences
Tourism, catering and domestic services
Social services, health and sport
Technology and transport
Social sciences, business economics and administration
THREE LEVELS OF QUALIFICATIONS

7. Internal services INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES International office:
Head of international activities
5 international coordinators
2 assistances of international relationship
2 financial assistances of international relationship
In every department:
One teacher who is responsible in international
relationship (link between international office and
department

8. International Activities
PROJECTS
Omnia is active in projects funded by the National Board of Education and the European
Union project like Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates/ Comenius, Nordplus, Grundvig and Interreg
All our projects are carried out in national and international partner networks
Mobility projects: on-the-job learning, EU countries, Mexico, China, Japan, Namibia         a) for students  b) for personnel
Pilot projects:
Co-ordinator Leonardo da Vinci: Ready-Study-Go Ahead 2009 – 2011 (2. step)
EVOC (ECVET-process in child care sector)
Interreg: HETA-ECVET Development of Vocational Qualifications Examinations and Opportunities for Taking the Examinations in the Tallinn and Helsinki Area Partner VOCAL (2008 – 2010), KOMPASS 2008 – 2010, TOOL TIPLS 2009 – 2011 (10)
Skills competitions
2. Networks:
Russian network, Doors open to Asia, Finnish home, Help Hanako, FinMex, India-network, FinEcvet
3. INTERNATIONAL GROUPS/VISITS

9. My projects:
HETA-ECVET (INTERREG IVA Central Baltic, 2009 – 2012, budjet ,00 €), project manager + vocabulary
TRAIN, LdV TOI 2008 – 2010, coordinator of Omnia, teacher of social and health care/Apprenticeship training
TOOL-TILPS, LdV TOI 2009 – 2011, coordinator of Omnia/language teacher
COCOMPEUR, LdV Partnership 2009 – 2011, coordinator of Omnia
ONNI, LdV IVT, 2008 – 2010 (30 students), project manager
Omnia-ECVET (FINECVET), FNBE, 2009 – 2012, coordinator of spa-field
Russian network for VET, FNBE, 2009 – 2010, coordinator of Omnia
Doors open to Asian, FNBE, 2009 – 2010, coordinator of Japan