In 2022, Uskalla Yrittää becomes an entrepreneurship festival for young entrepreneurs! Starting in February, the festival tour comprises 10 different festival events throughout Finland. The Uskalla Yrittää festival is an event organized by Junior Achievement Finland (JA), which is open…
One of our favorite questions to ask children and young people as a part of our work is: What comes to your mind when you hear the word “entrepreneur”? An entrepreneur thinks of an idea and turns it into…
The current CEO of Junior Achievement Finland Virpi Utriainen will step aside from her position as the head of the organization in the spring of 2022. Over the past 14 years, Utriainen, who was hired in 2017 as the second…
Junior Achievement Finland has received a new partner for its operations as the Finnish high-growth company Howspace Oy will support the organization in its efforts to make the JA programs and events available to all children and youth. The joint…
Junior Achievement Finland (JA, Nuori Yrittäjyys ry in Finnish), the leading national organization for entrepreneurial education aims to respond to the interest shown by youths and succeed in its ambitious goal to provide each Finnish child and youth the opportunity…
Junior Achievement Finland (JA Finland), a leading organization in entrepreneurship education, appointed a Board for the 2021 term in its fall meeting on 16 December. The new Chair of the Board is Christina Dahlblom, D. Sc. (Econ.) and Professor of…
Our Regional Operations Manager Inger Aaltonen visited our Regional Managers at their offices around Finland in September–October. Over the course of nine weeks, she travelled c. 3 700 kilometers. The purpose of the tour was not only to meet many…
As the coronavirus has been upending all of the educational institutions in Finland, high schools were no exception. While teachers have been exploring innovative ways to keep their students engaged, Aalto University Junior’s School of Business team decided to co-organize…
We are delighted to announce, today on Valentine's Day, that we have found new friends in Moomin Characters, who share our mission; children and young people need support and opportunities to release and exercise their creativity. Although working life is…
The HundrED research group evaluated 80+ financial literature education innovations. Out of these ten operating models were selected as innovations that have the greatest chances of improving financial literacy learning among young people. HundrED.org is a not-for-profit organization, which seeks…