Partnership projects
Yrityskylä, in partnership with Economy and Youth TAT
Nordea employees play the role of banker or other expert. Through the simulations, the participants also learn to cooperate better and take more initiative.
Nordea supports Yrityskylä in over 10 localities, including by holding job interview exercises before the Yrityskylä Day when the young participants choose jobs for themselves.
Feedback on Yrityskylä “I learned that even if a product is cheap, you shouldn’t buy it just because you can.”
See how to register in Yrityskylä on the website of Economy and Youth TATOpens new window.

Business courses, in partnership with Economy and Youth TAT
Business courses are designed for general and vocational upper secondary schools. The participants at Takeoff, an ancillary event of Slush for young people, will be selected annually from among the students who have completed the courses. More than 87,000 students have already completed the course package.
Feedback on business courses: “I used to think that running a business is very simple, but when I participated in the course, I learned that customer service is more than just helping the customer.”
Read more about business courses on the website of Economy and Youth TATOpens new window.

Vamos financial skills project, in partnership with the Deaconess Foundation
This financial skills project aims at helping 16–29-year-olds manage their personal finances. Through the project, we encounter nearly 1,000 young people every year. The aim is to support young people in managing their daily spending, to lower the threshold to managing their banking and other financial matters as well as to prevent serious problems and debt cycles.
- “I got the feeling that you can talk about money and you can get help if you need it.”
- “Things became a lot clearer and I feel more confident in managing my finances than I did before.”
- “I felt I became a lot more aware of my personal finances and I finally got the courage to take a realistic look at my financial situation. I also started budgeting my monthly expenses and I aim to stick to this habit.”
More information on the project on the Vamos website.Opens new window

Matkalla project, in partnership with Plan International
We encounter nearly 100 young people every year through Plan International’s Matkalla (On A Journey) project. The project assists young immigrants to Finland who are close to reaching the age when compulsory education ends. The aim of the project is to enhance the young immigrants’ chances to become full-fledged members of Finnish society. The project helps them to get to know the Finnish society and supports their day-to-day life skills.
We support young people with an immigrant background as they take their first steps in the Finnish labour market. In addition, we teach money management skills and give participants a chance to become familiar with various jobs in a bank.
More information on Plan International’s activitiesOpens new window.

Personal finances course for young people, in partnership with Opopassi
Opopassi is digital future planning tool that has gained wide popularity in recent years. Since 2018, it’s been available free of charge to all student counsellors and students at upper secondary schools. Opopassi aims to increase students’ self-awareness and their knowledge of entrepreneurship, the labour market and their personal finances and to help them to plan their further studies after school.
The content of Opopassi is determined by the curriculum of the OP2 student counselling course, which was adopted at upper secondary schools in autumn 2021. The themes laid out in the curriculum are managing personal finances, student financial aid and living. Nordea has created the personal finances course for young people on the Opopassi website.
Check out the course on the Opopassi websiteOpens new window.