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…
JA Finland’s latest international project, GOALS (Social Entrepreneurship Student Companies in the Baltic Sea Region) brings the social entrepreneurship aspect to the JA Company Program. The project involves a total of 60 students and 15 teachers from Finland, Latvia and…
34 outstanding European primary and secondary schools championing entrepreneurship education received The Entrepreneurial School awards on 16 October in Helsinki. Amongst the celebrated schools were Gradia from Jyväskylä and Ylöjärvi Upper Secondary School. The Entrepreneurial School awards is an annual recognition…
Mentoring knowledge of working life is a new course available for all students at Aalto University. We are thankful and proud to be able to participate in its realization. The course offers higher education students the opportunity to mentor businesses…
The best Finnish JA companies were recognized in the national Uskalla Yrittää final organized by Junior Achievement Finland (Nuori Yrittäjyys ry). The final competition held in Helsinki included more than 200 youths and the 74 JA companies established by them.…
Pitch competition, modest fashion show and great keynotes. We combined three things and together with the Suomen Yrittäjät and the Ikhlasonline.com and created an incredible Business Unplugged meets creativity -event. At the event, the idea-level companies from ME4Change -project pitched…