Oske project

Funding period: 12 June 2020 - 31 December 2022, extended to 30 June 2023
Funding: Ministry of Education and Culture (special subsidy), 1.5 Million EUR
Projected implemented by Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

The project developed and piloted a service concept of a competence center functions for immigrants with a higher education background.The project offered career coaching and recognition of competence services and Career Boost programmes for supplementary studies. The main target group was jobseeking highly educated immigrants in the Helsinki region.

The project is developed in collaboration with employment services of Helsinki, Espoo, and Vantaa-Kerava, and implemented simultaneously with local government pilots on employment.

Goals

The goals of the project are

to enhance the recognition of competence, competence development, and employment of highly educated immigrants
to support highly educated immigrants in their career making in Finland by means of career guidance, competence recognition and supplementary studies
to support the integration of immigrants
to aid employer to find skilled work force
to support local employment pilots in achieving their goals related to highly educated immigrants

Target group

The target group of the project is the unemployed non-native Finnish/Swedish/Sámi speakers who reside in the area of the employment pilots of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa-Kerava and who have a higher education degree.

Services developed

The project provided and develops the following services:

career guidance for highly educated immigrants
recognition of competence in the field of automation business, business accounting, ICT, nursing, and real estate and construction
supplementary study programmes called Career Boost programmes in the fields of automation business, business administration, construction and real estate, ICT and nursing (in nursing the aims at obtaining the right to practise the profession.