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   Union renewal and development 21 January 2022

   Finland: Using social media to promote education union’s development cooperation and solidarity work

   Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö (OAJ) proactively uses social media to inform its members about its development cooperation and solidarity work. The union has allocated part of its membership fee to this form of promotion, which has increased members’ understanding of and commitment to development cooperation and solidarity work.

   Finland: Using social media to promote education union’s development cooperation and solidarity work

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   Union renewal and development 1 December 2021

   OAJ Finland international cooperation: Using own resources to ensure autonomy

   In 2019, the Finnish education union OAJ decided to allocate 0.7% of its national budget to development cooperation, supporting its cooperation programmes that span several continents.

   OAJ Finland international cooperation: Using own resources to ensure autonomy

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   Trade union rights are human rights 27 March 2020

   Education unions in Nordic countries join forces with public authorities to fight COVID-19 pandemic

   Educators in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden are using well-developed social dialogue channels and information technology to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.

   Education unions in Nordic countries join forces with public authorities to fight COVID-19 pandemic

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   Climate action and literacy 4 November 2019

   Finland: Leading education event in Nordic countries welcomes international participants

   The Trade Union of Education in Finland (OAJ) invites educators from across the world to Educa’s 25th anniversary edition and its first international programme in English on 24 and 25 January in Helsinki.

   Finland: Leading education event in Nordic countries welcomes international participants

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   Union renewal and development 6 June 2019

   Finland: trade unionists take development cooperation work to heart

   Confronted with the elimination of government support, the teacher union Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö, one of Education International’s member organisations, decided to review its international affairs strategy to ensure it can go on leading development cooperation activities in the future.

   Finland: trade unionists take development cooperation work to heart

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   Leading the profession 14 March 2019

   “Success comes only to those countries that invest in education”, by Olli Luukkainen and David Edwards.

   Olli Luukkainen, David Edwards

   Humanity is faced with many threats including climate change and threats to the environment. A vision is needed for these problems to be solved. Changing lifestyles and consumption habits can contribute to solving these problems but at the heart of helping humanity to survive is education, training and research.

   “Success comes only to those countries that invest in education”, by Olli Luukkainen and David Edwards.