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project info
Start date: 1 January 2019
End date: 30 September 2021
funding
Fund: European Social Fund (ESF)
Total budget: 666 617,00 €
EU contribution: 249 981,50 € (37,5%)
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programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Programme: Sustainable growth and jobs - FI - ERDF/ESF
Managing authority: työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, yritys- ja alueosaston rakennerahastot ja koheesiopolitiikka -ryhmä
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theme
Sustainable and quality employment
intervention field
Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, including the long-term unemployed and people far from the labour market, also through local employment initiatives and support for labour mobility
beneficiary
Mikkelin kaupunki

International arrivals to Etelä-Savo’s working life and entrepreneurship path -low threshold service model

The aim of the project tavoitteet:Hankkeen is to create an innovative, merging low-threshold service model that works better between entrepreneurs, international workers and public authorities in the Province of South Savo, including through digital opportunities. The service model creates new and combines existing services in order to generate added value for the employment of international people and support for business growth.The services of the project toimenpiteet:Hankkeen are provided as local and online services independently of time and place. This will support the participation of the individual. The service is brought to the person in need where he or she is or is best suited to his or her current situation. The network brings added value to the service and allows part of the service to be delivered 24/7, so that the customer can use the service and the opportunities it offers, or leave a question that will be answered after a certain response time. Business customers will receive more information on the support measures for recruiting immigrants, encourage companies to recruit potential employees, find a better skilled and international workforce, and network with other entrepreneurs. Migrants considering entrepreneurship receive personal guidance and support for starting a business. In particular, the potential of cooperative activities as a form of entrepreneurship will be supported. For personal customers, services include guided job-seeking coaching, job coaching, trainings, peer-to-peer mentoring, working life lectures and visits to companies and other organisations. The project tulokset:Vertais-mentorointi combined with a low-threshold service model for the creation of new businesses and the expansion of existing ones has created new business activities in the province, set up by international arrivals. The merging low-threshold service model builds a personal path to training and employment for each customer based on previous know-how. By understanding the needs of education and training provision and the needs of working life, a value chain is created for each customer. The merging service model promotes equality and equality and improves the position of women in the labour market in particular. At the end of the project, the model will be easy to replicate at national level and will particularly benefit areas of sparsely populated and shrinking services. The aim is that the model will also be a real social innovation in the EU’s international dimension in the future.

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