Political decision-makers from India and Finland must build an ecosystem which enables, supports, and encourages employment and entrepreneurship
Finland has been focusing on attracting global workers to fill the professional gaps in multiple domains. The country is also collaborating with India to interlink professional upskilling, career counselling, internships, employment, and entrepreneurship. In an exclusive chat with Education Times, Finland’s Minister of Education Anna-Maja Henriksson talks about the key highlights of her India visit.
What was the outcome of your meeting with Indian ministers and education authorities?
During my visit to India, I visited three southern states of India: Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, where I had constructive discussions with my ministerial colleagues in each of the states. One motivation behind the active interaction is the Finnish government’s willingness to create cross-sectoral schemes to ease the ever-growing demand for skilled workers in Finland. The fact is that we have an urgent need for professionals in several domains, such as health care, hospitality, construction, engineering, ICT, and mobile technologies. Finland has a governmental, cross-ministerial programme called Talent Boost, which focuses on this area. Our government emphasises collaboration especially with India to attract talent to our country.