2. Migrants in Finland FACTS AND FIGURES

3. POPULATION OF FINLAND: 5.3M NATIONALITYNATIVE LANGUAGESTATE OF BIRTH Finnish 5 167 776 Foreigners 123 708 BIGGEST GROUPS Russia 26 211 Estonia 20 006 Sweden 8 349 Somalia 4 852 China 3 978 Thailand 3 470 Germany 3 318 Turkey 3 182 Britannia 3 143 Iraq 3 036 Finnish 4 836 183 Swedish 289 596 Saame1 777 Foreign 172 928 BIGGEST GROUPS Russian 45 224 Estonian 19 812 English 10 589 Somali 9 810 Arabic 8 119 Kurd 5 893 Albanian 5 791 China 5 733 Finland 5 097 956 Other 202 528 BIGGEST GROUPS Former USSR 43 805 Sweden 30 203 Estonia 16 728 Russia 5 872 Somalia 5 802 Form. Yugoslavia 5 470 Germany 5 289 China 5 269 Iraq 4 794 Thailand 4 761 Working age population: 66 % of Finnish population (between 15-64 years) 79 % of foreign population (~ 105 000)

4. Foreigners in Finland 1990-2008 Source: Population register

5. Source: Population register 31.12.2007 MUNICIPALITY TOTAL POPULATION 31.12.2007 OF WHICH FOREIGNERS MENWOMENIN TOTAL % OF THE POPULATION % OF THE FOREIGNERS IN FINLAND TOTAL5 300 48468 53264 176132 7082,5 %100,0 % 15 municipalities with most foreigners: Helsinki568 53119 43416 84936 2836,4 %27,3 % Espoo238 0476 9845 77112 7555,4 %9,6 % Vantaa192 5224 8734 8179 6905,0 %7,3 % Turku175 2864 1833 6037 7864,4 %5,9 % Tampere207 8663 5993 0746 6733,2 %5,0 % Lahti99 3081 3611 5052 8662,9 %2,2 % Oulu131 5851 3961 1742 5702,0 %1,9 % Vaasa57 9981 3141 1192 4334,2 %1,8 % Jyväskylä85 4021 2141 1432 3572,8 %1,8 % Kotka54 6798979141 8113,3 %1,4 % Lappeenranta59 2868139131 7262,9 %1,3 % Salo25 8026897071 3965,4 %1,1 % Porvoo47 8326236411 2642,6 %1,0 % Kuopio91 3206455941 2391,4 %0,9 % Joensuu57 6775475931 1402,0 %0,9 %

6. Source: Ministry of the Interior publications 2/2009 YEARPOPULATION WORKING AGE POPULATION LABOUR FORCE UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE % 199462 01245 50424 35011 97449,2 199568 56650 18926 91812 43846,2 199673 75453 78229 70013 55445,6 199780 60058 80332 98113 88942,1 199885 06062 45236 00613 78238,3 199987 68065 24838 05713 97636,7 200091 07468 11541 35313 15231,8 200198 57774 23945 40414 14931,2 2002103 68278 58147 08213 37028,4 2003107 00381 80849 07014 15023,8 2004108 34683 49851 44015 05129,3 2005113 92588 74554 81112 05427,5 2006121 73995 85159 42814 46024,3 2007131 861104 17064 58613 97021,6 Foreigners in Finland 1994 – 2007 30TH SEPT. 2008 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF FOREIGNERS WAS 17,7 %

7. Source: Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Analytics 9/2008 Prognosis of Attrition of Employees and New Openings 2005-2010Per Year OCCUPATIONAL GROUP EMPLOYED 2004 ATTRITION CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT OPENINGSATTRITION CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT OPENINGS Services505 520184 50034 400218 90011 5002 20013 700 Welfare and health299 690131 00053 600184 6008 2003 40011 600 Industry441 100170 400-6 000164 40010 600-40010 200 Office work233 480106 900- 19 30087 6006 700-1 2005 500 Construction139 02059 80014 00073 8003 7009004 600 Administration and specialist 129 67055 0006 60061 6003 4004003 800 Education132 40054 3001 30055 6003 4001003 500 Transport and logistics 137 50052 500-2 70049 800 3 400-2003 100 Agriculture and forestry 100 98052 000-23 80028 2003 200-1 5001 700 Culture and information 37 00015 4003 00018 400 1 0002001 200 Security40 06010 100-2 3007 800 600-100500 Unknown87 51025 0004 90029 9001 6003001 900 TOTAL2 283 930916 90063 700980 60057 2004 10061 300

