Migrants in Finland FACTS AND FIGURES POPULATION OF

Migrants in Finland FACTS AND FIGURES

POPULATION OF FINLAND: 5. 3 M NATIONALITY Finnish 5 167 776 Foreigners 123 708 BIGGEST GROUPS Russia Estonia Sweden Somalia China Thailand Germany Turkey Britannia Iraq 26 211 20 006 8 349 4 852 3 978 3 470 3 318 3 182 3 143 3 036 NATIVE LANGUAGE Finnish Swedish Saame Foreign 4 836 183 289 596 1 777 172 928 BIGGEST GROUPS Russian Estonian English Somali Arabic Kurd Albanian China Working age population: (between 15 -64 years) 45 224 19 812 10 589 9 810 8 119 5 893 5 791 5 733 STATE OF BIRTH Finland Other 5 097 956 202 528 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 66 % of Finnish population 79 % of foreign population (~ 105 000)

Foreigners in Finland 1990 -2008 Source: Population register

MUNICIPALITY TOTAL POPULATION 31. 12. 2007 OF WHICH FOREIGNERS MEN WOMEN IN TOTAL % OF THE POPULATION % OF THE FOREIGNERS IN FINLAND 5 300 484 68 532 64 176 132 708 2, 5 % 100, 0 % Helsinki 568 531 19 434 16 849 36 283 6, 4 % 27, 3 % Espoo 238 047 6 984 5 771 12 755 5, 4 % 9, 6 % Vantaa 192 522 4 873 4 817 9 690 5, 0 % 7, 3 % Turku 175 286 4 183 3 603 7 786 4, 4 % 5, 9 % Tampere 207 866 3 599 3 074 6 673 3, 2 % 5, 0 % Lahti 99 308 1 361 1 505 2 866 2, 9 % 2, 2 % Oulu 131 585 1 396 1 174 2 570 2, 0 % 1, 9 % Vaasa 57 998 1 314 1 119 2 433 4, 2 % 1, 8 % Jyväskylä 85 402 1 214 1 143 2 357 2, 8 % 1, 8 % Kotka 54 679 897 914 1 811 3, 3 % 1, 4 % Lappeenranta 59 286 813 913 1 726 2, 9 % 1, 3 % Salo 25 802 689 707 1 396 5, 4 % 1, 1 % Porvoo 47 832 623 641 1 264 2, 6 % 1, 0 % Kuopio 91 320 645 594 1 239 1, 4 % 0, 9 % Joensuu 57 677 547 593 1 140 2, 0 % 0, 9 % TOTAL 15 municipalities with most foreigners: Source: Population register 31. 12. 2007

Foreigners in Finland 1994 – 2007 POPULATION WORKING AGE POPULATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE % 1994 62 012 45 504 24 350 11 974 49, 2 1995 68 566 50 189 26 918 12 438 46, 2 1996 73 754 53 782 29 700 13 554 45, 6 1997 80 600 58 803 32 981 13 889 42, 1 1998 85 060 62 452 36 006 13 782 38, 3 1999 87 680 65 248 38 057 13 976 36, 7 2000 91 074 68 115 41 353 13 152 31, 8 2001 98 577 74 239 45 404 14 149 31, 2 2002 103 682 78 581 47 082 13 370 28, 4 2003 107 003 81 808 49 070 14 150 23, 8 2004 108 346 83 498 51 440 15 051 29, 3 2005 113 925 88 745 54 811 12 054 27, 5 2006 121 739 95 851 59 428 14 460 24, 3 2007 131 861 104 170 64 586 13 970 21, 6 YEAR LABOUR FORCE 30 TH SEPT. 2008 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF FOREIGNERS WAS 17, 7 % Source: Ministry of the Interior publications 2/2009

Prognosis of Attrition of Employees and New Openings 2005 -2010 OCCUPATIONAL GROUP Per Year EMPLOYED 2004 ATTRITION CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT OPENINGS ATTRITION CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT Services 505 520 184 500 34 400 218 900 11 500 2 200 13 700 Welfare and health 299 690 131 000 53 600 184 600 8 200 3 400 11 600 Industry 441 100 170 400 -6 000 164 400 10 600 -400 10 200 Office work 233 480 106 900 - 19 300 87 600 6 700 -1 200 5 500 Construction 139 020 59 800 14 000 73 800 3 700 900 4 600 Administration and specialist 129 670 55 000 6 600 61 600 3 400 3 800 Education 132 400 54 300 1 300 55 600 3 400 100 3 500 Transport and logistics 137 500 52 500 -2 700 49 800 3 400 -200 3 100 Agriculture and forestry 100 980 52 000 -23 800 28 200 3 200 -1 500 1 700 Culture and information 37 000 15 400 3 000 18 400 1 000 200 1 200 Security 40 060 10 100 -2 300 7 800 600 -100 500 Unknown 87 510 25 000 4 900 29 900 1 600 300 1 900 TOTAL 2 283 930 916 900 63 700 980 600 57 200 4 100 61 300 OPENINGS Source: Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Analytics 9/2008

Courses for Migrants with Higher Education 2007 - 2008 Preparatory Education for Studies in University of Applied Sciences 60 Teacher 68 Nurse 49 Medical doctor 68 Russian trade 10 TOTAL 255

Finnish Education System

Degree Programmes Conducted in Foreign Language in Finland Year Total Source: Study in Finland database

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

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

Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

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

VOIMAA project “Resources from Immigrants”

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.

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

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

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

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

Social Media METHODS IN VOIMAA

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

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

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

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

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 European Social Fund • Project lasts for three years (August 2008 to July 2011)

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