Since employment has been a hot topic during the previous forums, the third forum concentrated on finding solutions and answers to the different issues involved in relation to integration and the labor market in Finland. The third forum challenged the idea that integration is limited only to gaining employment.
Panel discussion members:
Lyn Ampong, third country national representative; Pirkko Nikula, STTK Finnish confederation of professionals; Kaarina Ollilla-Väänänen, Employment and Economic development office (Vantaa); Tuula Reiman, Vantaa immigrant multiservice; Ritva-Hanna Saari, JHL Trade union for public and welfare sector; Liselott Sundbäck, Luckan ry
Moderator: Marianne Nylund, Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
Would the Finnish society want to have professionals, i.e., practical nurses, who are driven to the profession but are not satisfied with their work?