What we can help you with

Knowledge about Finnish education service and solutions providers

Bridge building: providing assistance to identify potential partnerships between program members and organizations in the host country

Have you identified an education export event? Let us inform our members and possibly arrange a delegation.

We would like to hear from you, when 

  • You are planning to incorporating 'education' into your Team Finland plans (the sooner, the better). 
  • You wish to co-coordinate an educational delegation trip with Education Finland*:  
    • Before discussing with potential local partners or Finnish VIPs, contact us. Early involvement ensures better support. 
    • Our participation hinges on our members' interest. We need a minimum member interest to proceed. Collaborate with us to boost interest; the more details we can provide our members, the higher the likelihood of delegation success. 
    • Delegation program varies, it can include a “Finnish Education Forum” that high lights the expertise of the participating member organizations and companies OR it can link to a major education event (e.g. expo). 
  • You have a high-level entity, who is going to visit Finland and is interested in education. 

* NOTE we also work together with TF and BF; our own delegation efforts concentrate on serving our member organisations directly. 

Presenting Finnish Education - Embassy Training 2024

You can download the Embassy training presentation below (pdf, 1010 kb)

What is Education Finland?

Education Finland is a governmental cluster programme supporting Finnish educational providers in their growth on international markets. The programme is coordinated by the Finnish National Agency for Education and funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.

See the Educationfinland.fi website for more information.

About our members

The members represent educational institutes at all levels of education and private companies. Our members’ expertise covers educational and learning products – technologies, programs, applications, digital learning suites and
software, educational content and materials – to services such as teacher training, pedagogical and vocational programs.

To become a member, companies must meet strict membership criteria and commit to a code of conduct putting the benefit of the client in the centre. The selected members are given the opportunity to use a label of official
membership.

Read more about our members here: Education Finland members

Education Finland team members’ contact info and areas of responsibility 

Jaakko Skantsi 

Programme Director

+358 29 533 1620 
jaakko.skantsi@oph.fi 

  • Regional monitoring:  
    • South-East Asia
    • North Africa 
    • Gulf region 
  • Leading companies –sparring group 
  • EDUFI’s Pillar Assessment 
  • Programme’s annual action plan 

Martina Nisula 

Senior Specialist 

+358 29 533 1259 

martina.nisula@oph.fi 

  • Financing and eduexport projects 
  • Regional monitoring:  
    • India
    • Latin America
    • Western Europe
    • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Higher Education –sparring group 
  • Teacher trainning –sparring group 

Maria Palmu 

Expert
+358 29 533 1605 
maria.palmu@oph.fi 

  • Member services & programme’s internal communications 
  • Processing and validation of education themed submitted Sales Leads and Business Opportunities for MarketOpps webpage
  • EdTech –sparring group 
  • Regional monitoring:  
    • USA
    • Nordic countries
    • Central Europe
    • Balkan countries 
    • East Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan) 
    • Central Asia
    • Ukraine 
    • Baltic countries
    • Eastern Europe

Marjo Somari  

Senior specialist, international communications 

+358 295 338 572

marjo.somari@oph.fi

  • EDUFI’s International communications (inc. Education Finland, Study in Finland, EDUFI’s eng. Web page)
  • Education Finland website & marketing materials
  • Country branding & visuals (incl events)

 

(Andrey Veremenko is on leave of absence from 8-2024)

University studies in FInland
If you are looking for assistance with target audiences whose interest is in studying for a university degree in Finland, the Study in Finland team at EDUFI is at your service. The team can be reached at marketing@studyinfinland.fi

The Study in Finland website provides information for prospective students.