Tag: Projects
Vantaa’s Food Waste Project Wins Prestigious Milan Pact Awards 2025
The City of Vantaa and Yhteinen pöytä’s collaborative initiative to reduce food waste has been internationally recognized with a Milan Pact Awards 2025 prize. Vantaa received the award for its innovative and impactful work in promoting sustainable urban food policy.
Tikkurila Competence Campus project
Competence Campus will be built in Jokiniemi, Tikkurila, between 2024 and 2032. The campus will serve students, businesses, job seekers, and employers.
Stronger innovation activities and networks in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
The joint innovation package of the cities of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa (HEVi) will strengthen innovation activities and networks in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. HEVI is based on an innovation ecosystem agreement made with the state, within which the cities will create a large project package
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Leadership and Labor Law in the Finnish work environment
During the last year, The City of Vantaa had a fruitful collaboration with Laurea University of Applied Sciences through Talent Vantaa Project.
How Vantaa became my home
Vantaa is a rapidly developing part of the Capital Region, home for more than 237.200 residents. With more than 120 languages being spoken in the all the 7 areas of the city, no wonder Vantaa is considered an attractive and multicultural place by many internationals. With excellent transport
Get to know our International Talent Ali Basem Al-Darraji
Just like most entrepreneurs, Ali is highly skilled and passionate about what he’s doing. I’ve met him in Herttoniemi where a year ago he decided to create his own future. He took his passion for cars next level and together with his friend Ahmed opened a mechanic garage. This is Ali Basem Al
Get to know our International Talent – ph.d Anna Lenkewitz-Salminen
Today I had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours with one of the most beloved figures in the NGO world, Anna Lenkewitz-Salminen. Even though she could never imagine herself living anywhere else but Germany, she fell for Finland. ‘Pretty much after I came here for the first time (2011) to work
Skill mapping focusing on your transferable skills with expert career coach Emilia Deseille
Any experienced career coach will ask you to write down all the things that you enjoy doing, you feel you’re good at, others compliment you for or come to you for help. What are your super-powers? It doesn’t matter whether you consider it marketable or not, if your colleagues value your presentation
Connect & experience; How a startup nation is systematically organized and maintained
I had the honor to take part in a five-day learning program to Israel as part of a delegation of European ecosystem leaders. This program is part of the European Innovation and Technology Institution – and is organized by EIT Hub Israel, portfolio program: #connectandexperience.