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Omnia, the Joint Authority of Education in Espoo
Region
Sirje Hassinen25.-28.11.2009
FINLAND AND OMNIA
Omnia locates in Espoo, Kirkkonummi and Kauniainen (capital region of Finland)
Area 338 419,31 km²1160 km from south to north540 km from west to eastHaltitunturi 1 324 m5,3 mill. inhabitant Lakes 187 888
Omnia is one of biggest organisers of vocational education and trainging
Internal servicesAdministrative, development-, guidance-, facility services,
support services for teaching
Omnia Adult Education
Centre
OmniaYouth Workshops
Omnia
Vocational College
OmniaApprenticeship Training Centre
4 500 students 1 500 students 1 800 students 150 students
EDUCATION IN OMNIAOmnia 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.
THREE LEVELS OF QUALIFICATIONSThe number of staff in Omnia is 650 Total number of students is almost 7500The students come mainly from the nearby municipalities: Espoo, Kirkkonummi and Kauniainen
Omnia training sectors• Culture• Natural sciences• Tourism, catering and domestic services• Social services, health and sport• Technology and transport• Social sciences, business economics and administration
Internal servicesINTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIESInternational office:Head of international activities5 international coordinators2 assistances of international relationship2 financial assistances of international relationship
In every department:One teacher who is responsible in internationalrelationship (link between international office anddepartment
International Activities1. PROJECTSOmnia is active in projects funded by the National Board of Education and the EuropeanUnion project like Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates/ Comenius, Nordplus, Grundvig and Interreg
All our projects are carried out in national and international partner networksMobility projects: on-the-job learning, EU countries, Mexico, China, Japan, Namibia
a) for students b) for personnel
Pilot projects:
Co-ordinator Leonardo da Vinci: Ready-Study-Go Ahead 2009 – 2011 (2. step) EVOC (ECVET-process in child care sector) 2008 - 2010Interreg: HETA-ECVET 2009 - 2012 Development of Vocational Qualifications
Examinations and Opportunities for Taking the Examinations in the Tallinn and Helsinki AreaPartner VOCAL (2008 – 2010), KOMPASS 2008 – 2010, TOOL TIPLS 2009 – 2011 (10)
Skills competitions
2. Networks:Russian network, Doors open to Asia, Finnish home, Help Hanako, FinMex, India-network, FinEcvet
3. INTERNATIONAL GROUPS/VISITS
My projects:HETA-ECVET (INTERREG IVA Central Baltic, 2009 – 2012,
budjet 583 693,00 €), project manager + vocabularyTRAIN, LdV TOI 2008 – 2010, coordinator of Omnia, teacher
of social and health care/Apprenticeship trainingTOOL-TILPS, LdV TOI 2009 – 2011, coordinator of
Omnia/language teacherCOCOMPEUR, LdV Partnership 2009 – 2011, coordinator of
OmniaONNI, LdV IVT, 2008 – 2010 (30 students), project managerOmnia-ECVET (FINECVET), FNBE, 2009 – 2012, coordinator
of spa-fieldRussian network for VET, FNBE, 2009 – 2010, coordinator of
OmniaDoors open to Asian, FNBE, 2009 – 2010, coordinator of
Japan