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Funding for development projects to promote integration and reception of refugees Find out more about the funding opportunities for your projects on promoting integration and the reception of refugees. Please check the application periods on the w...

23.4.2026 | The Government has submitted a proposal on the reform of integration services to Parliament. The aim is to reform the integration system to encourage integration, to make it more binding and to increase the immigrants' responsibility for their own integration.

Integration in Swedish Finland is officially a bilingual country, with both Finnish and Swedish as national languages. Swedish is also a minority language, the status of which is protected by law. Finland's bilingualism is based on the Constitutio...

Questions and answers about the integration services reform project On this page, you will find frequently asked questions and answers about the integration services reform project. The questions are divided into topics: Reform of training that pr...

Frequently asked questions and answers about the comprehensive reform of the Integration Act.

12.10.2022 | Human trafficking is a serious offence directed against a person where the offender takes advantage of the vulnerability, trust or dependency of the victim and subjects him or her to labour exploitation or sexual abuse, for example. The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has published an instruction card to help those involved in integration and others to recognise labour exploitation and human trafficking.

FRID: Supporting Refugee Mental Health Through Peer-Led Innovation has been a joint project of Reach for Change (Sweden), Help Ukraine Gothenburg (Sweden) and MIELI Mental Health Finland co-funded by European Social Fund Agency.

Discretionary government grants are used to support organisations, competence centres and guidance and counselling services The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has allocated discretionary government grants to organisations, municipal c...

The action plan for referral of refugees to municipalities and integration support drawn up by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment eases the process of assigning refugees to municipalities and supports the organisation of reception and early-stage integration services. The action plan promotes the inclusion of refugees and the receptiveness of society.

Development and good practices Several projects promote integration and the reception of refugees. The projects and regular authoritative work can create good practices. Good practices are operating models or materials that have been proven to be ...

The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has published an instruction card to help those involved in integration and others to recognise labour exploitation and human trafficking.

PALOMA training provides students and people meeting refugees as part of their work with practical information on the mental health and wellbeing of refugees. The training comprises 16 videos and a task package. In the videos, experts describe phenomena related to refugeeism.

Integration 2026 is an event-based project focusing on integration themes. The project will organise a national Integration 2026 event between 28 and 29 October 2026, in Vantaa, Clarion Hotel Helsinki Airport Congress Centre.

Data protection The KEHA centre is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of visitors in accordance with the Data Protection Act and the European General Data Protection Regulation. Read about the data protection practices of the KE...

A development project will be launched at the KEHA Centre in autumn 2022 to develop the national information system services for integration. In particular, these services will improve the exchange of information between those involved in integration as well as the knowledge-based management of integration at the municipal, regional and national level.

The Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration (hereinafter, the Integration Act) aims to strengthen immigrants’ employment, capacity to work and language skills, and to increase their participation in society. Another objective of the Act is to promote equality, non-discrimination and positive interaction between different population groups.

The purpose of the nationwide modelling of early-stage integration services is to provide a tool for experts responsible for integration services. Such matters as multilingual advice and guidance, cooperation with employers and orientation during the early stages of immigrant integration are discussed in the modelling.

Tapahtumat ja koulutukset Kotoutuminen.fi:n tapahtumakalenteriin kootaan KEHA-keskuksen omien tapahtumien ja koulutusten lisäksi muita koulutuksia, seminaareja, webinaareja ja muita tapahtumia, jotka sopivat kotoutumisen ja pakolaisten vastaanoton...

The goal of the Integration SIB project was to find employment for 2,500 immigrants over a period of three years. At the same time, new training and employment models were tested to accelerate the employment of immigrants and to enable flexible combinations of education and work.

Valtakunnallisen kumppanuusohjelman syksyn rahoitusinfo keskittyy tuomaan esille kestävän kehityksen teemaa, yritysten sosiaalisen vastuun kautta.