This document’s aim is to provide guidance on how to incorporate key elements of the multilevel governance model developed by the Council of Europe into the practical implementation of the Finnish government’s policies on ‘good relations’ (‘väestösuhdepolitiikka’2), with the long-term goal of increasing inclusive integration in Finland.
Inclusive integration – of migrant and refugee newcomers, but also of others who may feel excluded from mainstream Finnish society – is an approach to integration which does not seek to absorb individuals into an unchanging culture and/or society, but which creates a society that values and respects all people equally.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION KEY ELEMENTS FOR MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE THE FINNISH INTEGRATION AND GOOD RELATIONS POLICY FRAMEWORK
A. Good relations as the cornerstone of integration
B. Levels of governance
C. Finnish legislation on multi level governance in the field of integration and good relations
D. Finnish structures and practice in relation to the six key elements
THE BLUEPRINT ENRICHED BY THE ‘BEQIRI MODEL’ APPLICATION OF THE MODEL IN THE CITY OF OULU: AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS
For municipalities
For regional authorities
For national ministries
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