Calling all Espoo residents, newcomers, and future adventurers! Do you want to know more about the services and activities provided by the City of Espoo and organisations in the area? Do you also want to enjoy music performances, keynote about learning Finnish and activities for the whole family?

Let us show you reasons to fall in love with Espoo at the Hello Espoo event. You can meet and discuss with different units of the city of Espoo and organizations about their activities from living and working in Espoo to education, well-being and leisure. You can ask us about your hometown (or future hometown), Espoo.

📅 Date: Thursday 07.03.2024
🕘 Time: 17.00-19.00
🏠 Venue: Otaniemi upper secondary school, Tietotie 6, 02150, Espoo
• Cost: free of charge.

📢 Registration for Participants: https://link.webropol.com/ep/helloespoo732024participants

📢 Registration for Service Providers: https://link.webropol.com/ep/helloespoo732024serviceproviders

The event is open for everyone, and you can join the event whenever it suits you. Please register to the event for the best communication & preparation by 1.3.2024 through this registration link. We will pick one winner from all registrations for a special gift. The winner will be announced at Otaniemi upper secondary school.

The event is organized in English, in easy Finnish and many other languages. The keynote is organised in English.

Event agenda

📢 17.00–17.30 Welcome guests, coffee & networking activities, ” Hello Neighbors”, Photobooth
Activities for kids - crafts, playground

🎤 17.30–17.50 Warm up music performances & Welcome words
✨ Wenyi Zhang, piano performance, The Espoo Music Institute
✨ Barbara Mussafia, cello performance, International School of Music, Finland
✨Reetta Vuopala, flute & Sanna Saarinen, accordion, Music Institute Juvenalia

🎤 17.50–18.00 Keynote "Why and how to learn Finnish? Introduction to Kielibuusti information platform"
- Sanni Heinzmann, Content Project Manager at Kielibuusti & lecturer of Finnish as a Foreign Language at Aalto University

📢 18.00–18.50 Services fair – Services from Espoo city, NGOs and other organizations

➡️Hobbies and free time activities - Cultural and event services

✨ Visit Espoo

✨Culture Espoo & Espoo Day

✨Hobby Path and Art Basic Education

✨The Espoo Music Institute (EMO)

✨The Juvenalia Music Institute

✨Museum - KAMU Espoo City Museum

➡️ Services for children and families, Educational services

✨Libraries

✨Mother-tounge learning

✨Multicultural teaching services

✨Early childhood education

✨Basic education

✨Finnish-language secondary education and youth services

✨Swedish Education and Cultural Services

➡️ City Planning and The urban environment

✨The Public Works Department

✨City Planning and the urban environment

➡️Services for immigrants and Employment services

✨Espoo Talent Hub - Career Development Services

✨Business Espoo & EnterpriseEspoo

✨Competence Centre for Highly Educated Immigrant

✨Employment Espoo

✨The Ohjaamotalo operation and Job search for youths|

✨Koto-Espoo integration services

✨Citizen Participation

✨Espoo –Info

✨Hello Espoo Info

➡️ NGOs activities

✨Luckan Integration

✨Herizon

✨MLL Uusimaa – Activities for Families

✨Auroras network / SANL association

✨Finnish Multicultural Sports Association FIMU ry

✨Espoo Multicultural Children and Youth Association

✨Tapiola choir

✨Familia association

✨Pääkaupunki shelter home association

✨Finland-Syria Friendship Society Ry

✨Churches in Espoo & Olari

✨HyTe

✨Finland-India-Seura ry

✨Siskot ja Simot ry

✨Iftin-seura ry
✨Jade

➡️ Partners activities

✨Omnia, the Joint Authority of Education in the Espoo region

✨OP Bank

✨Bieni – Well-being coach

✨Kielibuusti - Language boost

✨Project NordConnect coordinated by Saimaan Ammattiopisto Sampo

✨SIMHE - University of Helsinki

✨International School of Music, Finland

✨International House Helsinki (IHH)

✨Spouse Program

📢 18.00–18.50 Language coffee & Networking

📢 18.00–18.50 Workshops for kids and families
✨ Fun activities from HNMKY
✨ Music workshop with Ujjainee Ghos, International School of Music, Finland

📢 18.50–19.00 Feedback and closing words

The event is organized by the City of Espoo. The event is a part of the national Talent Boost -program and development work of guidance and counselling services for immigrants. The event is funded by the Ministry of Employment and Economy.

Please note that parents are responsible for caring for their children.

Please don't hesitate to be in contact if you have any questions: nga.phan@espoo.fi, Coordinator of City of Espoo.

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