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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.
All articles: Finland

Development Cooperation Projects

  1. Nordplus Horizontal 2020: Sustainable Ecosystems of Mentoring for Newly Qualified Teachers

    Host organizations
    University of SouthEastern Norway (USN)
    Cooperating organizations
    Danmarks Lærerforening, The Trade Union of Finland (OAJ), The Icelandic Teacher Union, Lärarförbundet, University of SouthEastern Norway (USN)
    Countries
    Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Norway
    Start date
    2 August 2020
    End date
    1 August 2023
    Nordplus Horizontal 2020: Sustainable Ecosystems of Mentoring for Newly Qualified Teachers
All Development Cooperation Projects: Finland

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