Omnia is a strongly international operator. Contacts and partnerships, projects, student and staff exchanges are part of our international everyday life and know-how. They also challenge us to continue to evolve in order to become more and more active as part of the international community for vocational education and training. Education export through Omnia Education Partnerships Oy (oep.fi) plays also a significant role among our international activities.
Member of UNEVOC network and UNEVOC Centre 2024–2027
Omnia has been appointed as a UNEVOC Centre for UNESCO for the period 2024–2027.
As part of the UNEVOC network, Omnia’s mission is, among other things, to create international cooperation and partnerships, increase the competence capital of vocational education and training actors, and share new and innovative vocational education and training practices.
Omnia has been a part of the network since 2013.
In 2019, Omnia actively participated in two of the network’s projects:
Skills for Innovation Hubs (unevoc.unesco.org) and BILT Bridging Innovation in Learning and Teaching (unevoc.unesco.org).
Member of Xarxa network management team
Omnia represents the City of Espoo in the European Xarxa FP (xarxafp.org) network and its management team. The network’s mission is to improve the quality of vocational education and training in Europe by developing joint mobility strategies and projects between member cities as well as on-the-job learning.
The European Network for Vocational Education and Training
EfVET – the European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education (efvet.org) is a network formed by European actors, whose goal is to promote vocational education through active cooperation among network members and to influence decision-making related to vocational education at both the European and national levels. Omnia has been a member of the EfVET network since 2022.
Mobility our everyday life
Omnia has long traditions in organizing student and staff mobilities. Since 2015, Omnia has had an accredited Erasmus+ KA1 mobility project for VET students and staff. The Erasmus+ KA1 staff mobility project in adult education received accreditation in year 2021. Approximately 130 students and 30 experts take part in the Erasmus KA1 project for vocational education and training yearly. In Adult education units’ KA1 mobility project about 30 staff members participate each year.
Over the years Omnia has created an extensive network of partners around the world. Most of the mobilities are organized within Europe and in Japan. The network includes a wide range of actors from vocational institutions to higher education institutions, companies and chambers from different fields. Mobility is carried out on a mutual basis. Every year Omnia coordinates practical training periods of approximately 100 Erasmus-students in companies in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.