Finland

Tampere University of Applied Sciences / MEDA-Institute

National Network
Finland
Address

Kuntokatu 3, FIN-33521, Tampere
00000 Tampere
Finland

Telephone
03-2452111
E-Mail
anasse.bouhlal@tamk.fi
Mobile Phone
050-4302001
Website
http://www.tamk.fi
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1999
Fields of Activity
  1. Research
  2. Youth and education
General Information

www.tamk.fi, www.medainstitute.fi, www.logivo.fi

Mission and Objectives

NA

Main Projects / Activities

NA

Contact (1) Full Name
Mr. Anasse Bouhlal
Head of the organisation
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TAPRI Thematic Doctoral Seminar : Against All the Odds: Exploring the Resilience of Afghan Refugee Children in Secondary Schools in Germany

Submitted by Finland on Tue, 30/01/2024 - 09:21
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Tampere Peace Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences organizes the next session of “TAPRI Thematic Doctoral Seminar” where Mr Hamid Aagil Shah presents the proposal for doctoral studies. 

Topic: "Against All the Odds: Exploring the Resilience of Afghan Refugee Children in Secondary Schools in Germany"

In his doctoral thesis Mr Hamid Aagil Shah wants to understand how those young persons face the school challenges and how they are able to use their own cultural experiences to develop new resilience practices for the education context.

Mr Hamid Aagil Shah is originally from Afghanistan. He has been living also in refugee camp in Pakistan for several years. Since last year he is conducting doctoral studies in Department of Social Work and Social Welfare, Faculty of Humanities in the University of Kassel. The choice of the department shows that one of the main concerns of Hamid is focusing of social living conditions of vulnerable populations. Next week Thursday Mr Hamid Aagil Shah is sharing his thoughts with us from Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, where he lands just few days before. There also he will work on vulnerable people and on their development options. For us this is a good occasion to observe and to learn about living conditions as they are seen from inside of these vulnerable societies. Thus, it is an excellent opportunity to discuss with Mr Hamid Aagil Shah about his study plan and about all the challenges there might occur as well as to provide Hamid with comments.

 

This is a Zoom session on Thursday 1st February 2024 at 13:00-16.:00 (Helsinki time)

Join Zoom Meeting (just click this link here or copy it to your browser): https://tuni.zoom.us/j/69073592395?pwd=VVp3dkl4L0phcWw2YUFuZDNEZUt Zdz09

Meeting ID: 690 7359 2395 (Meeting ID only if your programme Passcode: 916779 requires this information)

 

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The Anna Lindh Days for Intercultural Citizenship Education

The Finnish Network organized together with its partners from ALF Heads of Networks of Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Morocco, Poland, Sweden, Tunisia and Turkey, an intercultural forum and a training titled the Anna Lindh Days for Intercultural Citizenship Education from 26...

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The Christine and Göran Schildt Foundation

National Network
Finland
Address

Villa Schildt, Östra strandgatan 7 - FIN-10600, Ekenäs - Finland
10600 Ekenäs
Finland

Telephone
+358 400 212825
E-Mail
jennifer.dahlback@villaskeppet.fi
E-Mail (2)
info@villaskeppet.fi
Website
https://villaskeppet.fi/
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1988
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Youth and education
General Information

NA

Mission and Objectives

NA

Main Projects / Activities

NA

Contact (1) Full Name
Ms Jennifer Dahlbäck
Head of the organisation
Jennifer Dahlbäck

The Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU, Kehys ry.

