Tuesday, 01 April 2025, 10:00-11:30 PM CET (Zoom)
The Mapineq Project invites you to join an online workshop on territorial inequalities and local challenges and strategies, particularly educational opportunities, in enhancing the attractiveness of regions and reducing regional inequalities. We will discuss best practices and opportunities for growth, collaboration, and revitalisation within disadvantaged communities in Finland.
How can these challenges be addressed, and how can young people be encouraged to stay or return to areas suffering from population loss? What role do regional educational opportunities, local labor market conditions, and available health and family services play in reducing future inequalities?
The event will be facilitated by Jani Erola, Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku and the Mapineq project leader.
The language of the meeting will be Finnish, and there will be Finnish-English interpretation service available for international audience.
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Speakers:
Elina Kilpi-Jakonen, Professor of Sociology, University of Turku
Kari Nyyssölä, Head of Unit, Finnish National Agency for Education
Kyösti Värri, Special Advisor, Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
Päivi Mäki, Director of Education Department, Municipality of Liminka
Commentators:
Suvi Savolainen, Ministerial Adviser Ministry of Finance
Anna Berlina, Research Consultant at Nordregio, Education and Young Adults in Nordic Rural Areas (EDYNORA) project
We look forward to your participation in this important discussion!
Acknowledgement:
This event is part of the Mapineq project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No. 101061645 (www.mapineq.eu). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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