Immigration assessment

The content of this page are updated based on the Finnish page op_fi:Maahanmuuttoarviointi. Note that the Finnish page is larger, and this only contains the main points and topics under discussion.

Scope

Question

What concrete actions should be taken and why to advance those improvement goals listed in the report Innovaatiotalouden maahanmuuttopolitiikka (Raunio, May 2015 and that are also presented as a summary on this page under View of innovation economy? Especially, how can the immigrants' local knowledge, networks and know-how be exploited to help Finnish businesses grow, become more international and increase export?

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), Yhtakoytta-project
• 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
  • National Institute for Health and Welfare
  • 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
• The development and profit of companies
• 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.
  • Otakantaa-page open until 15.5.2016
• Ease of access: All of the data can be accessed via any of the websites listed above. The main communication will happen through Opasnet on the Finnish page. Widgets are used to link to different sources.
• Language: The main language of the assessment is Finnish. The main parts of the assessment will be carried out also in English to include as many possible participants as possible. Some content (questionnaires, gallups, etc.) may be only available in Finnish.

Answer

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Rationale

Important topics

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Aspects of innovation economy

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See also

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