National Network
Finland
Address

Siltasaarenkatu 4
00530 Helsinki
Finland

Telephone
+358 50 5613 456
E-Mail
rilli.lappalainen@kehys.fi
E-Mail (2)
info@kehys.fi
Website
http://www.kehys.fi
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2001
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Gender
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Media
  7. Others
  8. Research
  9. Youth and education
General Information
The Finnish NGDO Platform to the European Union, Kehys, is an advocacy network of Finnish NGOs. Kehys works for Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development: better and more coherent policies in the fields of human development, security and development, and green and sustainable economy. Kehys also works for active citizenship and a stronger civil society. Kehys has approximately 40 member associations, Finnish NGOs working on development issues. European cooperation Kehys is the Finnish national platform within the European NGO confederation for relief and development CONCORD. CONCORD has 28 national associations, 20 international networks and 3 associate members that represent over 2,600 NGOs, supported by millions of citizens across Europe. Through Kehys the Finnish NGOs are represented in the CONCORD hubs and can actively influence the European development cooperation debate. Advocacy on EU development policy Kehys actively engages in the debate on EU development policy and supports Finnish NGOs in understanding and influencing EU policies by distributing information and facilitating policy activities. Kehys focuses especially on policy coherence for sustainable development. Global citizenship education Kehys promotes global citizenship education in Finland and acts as a link to European global citizenship education forums. Kehys acted as the leading organisation for the European development education programme DEEEP in 2013-2015. Kehys coordinates the global Bridge 47 Network. Networking Kehys supports its members in networking with other NGOs in Europe and beyond. Kehys encourages NGOs to take up development policy issues, to find new partners and to collaborate with different stakeholders. Advice and training on EU funding Kehys provides Finnish NGOs with information on EU funding opportunities for development cooperation and development education projects. Kehys also offers various forms of training and advice.
Mission and Objectives

Kehys provides:
• information on EU funding for Finnish NGOs
• training and consultancy • information on EU development policy and cooperation
• support for NGOs to influence the EU Kehys promotes:
• debate about EU development policy
• networking and information-sharing between NGOs in Finland, in the EU and globally.
Kehys focuses on:
1. Advice and training on EU funding Kehys provides Finnish NGOs with information on EU funding opportunities for development cooperation and development education projects. Kehys also offers various forms of training and advice.
2. Development policy advocacy Kehys actively engages in the debate on EU development policy and supports Finnish NGOs in understanding and influencing the EU by distributing information and facilitating policy activities. Kehys focuses especially on policy coherence for development.
3. Development education Kehys promotes development education in Finland and acts as a link to European development education forums.
4. Networking Kehys supports its members in networking with other NGOs in Europe and in the developing countries. Kehys encourages NGOs to take up development policy issues, to find new partners and to collaborate with different stakeholders in the enlarged EU. Kehys coordinates thematic working groups, which bring together representatives of civil society, administration and research community to discuss and plan common actions on different themes related to EU development policies.
5. Information Kehys operates a mailing list to inform about events, training courses and other themes related to EU development policy and EU advocacy. Kehys also operates a separate mailing list concentrating on EU funding and publishes a monthly newsletter (in Finnish).

Main Projects / Activities

1. Consultation/Training on EU Funding: KEHYS initiates dialogue with Finnish officials and decision makers in order to improve the possibilities of the Finnish NGOs to get funding from the EU. The important mission of KEHYS is to serve Finnish NGOs by offering training, consultancy and information on EU funding.
2. Development Education: KEHYS participates in promoting development education and cooperates with European NGOs working for the development education. Kehys is co-organising the 2011 summer school on development education, which takes place in Finland.
3. Advocacy on Development Policy: KEHYS keeps in touch with decision makers in Finland and the rest of Europe concerning EU development policy. In order to rise public awareness on European Union's development policies, The Finnish Platform to the EU offers training on EU and its development cooperation projects. -debates about the up-to-date development issues.
4. Networking: KEHYS assists its members' networking in Finland, in the rest of the EU and globally.

Contact (1) Full Name
Rilli Lappalainen
Job Title
Secretary General
Head of the organisation
Chairperson Kristiina Rintakoski (The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, FELM)

The Nordic Forum on Youth, Peace and Security

Submitted by Finland on Thu, 27/07/2023 - 12:37
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The UN Youth of Finland, LSU - The National Council of Swedish Children and Youth Organisations and The UN Students of Norway have come together in effort to bring together young Nordic peacemakers!

The first Nordic Forum on Youth, Peace and Security will be organized in Helsinki, Finland 22nd to 24th September 2023. 

This initiative is kindly funded by the Norden 0-30 programme of the Nordic Culture Point. 

The purpose of the collaboration is to strengthen the capabilities of Nordic young peacebuilders, and support their work in national contexts, including the advocacy and implementation of 2250 National Action Plans. The purpose is to come together, determine the common issues and agendas, and form a sustainable network of Nordic 2250 actors. 

