Finland

Individual Member: Laura Olkkonen

National Network
Finland
Address

Loutinkatu 57 a 2
04400 Järvenpää
Finland

Telephone
n/a
E-Mail
olkkonen.lau@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
2011
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Religion
  4. Youth and education
General Information
I'm a teacher from Keski-Uusimaa with passion and never ending  willingness to learn about cultures, international connections and education. At the moment I am working as a special education teacher. In 2011 I graduated from International Teacher Education programme (Oulu University), which gave me interests and skills for multicultural work. In addition, I have been working with young people, immigrants and volunteered in Egypt as an English teacher, studied bilingual education both on Finland and Sweden, lived in Cyprus for a semester as a home school teacher and studied new languages (French, Spanish, Arabic). I am into music and arts. I have started to make a book for children on values such as self respect.
Mission and Objectives

My aim is to work in the field of intercultural education in a form or another. I wish to build connections with similar minded people and get to know what is going on in the field of intercultural education.

Main Projects / Activities

At the moment I am working as a teacher, learning new languages and getting to know more on intercultural education by e.g joining Kehys ry seminars.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

With the grass root level experience from the field of basic and special education as well as the experience and knowledge on bilingual (CLIL) education and intercultural views I can give hands on ideas suitable for meeting school kids and young people. Arts education will also be one of my strenghts as well as value and religion based negotiations.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

To learn more about intercultural education and meet people on that field.

Contact (1) Full Name
Laura Olkkonen
Job Title
Teacher
Head of the organisation
Elementary school

Individual member: Leila Costelle

National Network
Finland
Address

Tampere
Tampere
Finland

Telephone
0403547152
E-Mail
leila.costelle@tut.fi
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Religion
  6. Research
  7. Youth and education
General Information
I am a researcher at Tampere University of Technology and personally interested in Anna Lindh Foundation's activities.
Mission and Objectives

I am mostly interested in getting involved in the civil society in subjects related to sustainable development in developing countries as well as intercultural exchange.

Main Projects / Activities

- Think tank about sustainable development, energy and technology transfer.
- North-South partnerships

Contact (1) Full Name
Leila Costelle

Individual Member: Liisa Liimatainen

National Network
Finland
Address

Rome
00197 Rome
Italy

Telephone
+393355887132
E-Mail
liimatainenroma@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
2000
Fields of Activity
  1. Media
General Information
I am a veteran journalist who has worked as news and current affairs journalist for YLE, Finnish Broadcasting Company for a quarter of century. Being based in Rome I am certainly the Finnish journalist that has followed the Mediterranean area and its developments systematically and for longest period, since 80's. I live in Rome but have been working in North Africa, in Middle East and also in Balcans. I am also specialist of Islam in Mediterranean area and in Europe. As specialist of Vatican and accredited in the Holy Sea for 20 years I have followed intensively the dialogue between religions and diplomacy of religions.
Mission and Objectives

Help understanding between different cultures and religions with correct information on different areas, cultures and religions

Main Projects / Activities

Besides news journalist I have written books. The first one, dealing with Iran has the title: Iran: Huntu ja haaste - Yritys ymmärtää Iranin yhteiskuntaa, Like, 2009, 304 pages (in English: Iran: The Veil and the Challenge - An attempt to understand Iranian society) with an update of 60 pages published the next year: Iranin vihreän liikkeen digitaalinen vallankumous (in English: The Digital Revolution of the Iranian Green Movement). In 2013 I published a book on Saudi Arabia describing the birth of civil society in that country with the title: Saudi-Arabian toiset kasvot - Rohkeita naisia ja kybernuoria, Like (in English: Another face of Saudi Arabia - Brave Women and Cyber Youth, LIke 404 pages. The book on Saudi Arabia was published in Italian strongly updated with the title: L'Arabia Saudita. Uno Stato islamico contro le donne e i diritti, Castelvecchi, 2016, 304 pagine (in English: Saudi Arabia - An islamic State against women and the rights). This book was elected by Italian Institute for International Affairs (IAI) as the book of the month in November 2016. I also wrote the chapter on Saudi Arabia for e book on Syria: Siria. Una pace impossibile, Castelvecchi, 2017, edited by Claudia De Martino, a researcher in the Unimed office of Rome. Now I am working on a book on the regional conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia for my Finnish editor, Like. For the research of this book I have been recently in Lebanon and in Iran and before in Saudi Arabia.

Contact (1) Full Name
Liisa Liimatainen
Job Title
Journalist, Non-fiction writer
Head of the organisation
n/a

Individual member: Lila Inari Muurinen

National Network
Finland
Address

Espoo and Egypt
Espoo
Finland

Telephone
+358 50 5737031 (Finland)
Telephone (other)
+ 2012 1716697 (Egypt)
E-Mail
inarimuurinen@suomi24.fi
Mobile Phone
+3585-05737031 (Finland)
Mobile Phone (other)
+ 2012-1716697 (Egypt)
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Gender
  3. International/Cultural relations
General Information
NA
Mission and Objectives

NA

Main Projects / Activities

NA

Contact (1) Full Name
Lila Inari Muurinen

Individual Member: Marja-Liisa Harju-Khadr

National Network
Finland
Address

Helsinki
Helsinki
Finland

Telephone
+358505849300
E-Mail
harjukhadr@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
1000
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
General Information
Before retiring I worked at the University of Helsinki.
Mission and Objectives

I am interested in the cooperation between the European and Mediterranean countries.

