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the cultural facilities are open to co-operation, ff The actors in the cultural sector describe their
which enriches the customer profile of the
facilities. They assist smaller actors in organising
funding for the facilities, or as far as possible,
bear the costs of the facilities for joint projects.
ff The city’s online communications unit
and cultural administration improve the
presence of the cultural facilities on the city’s
website. A uniform, easy-to-use reservation
system will be created for the facilities.
ff The Leisure Board supports low threshold
city events that attract people from different
kinds of backgrounds to cultural spaces
using grants or service agreements.
Immigrant integration training utilises
competence in the cultural sector
In Rovaniemi, the methods of art have been tested
in several projects promoting integration. The
projects include, for example,Verso, Made in Lapland,
Kohtaamisia (Meetings), and Art Reflects. An
immigrant can complete a part of the integration
training in a comparable activity on a discretionary
basis. The cultural sector offers many creative
opportunities for comparable activities. Especially the
Taikuri workshops in the Verso project have provided
experience with such opportunities.
Establishing creative methods as an integral
part of the city’s integration work serves everyone’s
interests. The professionals of applied art must make
their methods known to the organisers of immigrant
integration training as well as social services and
education professionals. On the other hand, the art
educators should be informed better about the goals,
system and methods of integration.
Proposals:
ff The projects Verso, Made in Lapland and Taide
kotouttaa (Art Integrates), which have already
ended, have documented their methods
well. Links to their online publications can
be found in Appendix 2. The organisers of
immigrant integration training will continue
to utilise the methods in their work.
ff The actors will organise joint method workshops
in co-operation with, for example, the University
of Lapland, the Regional Office of Lapland
of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, or the
Regional State Administrative Agency.
proposals for operating models that are comparable
with the immigrant integration training. Together
with the party organising such training, they will
adapt these proposals into service packages that
can be offered to those participating in the training.
The cost and agreement model for the co-operation
will be created during the first partnerships,
after which it will be easier to apply again.
ff Learning to know the cultural locations and
services in Rovaniemi is a systematic part of
the immigrant integration training. The parties
organising integration and other training as well as
cultural actors work out a suitable familiarisation
path for the people becoming integrated.
Art projects at schools and
in early childhood education
promote communality
A joint art project of the whole school or friend classes
will make the integration of immigrant children into
basic education easier, prevent bullying and increase
the school’s communality. The turning points in
particular are important: forming a new group, moving
from pre-school to school or from a preparatory
class to basic education, completing comprehensive
school or upper secondary school. For a young person,
participating in an art project can open completely
new directions. In early childhood education, the
goal may be to use art-oriented methods to support
the non-verbal communication of a child who does
not share a common language, and who may be
hyperactive or withdrawn.
Teachers in preparatory classes and day care centres
have already co-operated with actors in the field of
art for years. All parties identify the opportunities in
applying art. Project funding gives an opportunity for
short-term trials. It would be time to move from trials
to an established activity. Several third sector actors
have expertise in co-operating with schools, if the
agreement and funding model for the service can be
determined.
Proposals:
ff The city’s cultural administration applies
for funding from the European Social Fund
to hire a community artist. The artist can
also implement projects at schools.
ff The actors in the cultural sector describe and
offer art activities to afternoon clubs. The
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