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The Finish Federation of Enterprises (FFE) offers various services to migrant entrepreneurs

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Suomen Yrittäjät, or the Finish Federation of Enterprises (FFE), a member of SME United, offers a number of services to migrant entrepreneurs, including:

  • a newsletter in English targeted at migrant entrepreneurs
  • monthly, free-of-charge webinars in English
  • public discussions to raise awareness of residence permit issues, as well as to other structural barriers migrants face in integrating  
  • advocating for the need to offer entrepreneurship education.
  • networking events and ‘roadshows’
  • free education via the FFE Academy
  • surveys targeting migrant entrepreneurs to better understand the migrant entrepreneur scene in Finland 
  • interviews, videos and articles meant to make migrant entrepreneurs aware of current regulations
  • a mentoring programme for all migrant entrepreneurs
  • a migrant entrepreneurs network is set up within FFE, with a monetary award scheme for migrant of the year

In addition, a new mentoring programme for women entrepreneurs started in June 2023. For further information, see the Finish Federation of Enterprises (FFE)'s website.

Results

The free legal advice has already helped thousands of migrant workers with questions and concerns related to their employment.

As part of the service, SAK has also organised trainings for migrant associations and trade union officers. It also produced materials on work-related rules in Finland in over 20 different languages and available online on Fairplayatwork.fi.

In the framework of this project, the International House Helsinki was been established, providing a wide range of information and services to meet the needs of migrants and refugees in the Helsinki metropolitan area.