Main Projects / Activities

NA

Contact (1) Full Name
Marja-Liisa Harju-Khadr
Head of the organisation
n/a

Individual Member: Mr Tapio Laakso

National Network
Finland
Address

Helsinki
00000 Helsinki
Finland

Telephone
--
E-Mail
tapio.laakso@iki.fi
Mobile Phone
+358 50 325 0074
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
1234
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
General Information

NA

Mission and Objectives

NA

Main Projects / Activities

NA

Contact (1) Full Name
Mr Tapio Laakso
Head of the organisation
n/a

Individual Member: Mr. Jarno Peltonen

National Network
Finland
Address

Finland
Helsinki
Finland

Telephone
+358 9 712 017
E-Mail
jarnopeltonen8@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+358 50 520 2669
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
NA
Mission and Objectives

NA

Main Projects / Activities

NA

Contact (1) Full Name
Mr. Jarno Peltonen

Individual member: Mrs Anneli Jäätteenmäki

National Network
Finland
Address

Helsinki
Helsinki
Finland

Telephone
+32-2-284 5614
Fax
+32-2-284 9614
E-Mail
anneli.jaatteenmaki@europarl.europa.eu
Website
http://www.annelijaatteenmaki.net
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
2004
Fields of Activity
  1. Gender
  2. Human rights
General Information
Member of European Parliament, Former Prime Minister and Minister of Justice in Finland
Mission and Objectives

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Main Projects / Activities

- Member on Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Member on Committee on Women's' Rights and Gender Equality
- Member on Delegation for relations with the United States
- Substitute Member on Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Substitute Member on Subcommittee on Security and Defense
- Substitute Member on Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Specific responsibilities include: EP reporter on Barcelona process

Contact (1) Full Name
Member of European Parliament, Mrs Anneli Jäätteenmäki

Individual Member: Noora Kettunen

National Network
Finland
Address

n/a
Helsinki
Finland

Telephone
n/a
E-Mail
noora@noorakettunen.com
Website
http://noorakettunen.com
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
2016
Fields of Activity
  1. Media
General Information
I am a freelance journalist working for both print and broadcast media. My work has been published in the biggest media houses in Finland such as The Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle and Helsingin Sanomat newspaper as well as many other newspapers and magazines. Giving the voice to minorities and building bridges between people has always been in the core of my work. I have met atheists in Ghana, albinos in Malawi and Christians in Turkey. Along with a group of journalists I will launch the first Finnish conciliatory web medium focused on intercultural and interreligious dialogue in spring 2017. I am the editor-in-Chief. My ambition and enthusiasm have attracted other professionals to work for the same goal of improving the quality of public debate and coexistence of different world views and lifestyle.
Mission and Objectives

I am the Editor-in-Chief of this new Conciliatory journalism media that goes with the working title Sopiva. We will join the Netwowrk as a group later once we found our cooperative association.
In recent years  a polarisation of talk about migration and asylum issues and cultures have been seen in Finland. Confrontation and stereotypes are being upheld by time pressure in news outlets, conflict-seeking headlines, bad background research and unsatisfactory follow-up of issues and events. This is very dangerous to society, as it gives fuel to radical groups to play into fears and concerns in society and mobilise them for their ends.
In our media we want to provide a well-researched and interesting alternative to mainstream media reporting, with a specific focus on religious and cultural issues. We are promoting justice in journalism by employing an innovative method to story production. Our innovation is combining journalism with the expert field of conciliation. We will work closely with conciliation experts and organisations. After having gone through a few conciliation cases we will know whether it is possible to become a conciliation journalist who can lead these processes onwards, or whether our method needs a readjustment. The ultimate aim is to prevent conflicts in society before they even start.
Our work is based on the theoretical concept of conciliatory journalism. We will follow up our conciliation projects from the beginning to the end and reify a variety of voices. 
 

Main Projects / Activities

I am leading the conciliation projects of our conciliatory media as well working for A-studio, a current affairs program at the Finnish Broadcasting Company. I am also open for giving training on the cooperation with the media and conciliation skills.
 

 

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

I am looking to build an extensive network with people who want to create better cross-culture and cross-religion dialogue. As the leader of our media outlet and collective Sopiva I can be we are a valuable asset to the members of the Anna Lindh network. Too much great research, important views and experiences never hit the headlines in Finland. I will bring a media approach to many projects and I can provide my contacts with media houses and individual journalists.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

I find the AFL network as a very good place for us to get more contacts and find people who have similar targets as I do. I am also interested in joining your projects as a journalist. 

Contact (1) Full Name
Noora Kettunen
Job Title
freelance journalist
Head of the organisation
Noora Kettunen

Individual member: Nora Repo

National Network
Finland
Address

HELSINKI
Helsinki
Finland

Telephone
09 23 40 25 25
E-Mail
nora.repo@evl.fi
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
1000
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
  2. Religion
General Information
Individual person
Mission and Objectives

My mission comprises of promotion of interfaith dialogue and peace education, thus, finding ways to communicate and build bridges between different religious communities.

Main Projects / Activities

Professionally I am interested in working with themes that involve Euro-Mediterranean dimension. My main fields of expertise comprise Islam in the Balkans, Islam and women, the Balkans as a cultural area, religion and gender and victimology of Balkan Muslim populations. I plan projects, lecture, teach and publish.

Contact (1) Full Name
Nora Repo
Head of the organisation
Nora Repo