Online resources for diversity in companies

Proposal

Summary

Website with resources is made available to Helsinki’s companies that wish to integrate their employees. The resources support companies that need guidance to improve their international culture.

Proposal description

Website with resources is made available to Helsinki’s companies that wish to integrate their employees. The resources support companies that need guidance to improve their international culture.

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In the City of Helsinki, 15,7% of residents speak a mother tongue other than Finnish or Swedish. In some parts of the metropolitan area, the non-native speakers have grown from 4% to 19% of the population, in the last 20 years. Such a scenario continues to develop and Helsinki city is where most foreigners will be employed.
Many Finnish companies have a hard time integrating internationals. Even if the to improve their international culture.
The webpage will function as a source of knowledge and good practices, where a company can, for example, look for: activities of teambuilding in multicultural teams, strategies to make an employee feel included, to support his/her Finnish language skills and participation in society beyond the workplace, to communicate that multiculturalism is part of the company’s identity and values in different ways. This material will be in the form of PDFs or external links to other websites and blogs.
Using the resources will have a positive impact on the whole company, including Finnish colleagues, on the teamwork, productivity and well-being.