The overarching aim is forming a Nordic Coalition on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS), a formalized structure of cooperation between national coalitions and networks on YPS. The coalition will support Nordic youth in their YPS work, including National Action Plan processes and implementation of the three UN security council resolutions through effective flow of information and peer-to-peer learning. In other regions of the world, regional coalitions and networks already exist. This is something that has been missing in the Nordic region and where we want to plant the seeds for long-term, sustainable joint cooperation in our region. The network will work towards strengthening Nordic action for youth, peace, and security, and will be a platform for future collaboration.

 

Read more and sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdInjcEAUR9Kh0Pr8nNIDYYhWpz0m_nFsKMXDNLGbMVh01A3A/viewform

THE SOCIETY OF ORIENTAL DANCE IN OULU, YASMINE REGISTERED ASSOCIATION

National Network
Finland
Address

Isokatu 84
90120 Oulu
Finland

Telephone
040 5541824
E-Mail
puheenjohtaja@yasmine.fi
E-Mail (2)
sarimaaria.sarkkinen@gmail.com
E-Mail (3)
jaana.vahanikkila@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
040 5541824
Website
http://www.yasmine.fi
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1984
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
The Society of Oriental Dance in Oulu, Yasmine registered association (later Yasmine r.a.) is a society which focuses on oriental dance as a hobby. It promotes the dance and culture of the Middle East and Maghreb, being sensitive to traditions and new currents. The society has a six-member executive committee, which includes the chairman, the secretary, the course secretary, the treasurer, the publicist and the caretaker for the dance studio. The society has 186 members. All activities are carried out on voluntary basis apart from dance instruction. Our dance teachers are advanced amateurs who are paid for their work, but who either work or study full-time. There are 6-8 dance teachers every year. The dance workshops take place at our studio. Yasmine r.a. is a non-profit organization. It is funded with membership and course fees. The society has also been subsidized by the City of Oulu. In addition, the society has received some grants for its activities. The society organizes weekly dance workshops on different levels from beginners to more advanced dancers. There are workshops for children, teenagers and senior citizens. Workshops have been offered to groups with special needs (a particular illness or physical disability). The society has also given asylum seekers an opportunity to learn about this dance form. Yasmine r.a. promotes different styles of Middle Eastern and North African dance. These styles include both folkdances and more urbanized dance forms. The society organizes an annual Spring Show and participates in various dance events in the region. The society is well-connected with other cultural organizations and dance schools in the region. The society works in co-operation with other societies of oriental dance in Finland, and it is a member of the national association, Seitsemän hunnun tanssi r.a. Since 1994, Yasmine r.a. has invited all prominent Finnish dance teachers to give workshops at its studio. As the society wants its members to learn authentic style and culture, it has also invited world-class teachers to Oulu (Mr Mahmoud Reda, Mr Yousry Sharif, Hossam and Serena Ramzy).
Mission and Objectives

Yasmine r.a. promotes the dance and culture of the Middle East and Maghreb. The society cherishes and respects traditions. However, new currents of this dance are also  taken into consideration and adopted. The society aims at giving opportunities to practice oriental dance and to learn about its cultural background.

Main Projects / Activities

The society organizes weekly dance workshops on different levels from beginners to more advanced dancers. There are workshops for children, teenagers and senior citizens. Workshops have been offered to groups with special needs (a particular illness or physical disability). The society has also given asylum seekers an opportunity to learn about this dance form. Annual spring show and different dance events.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Yasmine r.a. aims at promoting oriental dance and the culture which is connected to this dance form. The society wants to contribute to inter-cultural co-operation. At the same time, the society will expand the activities of Anna Lindh Foundation to Oulu and its surroundings.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Yasmine r.a. wants to be a member of an organization which supports co-operation between different cultures. It also seeks support for its own grassroots activities, and wants to find partners with whom to develop its basic functions and activities.

Contact (1) Full Name
Sari-Maaria Sarkkinen
Job Title
dance teacher
Head of the organisation
Anna Salminen
Contact (2) Full Name
Jaana Vähänikkilä
Job Title (2)
secretary