Welcome to a Hearing on Digital Integration in the Nordic Region

The Nordic network for Lifelong Learning is hosting a stakeholder-meeting om on digital inclusion and integration.

NLL’s 2025–2027 Focus: Digital Inclusion

In the coming years, NLL will prioritize supporting organizations that promote digital inclusion, especially among immigrants. This includes raising awareness among support staff and frontline workers about digital barriers, gathering actionable knowledge, identifying structural gaps, and highlighting promising practices that can be scaled across the region.

This hearing is a direct continuation of the discussions initiated at the NLL stakeholder meeting in Aarhus (May 2025). In Helsinki, we will build on these insights by focusing on key challenges—and together, we will select one strategic area to guide the NLL’s collaborative work through 2027.

We welcome a broad range of stakeholders to contribute their perspectives and expertise, including:

  • Experts in lifelong learning, education policy, workforce development, integration, and digital skills
  • Representatives from public agencies, research institutions, educational organizations, and civil society
  • Nordic networks and initiatives working with integration
  • Practitioners and social partners engaged in digital skills training and inclusion

This hearing provides a platform to:

  • Exchange knowledge and good practices with peers across the Nordic region
  • Define concrete work areas for 2025–2027 to enhance digital integration
  • Explore cross-sectoral solutions to current challenges and learning needs
  • Strengthen regional collaboration and expand your professional network
  • Wednesday, October 22, 09:00–15:30
  • Lapinlahden Lähde / Omenapuutalo, Helsinki, Finland
  • NLL covers travel and accommodation for invited participants. Pre-approval by the NLL coordinator is required for reimbursements.

Programme and Presentations

From / To Description
09:00 – 09:45

Welcome & Opening remarks by NLL leadership and Nordic experts

NLL's work on Digital Integration
Af Antra Carlsen, Head coordinator, Nordic Network for Lifelong Learning
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Integration Norden - project
Af Kaisa Kepsu, Senior Adviser Nordic Welfare Centre (NVC)
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Today’s objectives:

    1. Qualify and prioritise identified barriers and challenges to point out key focus areas for NLL’s work towards 2027
    2. Present practical examples and learning initiatives that address these barriers
    3. Discuss structural barriers and best practices within digital integration – what are the solutions and how do we create the relevant links?
09:45 – 11:15

Best Practice Examples from Across the Nordic Region

Three in-depth examples tackling different structural barriers to digital inclusion for immigrant communities:

  1. [Sweden, Nordregio]
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  2. [Redi School of Digital Integration]
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  3. [Finland, MoniHeli]
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Format:

  • 20 minutes per presentation
  • 10 minutes Q&A after each presentation
  • Moderator-led synthesis of cross-cutting themes
11:15 – 11:30

Coffee & Networking Break
11:30 – 12:30

Interactive Workshop – Part 1

Goal: Qualify and prioritise the identified barriers and challenges to point out key focus areas for NLL’s work on digital inclusion towards 2027.

  • Small group discussions drawing on the morning case studies and the list of proposed topics from the Aarhus meeting
  • Explore which barriers have the greatest impact and where action is most urgent
  • Begin defining potential strategic priorities for NLL
12:30 – 13:15

Networking Lunch
13:15 – 14:30

Interactive Workshop – Part 2

Goal: Propose how NLL should work with the digital inclusion of immigrant groups, focusing on:

  • Supporting and further developing initiatives that are already working
  • Identifying and disseminating success criteria – what works for which immigrant group
  • Providing recommendations for enhancing digital inclusion

Activities:

  • Refining and ranking the focus areas developed in Part 1
  • Mapping possible actions, partners, and resources
  • Identifying other examples and ongoing initiatives to integrate into NLL’s work
14:30 – 15:00

Closing Reflections & Next Steps

  • Getting concrete: What?, How?, Who?, When? Invitations to participate in different ways. A grid of possible roles/engagement opportunities presented.
  • Data collection in Mentimeter.
  • Next steps for integrating results into the NLL 2025–2027 digital integration strategy