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The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration has compiled information on the situation in Ukraine and those fleeing from Ukraine on this website. The materials have been produced by the Government and other authorities, and in part by municipalities and organisations.

Come and talk about the importance of culture in integration at the Art House (Taiteen talo, Nunnankatu 4) on Wednesday 13.11. from 2 pm to 8 pm. On Wednesday November 13 there is also a possibility to get to know organizations from Turku at their own workplaces. Joining the organization visits are Migration Institute, Daisy Ladies,Together-association, MVKK, Sateenkaari Koto and Aurala Settlement.

What should be taken into account when choosing the integration language and when a worker is guiding the customer in choosing an integration language in a Customer Service encounter? The following information can help the immigrant choose their first language of integration.

Many people want to be voluntarily involved in supporting and helping asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants so that they can integrate into the new environment.

An authority may carry out the assessment itself or organise the specified measures included in the assessment as an outsourced service. However, the initial interview included in the assessment must always be conducted by a public official.

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.

Reaching immigrants outside the labour force with municipal integration services Why should immigrants outside the labour force be targeted for services? This online resource offers a collection of operating methods for reaching those outside the ...

The employment and economic development authority offers public employment and business services. The main purpose of employment and business services is to promote the functionality of the labour market.

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The authorities responsible for drawing up must provide the immigrant with information about the rights and obligations arising from the plan and the measures connected with it. The immigrant must adhere to their integration plan.

Contact information Kotoutuminen.fi online service is intended for persons who work on promoting integration and refugee reception and encounter immigrants in their work. The service is maintained by the KEHA Centre. The KEHA Centre supports perso...

The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration has worked to develop the recognition, introduction and mainstreaming of good practices promoting immigrant integration. The Nordic Welfare Centre collects good integration practices from different Nordic countries.

Literacy instruction for immigrants whose compulsory education has ended The instruction of literacy for adult immigrants is organised as part of adult basic education and carried out by liberal adult education. Studies that strengthen the immigra...

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.

Tasks of the authorities Local-level integration work is carried out on a cross-administrative basis Integration promotion involves cooperation among various authorities and other actors. The Integration Act lays down an obligation to take part in...

Partnership Platform Promoting immigrant integration and a receptive society requires the participation and work of everyone – communities, associations, the authorities, companies and municipalities. This work is effective when we perform it toge...

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 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...

The initial assessment referred to in the Integration Act means a package of measures enabling the authority to conduct a preliminary assessment of the immigrant’s preparedness concerning employment, study and other aspects of integration and the need for language training and other measures and services promoting integration.

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...