Organisation
JA Finland is a nationwide, non-profit organization. We offer experiential and engaging educational content for schools and educational institutions. Our goal is for children and youth to feel inspired and excited about the future.
Junior Achievement Finland
We have approximately 70 full-time employees and almost 200 hourly employees. Our learning programmes are utilised by schools and other educational institutions throughout Finland.
JA Finland is part of a global Junior Achievement network. JA Finland became stronger 2023 when two organisations – JA Finland and Economy and youth TAT – combined their operations. In Finland, our organization is known as Nuorten yrittäjyys ja talous NYT (in Finnish) and Ung företagsamhet och ekonomi NYT.
Our three main themes are:
- Entrepreneurial skills
- Financial skills
- Working life skills
Our global mission
Junior Achievement (JA) inspires and prepares young people to succeed in the global economy.
Our goal is to ensure that every child and young person can learn working life, entrepreneurial and economic skills and find their place in the society.
We work for the future of young people
JA Finland offers schools, educational institutions and municipalities services and learning modules that support working life, entrepreneurial and economic skills. Our services cover learning modules for all educational levels.
Our goal is to ensure that every child and young person, regardless of their background, gets a chance to learn skills that are important for their future. We strengthen the readiness of children and young people to meet the needs of changing working life, to manage their daily lives and to identify their own strengths.
Together with our wide and international partner community, we build bridges between young people and working life. We believe an active and functional society is created when everyone is taken on board at an early stage. Our operations are funded by several municipalities, organisations, ministries and foundations as well as private individuals.
Our global vision
We envision a world in which young people have the skillset and mindset to build thriving communities
Global values of JA
- Believe in the boundless potential of young people
- Advocate for relevant hands-on learning
- Build a more sustainable world
- Approach our work with passion, honesty, integrity and excellence
- Seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and talents in our staff, volunteers, and board
- Nurture the power of partnership and collaboration
Read more: Our international network and JA Worldwide