Vantaa’s Growth and Viability Programme 2022 – 2025

Measure

Launching two new development projects to transfer new competence and technology to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs. Piloting new kinds of cooperation models for continuous learning in the projects and including the best of these in the operation of the learning campus.

Schedule

2022–2024 

Measure

Carrying out experiments on the utilisation of various digital, distance and virtual learning environments as part of the future services of the Jokiniemi campus and on how to connect to national and international education providers. 

Schedule

2024–2025  

Measure

Building a local operating model to define the concrete competence needs of companies and to provide timely, tailor-made and targeted training. Helping companies in Vantaa to develop the skills of the existing workforce in the changing operating environment. 

Schedule

2023–2025 

Measure

Building a service package and centralised service portal for inclusive innovation activities (experimental environments, innovative procurements, market dialogue, innovation competitions, development dialogue, new methods and technology, utilisation of funding). Organising the city’s innovation platforms and experimentation opportunities to support the creation and commercialisation of innovations. As part of the service, the departments will open their operations to cooperation. The aim is to support companies’ innovation activities and, at the same time, the development of the city. 

Schedule

2022–2023 

Measure

Building a joint service with educational institutions as part of the operations of the future Jokiniemi campus, through which international experts can be attracted to and established in Vantaa in a more goal-oriented manner, taking into account the labour needs. 

Establishing the city’s Talent services for employers and highly-educated foreign-language speakers relating to the utilisation of international competence as part of the city’s permanent service model and service portfolio, which will be offered on the future Jokiniemi campus

Schedule

2023–2025 

Measure

Selecting three strategic focus areas (innovation/workplace plan focus areas) from the urban structure in accordance with the Vantaa Innovation Environment Analysis (2020), identifying the most potential competence, innovation and business hubs of the urban structure and profiling each focus area thematically as implementation environments for the aforementioned growth themes, taking into account the cluster work. 

Schedule

2023–2024 

Measure

The education of children is the most important factor in attracting skilled international labour to Vantaa. The current amount of international education available in Vantaa does not meet the demand, and the demand for an international school will keep increasing in the future. To meet this need, a new international school will be established in Vantaa. 

Schedule

2024–2025 

Measure 

Developing a new, more effective set of services to meet the supply and demand of labour through better utilisation of different forms of work and different groups (e.g. partially disabled people, part-time work, self-employment, cooperative models, platform economy). The activities focus on young people, the long-term unemployed and special groups. The service will be developed together with employers. 

Schedule

2023–2025 

Measure 

Launching a new kind of pilot to make language training and employment more efficient by combining them. Operating models that are found efficient will be integrated into the municipality-based employment model in accordance with the TE2024 reform.

Schedule

2023–2024 

Measure 

Strengthening the resourcing, service package (including training cooperation) and marketing of functional clusters (food, real estate, circular economy, air logistics).  

Building a cluster of high-level expertise around significant technology companies in Vantaa, particularly focusing on joint measures to ensure the availability of skilled labour. 

Schedule

2022–2025

Measure 

Building a strong aftercare model in Vantaa to support the growth of existing international companies and attract their partners to Vantaa. The aim is to ensure that companies develop in Vantaa and make expansion investments. 

Schedule

2022–2023 

Measure 

Promoting the creation of small and compact business premises in Vantaa to allow new entrepreneurs to employ themselves at a lower threshold. 

Building a communal model to support the employment of immigrants, especially immigrant women. Providing guidance and information on Finnish working life and a socially and ethically sustainable way of finding and providing employment. 

Schedule

2023–2025 

Measure 

Building a new service to support start-ups in Vantaa, relying on other start-up activities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Building support for start-ups as part of cluster activities. Building a communal platform to enhance the networking, cooperation and innovation activities of Vantaa-based companies as part of the service package of the Jokiniemi campus. Helping start-ups to find affordable business premises. 

Schedule

2023–2025 

Measure 

Building a more comprehensive path to support young entrepreneurs. This will be achieved by starting entrepreneurship education at an earlier age together with partners, by increasing mentoring and by offering services from external partners more abundantly. Establishing a cross-administrative team for entrepreneurship education. Identifying ways to lower the threshold for becoming an entrepreneur. 

Schedule

2022–2023 

Measure 

Through cooperation between various actors, an easily accessible service will be built to support the growth of major events, where the attraction of events, support for organising them and their inbound marketing work efficiently.  

Schedule

2023–2024 

Measure 

Developing a goal-oriented relocation service package in Vantaa with efficient processes and effective communications and marketing. Identifying target groups and sectors to focus on in addition to existing clusters. Creating an efficient sales process for the proactive attraction of investments. Profiling areas supporting growth in knowledge-intensive jobs and securing plots of land. Learning about the private provision of plots and business premises. Enabling the provision of comprehensive solutions to relocating companies. 

Schedule

2022–2023 

Measure 

Launching a reputation marketing package to strengthen Vantaa’s attractiveness and recognition both domestically and internationally (companies, residents, international experts). Building a model to strengthen the uniqueness of local centres and residential areas and utilising this in marketing. Bringing together actors to plan and implement activities that boost the local strengths and characteristics of their neighbourhoods and communications about them.  

Schedule

2023–2024 

Measure 

Increasing the use of open urban spaces as meeting places for people and venues for events and services by developing the management, user support and marketing of the spaces. Supporting the utilisation and visibility of multiculturalism and localism by developing cooperation with active participants and various associations. Drawing up a plan for the development of the infrastructure of key urban spaces and its financing. Increasing the use of various spaces for organising events. 

Schedule

2023–2025 

Measure 

Building Myyrmäki into a widely-known hub for the creative industries, and developing services and space solutions that support them together with local partners to support the growth and viability of companies in the sector. 

Schedule

2022–2024 

Measure 

Renewing and summarising the vision and concept of Aviapolis as an airport city in a changed environment on the basis of scenario work completed in autumn 2022. Creating an action plan and investment programme on the basis of these and specifying the city’s own commitments. Strengthening Aviapolis in the development work as an international working environment and as a service hub as part of the city district agreement.

Schedule

2022–2023 

Measure 

Creating a service promise for companies in Vantaa to answer their requests and initiate the matter within 48 hours. Reviewing the various service units’ service processes for companies and developing them by means of service design to make them faster.  

Schedule

2022–2024