O4O Policy Retreat 7 - 8 September 2010 Nairn, Scotland FINLAND - NORTH KARELIA Arja Jämsén
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O4O Policy Retreat 7 - 8 September 2010
Nairn, Scotland
FINLAND - NORTH KARELIAArja Jämsén
NORTH KARELIA FINLAND
166 000 inhabitants 14 municipalities
Three sub-regionsCentral KareliaJoensuuPielinen Karelia
Three O4O municipalities Lieksa (12 700) Nurmes (8 500)Valtimo (2 500)
BACKGROUND
• North Karelia is ageing faster than the rest of Finland
• Living the reality that is the future of the rest of Finland and Europe
• “laboratory of ageing”
Activities inTwo main pilots
Place of Friendship, Nurmes
Vuonislahti Village, Lieksa
Two sub pilots
Koli Village, Lieksa
Valtimo Municipality
O4O AIMS
• New, positive prospects for ageing North Karelia region• New ways of working with people in ageing communities• New ways of cooperation in municipalities• Volunteering, social enterprises, time-bank• Sustainability – on the basis of Nordic welfare state
O4O FOCUS
- sustainable volunteering; learning from NPP-partners
- innovative co-operation in villages; regional development
- awareness, positive attitude towards the ageing society; young people, decision makers, professionals, older people
PLACE OF FRIENDSHIP Nurmes a social meeting place and
activity centre for (elderly) citizens
Sustainable volunteering:
1) How to get volunteers
2) How to keep them
3) How to find the lonely elderly
4) How to cooperate with local authorities
Outcomes – Ystävänpysäkki
• Training program and
handbook for volunteers• Campaign for volunteers• Interviews, reports by student • Happy Together Party tradition
Outcomes - Vuonislahti
• Interviews about old people´s needs, hopes and resources
• Draft for a peer-support programme • Campaign and training for volunteers • Stronger role for Village Centre Kukko as a
resource centre
SUMMARY
1) Awareness of the ageing society • Ageing in all regional strategies • Positive ageing in media publicity• Involvement of many young people
2) New networking and linking
• NKUAS - North Karelian University of Applied Sciences: ageing & rural areas
• Role of NGOs stronger • New future care models in discussion; Green
Care, family care; social firms etc. • NPP cooperation
No progress in
• Time-banking• Social enterprises • Social firms
Why?• O4O ”too early” in terms
of Finnish legislation • Finnish welfare state &
strict rules and roles between the public, private and NGOs
• Tension between the private sector, NGOs, volunteers and the public sector
Finnish conclusions • Rethinking ageing society and rural communities• Changes in legislation • Welfare mix in service strategies• Structure for cooperation between the public, private and
third sector in the region• Coordination and support for local activities, not
bureaucracy• Learning from others
• Empowering older people & involving the younger