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ff The employment authorities and the interested
cultural organisations will design a service path
for introductions to working life for immigrants.

A person who wants to become
an entrepreneur in a creative field
receives systematic support

Several professionals in creative fields from other
countries have settled down in Rovaniemi. The Kultti
stakeholders included professionals in photography,
cinema, literature, visual arts, and crafts, for example.
Their paths to making a livelihood for themselves and
their families seemed very similar to the members of
the majority population. It included temporary work
and finding one’s own collective. Teaching jobs are an
important source of income in creative fields.

Networking with other parties in one’s own field
and joint entrepreneurship, for example as a member
of a co-operative, promote entrepreneurship in
creative fields and self-employment. Work experience
with small actors offers role models and teaches
operating methods. An entrepreneur who has
successfully passed the initial pitfalls and established
his or her activities could act as mentor for a new
entrepreneur. For a beginning entrepreneur, peer
support and sharing experiences are likely to prove
extremely valuable. The development of Rovaniemi
has functions that support entrepreneurship in the
creative fields.

In the area, the city is an important customer of the
actors in creative fields. If the city increasingly orders
content from small actors and includes the field of
free art in the planning of its cultural activities, this
would improve the opportunities of both the majority
population and the immigrants to act as entrepreneurs
in creative fields. The Employment and Economic
Development Office (TE Office) should identify
the employment situation in creative fields and the
opportunities in entrepreneurship.

Proposals:
ff The actors in the free cultural sector ensure that the

TE Office is aware of their possibilities to include
co-operative entrepreneurs in their activities.
ff The TE Office offers entrepreneurship training
for the special needs of the creative fields.
ff Supported by the TE Office or the development
of Rovaniemi, business sponsor activities
could also be created in the creative fields.

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