Immigration assessment

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Scope

The aim of this project is to recognize the research question for the immigration experiment of Yhtäköyttä. Defining a specific scope for the assessment is helpful in finding the research question.

Participants

Who are the desired participants for this assessment?

• Owner of the experiment: Ministry of Employment and the Economy (in charge: Sonja Hämäläinen)
• Moderator: National Institute for Health and Welfare (in charge: Jouni Tuomisto)
• Other desired participants:
  • Economic experts: Tekes the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, Sitra the Finnish Innovation Fund, VATT Institute for Economic Research...
  • In charge of the integration of immigrants: Integration network, reception centre
  • In charge of education: The Ministry of Education and Culture, municipal training consortiums...
  • Yhtäköyttä project (OKFFI, Oxford Research)
  • Prime Minister's Office
  • Anyone can participate since this is an open assessment

Intended use and users

What can the project's results be used for, and by whom?

• The Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy is the primary user. The goal is for the project's data to be used in choosing the right actions to get the most out of immigration.
  • To better motivate users to participate we should describe different ways to use the data
• Other uses and users?

Scope

How do we narrow down the the project in relation to time, geography, research question etc.?

• The target of this assessment are Finnish immigrants and their contribution to Finnish companies.
• Temporally, the focus is on the time before the immigrants are fully integrated to the society.

Criteria

What criteria can we use in evaluating the usefulness of different political measures?

• Effect on economy
• Welfare of immigrants
• Amount of welfare benefits needed
• ...?

Implementation

• Timetable: the assessment will be carried out during March-June 2016.
• Tools: Online workbase Opasnet. Public forum Otakantaa.fi. Collaborative writing tool Hackpad.
• Ease of access: All of the data can be accessed via any of the websites listed above. Widgets are used to link to different sources.
• Language: The main assessment will be carried out in English to include as many possible participants as possible. Some content (questionnaires, gallups, etc.) may be in Finnish to motivate participation.

Question

The research question has not been decided on yet, but after receiving feedback from the Ministry of Employment and the Economy the current proposal is:

What should be done to promote the goals presented in "Innovaatiotalouden maahanmuuttopolitiikka" (Raunio, toukokuu 2015) and why?

• In particular, which are the actions that promote the use of immigrants' existing skills and knowledge to facilitate growth and internationalization in Finnish companies?