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We believe that art has the power to raise awareness, evoke emotions and create an impact on society.  The mainstream media in Finland, often portrays the Middle-East in a way that feeds existing stereotypes and prejudices. M.E.F.A. festival wants to tell another side of the story, by showing a modern and a diverse Middle-East, which has a long history and a rich art culture.
 

The tasks of the Migration Institute of Finland are: - to promote the collection, storage and documentation of research material relating to international and internal migration including immigrants and refugees,
- to carry out and to promote migration research,
- to publish reseach reports, books and articles on migration,
- to develop co-operation between the universities and special organizations related to migration, both within Finland and abroad.
- and to maintain and to provide information services about migration.

Miklagard Art Exchange believes that cultural diversity is an asset for setting wiser cultural mindset to achieve what is valuable with enlightening perspective. For Scandinavians of early times, İstanbul was the place to go, as we go to New York. The city was the largest the Vikings knew of, and it is not so strange that they referred to place as The Great City; this is what the name Miklagard means. In response to the cultural dimension of the past, Miklagard Art Exchange seeks to use the new paths to change cultural mindset and influence the creative ideas.

Our Vision
To be a unique platform for promoting artistic exchange between the Nordic countries and dynamic art scenes in countries like Turkey, China, Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

Our Mission
To connect art scenes up to now unfamiliar to each other for initiating multi-cultural artistic collaborations.

Our Values
Creating possibilities - We are curious and open-minded. We want to trigger creative minds and souls for innovative multi-genre collaborations
New forms - Along with human being, the culture has developed and matured. We want to achieve an accurate understanding of the world; through new ways of collaboration
Inclusiveness - We want to serve for a better society by cultivating understanding and forgiveness through arts in our everyday lives

Please see the details here
https://www.miklagardarts.com/about-us

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Mirsal is a non-profit and non-governmental Organization, that was formed in accordance with the Finnish law. Finland has become home to many different Arabic nationals and cultures. Therefore, our goal is to support the Arabic speaking immigrants in building and strengthening the ties between Finns and Arabs. And for them to be involved through different projects and events, which leads to smooth integration into Finnish society.
Finland is the leading country of education, innovation and equality, so we introduce this information and make it reachable for Arabic speaking people.
Mirsal promotes diversity and multiculturalism.

Monaliiku - Well-being and Sports for Multicultural Women is a NGO established in 2009 to create more opportunities for women from diverse backgrounds to engage in sports activities. Our mission is to promote the health, well-being and physical activities of women and girls through sports and cultural activities, regardless of their religion, skin color or cultural background and we aim to ensure and increase the equal participation of women and girls to sports and hobbies. We have expertise in understanding gender and culturally binded chracteristics related to sports environment and in integrating gender- and culturally sensitive methods when designing sports activities for women.

Moniheli is a service and interest network that facilitates collaborative leadership and activities in the Helsinki metropolitan area and nationwide. Moniheli contributes to and further develops the awareness and promotion of physical and mental well-being as well as economical and social improvement of all members in its member associations. It also promotes their full political participation in Finnish society. Moniheli’s practical methods and tools for promoting diversity and interculturality are the key to a more inclusive Finnish society, therefore it promotes and develops cooperation between multicultural associations, individuals, media, educational institutes and authorities. The purpose of the network is 1. to function as advocate of the multicultural society and its members 2. to develop the cooperation between migrant associations and associations active in multicultural work 3. to influence questions related to migration policy as a network 4. to promote active participation in influencing the society, especially with regards to matters of migration and multiculturalism 5. to advance equality and non-discrimination in the Finnish society 6. The network is a politically and religiously independent non-profit organisation. To do so, the network strives: 1. to plan and implement projects that advance the network’s purpose 2. to support the integration of migrants into the Finnish society 3. to promote the dialogue between its members and other actors in society 4. to promote the immediate cooperation among its members 5. to promote the employment and entrepreneurship of people with migration background 6. to advice, guide and support its member associations when cooperating and when implementing projects that support the network’s overarching objectives 7. to organise events, seminars and trainings 8. to participate actively in public discussions 9. to take care of diverse information spreading and giving out publications 10. to collaborate with actors supporting its objectives nationwide