WELCOME TO OUR OPEN DOORS DAY! Do you have doubts about what we do? Would you like to share something with us or just get to know each other better? Pass by our Headquarters at any time from 10 to 15h and grab a coffee with us! Would you like to know more people on the field? Are you thinking about the possibility of joining us? or are you just curious about what is going on with the members…
Maahanmuuttopoliittinen ohjelma työperusteisen maahanmuuton vahvistamiseksi täydentää osaltaan jo vahvistettuja pääministeri Sipilän hallituksen ohjelmia ja linjauksia. Hallitus sopi maahanmuuttopoliittisen ohjelman tekemisestä vuosia 2018–2021 koskevan julkisen talouden neuvotteluissa. Ohjelman tavoitteena on tuoda näkyväksi ja edistää hallituksen maahanmuuttopoliittista linjaa, joka tukee työllisyyttä ja julkista taloutta vahvistavaa, huoltosuhdetta kohentavaa sekä talouden kansainvälistymistä edistävää maahanmuuttoa. Ohjelma määrittää Suomen maahanmuuttopoliittisia linjauksia, jotka edistävät erityisesti työperusteista maahanmuuttoa, sekä sitä tukevaa kotoutumista ja hyviä väestösuhteita eri väestöryhmien välillä. Suomi tarvitsee maahanmuuttajia vastaamaan eri aloilla olevaan työvoimapulaan, kohentamaan väestön…
Globe Art Point Helsinki is an independent information centre for artists and cultural workers run by the nonprofit artists’ association Globe Art Point ry. We are looking for an intern to help with the daily activity at the office: Communications (mail, social media) Office general work (such as create and follow forms, databases, surveys, search on the internet for reports and information) Give information to the people coming to the facilities Working hours: Tue-Fri 10-15 The internship will be done in agreement with the…
On Thursday 30.11.2017 Globe Art Point held the seminar “How to make Helsinki together an inclusive and international art & culture city?” in cooperation with the city of Helsinki at Viirus Theatre to open up a dialogue about the present and future of Helsinki as an international art and culture city. Here you can read a resume of the seminar with the insights of its participants: Read it in English HOW TO MAKE HELSINKI TOGETHER AN INCLUSIVE AND INTERNATIONAL ART &…
Details of legal-advice services for members of Finland’s artist associations can be found on the Web page ‘How to live on visual arts’. The legal counsel of the Artists’ Association of Finland provides counselling on legal issues related to artists’ work for all artists who belong to one of the member associations. This service is available to all those visual artists who belong to one of the associations that are part of the Artists’ Association of Finland umbrella organisation (the…
GENERAL INFORMATION ON GRANTS An artist can be awarded grants for various purposes. He or she might be awarded, for example, a working grant for covering the cost of living or a travel grant for working abroad. Grants are awarded by many, quite different organisations, both public bodies and private foundations. For example, for taxation purposes, the nature of the grant-awarding body is significant. Receiving a grant brings about many responsibilities, such as the obligation to obtain special pension-insurance…
THE EFFECT OF GRANTS ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS Receiving a grant and the end of a grant period may have an effect on an artist’s unemployment benefits. Beginning unemployment after a grant period Working under a grant intended to cover costs of living and awarded for a period of more than four months is one form of work in one’s own artistic operations that is comparable to entrepreneurship, and the artist may be eligible for unemployment benefits after such work…
THE SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS’ PENSION (YEL) An artist can take out pension insurance in accordance with the Self-employed Persons’ Pension Act if he or she carries out artistic work with an intent to profit. Contributing to a self-employed person’s pension does not require the artist to establish a company or commence activities as a private trader. A person who pursues independent operations with intent to profit can be considered an entrepreneur for purposes of the Self-employed Persons’ Pension Act. An…
PENSION-INSURANCE PLANS FOR GRANTS (MYEL) Grant recipients take out their MYEL pension insurance from the Farmers’ Social Insurance Institution (Mela). The insurance obligation applies to all people of ages 18–67 who have received a grant awarded in Finland in 2009 or later, with the following conditions: The grant must have been intended for artistic or scientific work in Finland with a minimum duration of four months (i.e., a working grant), and The amount of the grant is at least…