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Municipalities play a key role in the promotion of immigrant integration and they mainly do this by ensuring comprehensive basic public services. Like all other residents, immigrants also need education, training and health and social services. Housing and leisure services are also important to immigrants integrating into Finnish society.

Integration programme – service package for the early stages of integration An integration programme is a service package for the early stages of integration organised by municipalities. The objective of the services included in an integration pro...

An integration programme is a service package for the early stages of integration organised by municipalities. The objective of the services included in an integration programme is to promote the immigrant’s integration, employment or entrepreneurship, skills and working life competencies.

Integration and reception of refugees Integration is an individual process for an immigrant that takes place in interaction with society and, during which, the immigrant’s participation, equality and non-discrimination in society increase. Success...

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.

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...

Talent Boost is a cross-administrative programme in which the aim is to attract specialists, employees, students and researchers to Finland and to make our country more attractive to these groups and their families.

Planning and developing the promotion of integration is part of municipal strategy.

Legislation steers the promotion of integration The promotion of integration is steered by legislation. It is connected to, among other things, government and municipal programmes for the promotion of integration, to the promotion of integration a...

Privacy statement for the integration partnership programme Description of the processing of personal data in connection with the registration to the integration partnership programme. Controller KEHA Centre (Business ID: 2160307-0) PO Box 1000, F...

Checklist for drawing up the municipal integration programme The checklist below supports municipalities in the planning and implementation of the integration programme. The list has been prepared at a general level. The integration programme and ...

Planning and implementation of training The Act on the promotion of immigrant integration was amended on 1.1.2025. Unfortunately, this website has not yet been updated to comply with the new integration Act (681/2023). We apologise for the inconve...

In activities promoting integration, the desired objectives can be best achieved when the authorities and organisations regard the promotion of integration as a joint task. Cooperation is based on equal partnership, investment in development work, shared planning forums and resources for operations.

The Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration guides integration work The Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration entered into force on 1 January 2025. The objective of the Act is to promote immigrants’ employment or entrepreneurship, co...

Accessibility statement for the Kotouttaminen.fi online service This accessibility statement applies to the online service www.kotoutuminen.fi/www.integration.fi and its related social media channels on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube. Kotouttami...

10.12.2025 | The planning for the Integration 2026 event has begun. We are now opening applications for the event's programme planning group. The planning group will compile the programme based on programme proposals and ideas. Integration 2026 will be held on October 28–29, 2026 at the Clarion Hotel Helsinki Airport Congress Center in Vantaa.

The Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration contains a provision on the Government Integration Programme. In accordance with it, the Government will decide how the promotion of integration will be developed at national level by formulating a programme that includes the objectives and measures for the duration of the Government term (Government Integration Programme, VALKO).

The Integration 2026 event focuses on the current themes in immigrant integration and refugee reception.

The integration partnership programme of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment supports the effectiveness of the work promoting integration and social inclusion by bringing together operators and increasing multi-professional and diverse cooperation.

About the integration.fi service The new version of the kotoutuminen.fi/integration.fi online service was deployed in September 2021. Service content The website’s address is integration.fi (kotoutuminen.fi in Finnish). The web editorial staff of ...