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Migrants in FinlandMigrants in FinlandFACTS AND FIGURESFACTS AND FIGURES
POPULATION OF FINLAND: 5.3M
NATIONALITY NATIVE LANGUAGE STATE OF BIRTH
Finnish 5 167 776Foreigners 123 708
BIGGEST GROUPS
Russia 26 211Estonia 20 006Sweden 8 349Somalia 4 852China 3 978Thailand 3 470Germany 3 318Turkey 3 182Britannia 3 143Iraq 3 036
Finnish 4 836 183Swedish 289 596Saame 1 777Foreign 172 928
BIGGEST GROUPS
Russian 45 224Estonian 19 812English 10 589Somali 9 810Arabic 8 119
Kurd 5 893Albanian 5 791China 5 733
Finland 5 097 956Other 202 528
BIGGEST GROUPS
Former USSR 43 805Sweden 30 203Estonia 16 728Russia 5 872Somalia 5 802Form. Yugoslavia 5 470Germany 5 289China 5 269Iraq 4 794Thailand 4 761
Working age population: 66 % of Finnish population (between 15-64 years) 79 % of foreign population (~ 105 000)
Foreigners in Finland 1990-2008
Source: Population register
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: Population register 31.12.2007
MUNICIPALITYTOTAL
POPULATION
31.12.2007
OF WHICH FOREIGNERS
MEN WOMEN IN TOTAL% OF THE
POPULATION
% OF THE FOREIGNERS IN FINLAND
TOTAL 5 300 484 68 532
64 176
132 708
2,5 % 100,0 %
15 municipalities with most foreigners:
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 %
Source: Ministry of the Interior publications 2/2009
YEAR POPULATIONWORKING AGE POPULATION
LABOUR FORCE
UNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENT
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
Foreigners in Finland 1994 – 2007
30TH SEPT. 2008 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF FOREIGNERS WAS 17,7 %
Source: Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Analytics 9/2008
Prognosis of Attrition of Employees and New Openings 2005-2010 Per Year
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP
EMPLOYED 2004
ATTRITIONCHANGE IN
EMPLOYMENTOPENINGS ATTRITION
CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
OPENINGS
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 3 400 400 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
Courses for Migrants with Higher Education
2007 - 2008Preparatory 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
Source: Study in Finland database
TotalYear
Source: Statistics Finland
Foreign Degree Students in Finnish HEIs 2000 - 2008
Source: Statistics Finland
Foreign Degree Students in Finnish HEIs 2004 - 2008
Helsinki Metropolia Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied University of Applied
SciencesSciences
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 VOIMAA project “Resources from “Resources from
Immigrants”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 workas 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,
logisticsHOK 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 Social Media METHODS IN VOIMAA 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 and European Social Fund
• Project lasts for three years (August 2008 to July 2011)
VOIMAA contact information
Matti Rantala, Project [email protected]
Milla Laasonen, Communication [email protected]
Päivi Keränen, Project [email protected]
WIKI:http://voimaa.metropolia.fi
