Omnia, the Joint Authority
of Education in Espoo
Region
Sirje Hassinen
25.-28.11.2009
FINLAND AND OMNIA
Omnia locates in Espoo,
Kirkkonummi and Kauniainen
(capital region of Finland)
Area 338 419,31 km²
1160 km from south to north
540 km from west to east
Haltitunturi 1 324 m
5,3 mill. inhabitant
Lakes 187 888
Omnia is one of biggest
organisers of vocational
education and trainging
Omnia
Vocational College
4 500 students
Omnia
Adult Education
Centre
1 500 students
Omnia
Apprenticeship
Training Centre
1 800 students
Omnia
Youth Workshops
150 students
Internal services
Administrative, development-, guidance-, facility services,
support services for teaching
EDUCATION IN OMNIA
Omnia Vocational College offers vocational training to young people (after
comprehensive school or general upper secondary education, students over
16 years old).
Omnia Adult Education Centre offers vocational training to adults (from 18 until
60 years old) who have completed comprehensive school and who have
some work experience.
Apprenticeship Training Centre offers vocational education organized at a
workplace in connection with practical work assignments (80 %) and
supplemented with theoretical studies (20 %). Apprenticeship training is
organized both in the form of vocational secondary education and vocational
further education for both young people and adults.
Omnia Youth Workshops offer support and training to 17 – 24 years young
people who are unemployed or without study place.
The number
THREE
LEVELS
of OF
staff
QUALIFICATIONS
in Omnia is 650
Total number of students is almost 7500
The students come mainly from the nearby municipalities:
Espoo, Kirkkonummi and Kauniainen
Omnia training sectors
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Culture
Natural sciences
Tourism, catering and domestic services
Social services, health and sport
Technology and transport
Social sciences, business economics and administration
Internal services
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
International office:
Head of international activities
5 international coordinators
2 assistances of international relationship
2 financial assistances of international relationship
In every department:
One teacher who is responsible in international
relationship (link between international office and
department
International Activities
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PROJECTS
Omnia is active in projects funded by the National Board of Education and the European
Union project like Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates/ Comenius, Nordplus, Grundvig and Interreg
All our projects are carried out in national and international partner networks
Mobility projects: on-the-job learning, EU countries, Mexico, China, Japan, Namibia
a) for students
b) for personnel
Pilot projects:
Co-ordinator
Partner
Leonardo da Vinci: Ready-Study-Go Ahead 2009 – 2011 (2. step)
EVOC (ECVET-process in child care sector) 2008 - 2010
Interreg: HETA-ECVET 2009 - 2012 Development of Vocational Qualifications Examinations
and Opportunities for Taking the Examinations in the Tallinn and Helsinki Area
VOCAL (2008 – 2010), KOMPASS 2008 – 2010, TOOL TIPLS 2009 – 2011 (10)
Skills competitions
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Networks:
Russian network, Doors open to Asia, Finnish home, Help Hanako, FinMex, India-network, FinEcvet
INTERNATIONAL GROUPS/VISITS
My projects:
HETA-ECVET (INTERREG IVA Central Baltic, 2009 – 2012,
budjet 583 693,00 €), project manager + vocabulary
TRAIN, LdV TOI 2008 – 2010, coordinator of Omnia, teacher
of social and health care/Apprenticeship training
TOOL-TILPS, LdV TOI 2009 – 2011, coordinator of
Omnia/language teacher
COCOMPEUR, LdV Partnership 2009 – 2011, coordinator of
Omnia
ONNI, LdV IVT, 2008 – 2010 (30 students), project manager
Omnia-ECVET (FINECVET), FNBE, 2009 – 2012, coordinator
of spa-field
Russian network for VET, FNBE, 2009 – 2010, coordinator of
Omnia
Doors open to Asian, FNBE, 2009 – 2010, coordinator of
Japan