8. Courses for Migrants with Higher Education 2007 - 2008 Preparatory Education for Studies in University of Applied Sciences60 Teacher68 Nurse49 Medical doctor68 Russian trade10 TOTAL255

9. Finnish Education System

10. Degree Programmes Conducted in Foreign Language in Finland Source: S tudy in Finland database Total Year

11. Source: Statistics Finland Foreign Degree Students in Finnish HEIs 2000 - 2008

12. Source: Statistics Finland Foreign Degree Students in Finnish HEIs 2004 - 2008

13. Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

14. Metropolia Some 14,000 students (1,000 in English degree programmes) and about 1,100 staff members Four fields of study: –Culture –Health care and social services –Business and administration –Technology and transport 49 Bachelor’s programmes (8 in English) 15 Master’s programmes (2 in English) Located in capital region cities: Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa

16. VOIMAA project “Resources from Immigrants”

17. VOIMAA in a Nutshell VOIMAA enhances the career development of immigrats to the tasks of expertice. To achieve this we build paths to higher education and develop new models for in-service training together with employers.

18. Goals of VOIMAA Solutions for immigrants applying to HEIs Tools and models for career development for immigrant employees Research study on employers views of immigrants career development Social media as a tool of development work as well as project planning and coordination

19. Working Methods in HEIs Development of multiple models of preparatory education Development work (½ year) in Metropolia and HAMK Field specific teams of teachers developing preparatory education Course of multicultural competences to UAS teacher students Pilots of few preparatory education implementations

20. Methods in Working Life Co-operation with 4-6 different working communities 2008 – 2011 (in cycles) –Using training for career development –Staff members participate in training pilot groups –Projects developed according to organisations' needs CURRENT PARTNERS: Itella - large organisation, operating in homeland + Europe, logistics HOK Elanto - large, homeland based company, retail services Muxlim Inc. – small, global business, social media

21. Background - HEIs Reform of legislation effective 1.1.2010 > Preparatory courses for higher education > No student fees 46 % of immigrants live in area of operation of Metropolia and HAMK Need for educated labour force

22. Social Media METHODS IN VOIMAA

23. Social Media Media designed to be –disseminated through social interaction –created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques Supports –human need for social interaction, using Internet- and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many) –democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers. Source: Wikipedia

24. Social Media Reach Technologies enable anyone to reach a global audience Accessibility Tools are available to anyone at little or no cost Usability Anyone can operate the means of production with little or no training Recency Only the participants determine any delay in response Permanence Can be altered almost instantaneously by comments or editing (former versions can be saved though) Source: Wikipedia

25. Social Media in VOIMAA Wiki - Development work and project coordination Blogs – Experiences of using social media Twitter, Facebook – Information and networking people relating to VOIMAA RSS feeds – Current news on VOIMAA Newsletter – Collected news once a month http://voimaa.metropolia.fi

26. Pros and Cons Explicitness No outdated documents Enables participation Enables networking Easy to correct mistakes Documentation and visibility of process Change in personal working methods takes time ICT experience Enduring incompleteness Challenges in structuring information

27. VOIMAA organisations VOIMAA is coordinated by Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and carried out in co-operation with HAMK University of Applied Sciences and Fakiirimedia Ltd VOIMAA is funded by State Provincial Office of Southern Finland and European Social Fund Project lasts for three years (August 2008 to July 2011)

28. VOIMAA contact information Matti Rantala, Project Manager matti.rantala@metropolia.fi matti.rantala@metropolia.fi Milla Laasonen, Communication Officer milla.laasonen@metropolia.fi milla.laasonen@metropolia.fi Päivi Keränen, Project Coordinator paivi.keranen@metropolia.fi paivi.keranen@metropolia.fi WIKI: http://voimaa.metropolia.fi