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ff Every cultural actor also has a presence on the
Internet in English, even if it is a small one.
ff The cultural actors and the Arts Promotion
Centre Finland experiment with
translating cultural information to minority
languages through crowdsourcing.
ff The city information newspaper tells
about cultural services regularly both in
Plain Finnish as well as in English.
ff The network of actors in the cultural
sector offers a chance to subscribe to an
electronic culture newsletter in English.
ff The cultural actors learn more about
the Finnish media in English and
utilise it in their communications.
Everyone has the opportunity to
participate in cultural hobbies
According to the Kultti panel, participation in cultural
hobbies is one of the most important activities
to promote the cultural integration. In the Kultti
discussions, it was found that hobbies are not
currently practised equally. The thresholds are formed
by economic, information and skill issues.
Proposals:
ff Cultural producers and the city’s online
communications unit design a platform where
the cultural hobby providers can publish and
update their information themselves. Online
communications unit will transfer the list
about hobby providers collected by Kultti
on the platform. The hobby providers keep
their information on the list up to date.
ff The Finnish Red Cross, MoniNet, the Immigration
Office, teachers and other parties promoting
integration share information with new inhabitants
of Rovaniemi about the list of hobbies and help
with using it, if necessary. They also help in
finding economical support for the hobbies.
ff The hobby providers regularly organise possibilities
for new people to learn about the hobby free of
charge. They will add these events to the city’s
event calendar both in Finnish and in English.
ff The volunteer support persons bring the people
they support to cultural hobbies. If necessary,
all the parties enable the support person’s
participation at the first few sessions free of charge.
ff The hobby providers will evaluate whether a
poor person can participate in their activities.
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If necessary, they will offer free places for
motivated hobbyists with low income. Sibling
discounts and short-term forms of activity also
improve the financial accessibility of hobbies.
ff In its grant criteria, the Leisure Board requires
that the parties offering cultural hobbies
arrange free places for persons with limited
means. Their number must be reasonable
compared to the total number of hobbyists.
ff The providers of cultural hobbies organise groups at
different skill levels or short courses where people
who start at a young age or as adults can participate.
ff The offering of hobbies during school holidays
improves the opportunities of immigrant
schoolchildren and students to participate.
Cultural facilities are living rooms
The need for a low threshold cultural space came up
at some point in all of the Kultti discussion events.
It would be possible to organise your own activities
in the space, or you could come there to spend time
and learn to know new people. The space would
serve many kinds of cultural activities, and it would
be situated in a central location. All inhabitants of the
municipality or cultural actors could apply for turns to
use the space for a reasonable price.
Several cities have such cultural spaces, but none
of the current spaces in Rovaniemi meets the needs
completely. It is not likely that the city can afford
to create new spaces in the next few years, but in
the long term the issue should be promoted. The
threshold for using the existing facilities should be
lowered. The library already presents a natural meeting
place for many. Monde, the Lappia House, Korundi
and Pilke also offer good opportunities. The citizen
houses established via the inclusion programme serve
the same purpose for their part.
Proposals:
ff The new inhabitants of Rovaniemi interested
in the issue participate in the activities of
the group lobbying for the cultural house.
Once the group has become organised,
immigrant activists are also involved.
ff The good operating models from Ounasrinne
library are introduced at least in the Main
Library and the Korkalovaara library.
ff The actors in the cultural sector co-operate together
in order to improve the level of use of cultural
facilities and their diversity. The main users of