Digitalisation
We strengthen and develop
digitalisation within multicultural organisations.
DigiUp is a three-year (2021-2023) STEA-funded project by Moniheli.
Objectives
- Strengthening the digital literacy of multicultural organisations
- Multicultural organisations and immigrants are better taken into consideration when developing digital support
- Volunteers advance digital literacy and digital support of multicultural organisations
Contact information
Events
we strengthen the digital literacy of multicultural organisations
We develop digital support, training and materials according to the needs of multicultural organisations
Digital support for multicultural organisations
Opening hours
Tuesdays from 1pm to 4pm
Thursdays from 1pm to 4pm
Yuri Kitaba
050 551 1821
yuri.kitaba@moniheli.fi
Training and events
We organise and develop training and events to support digitalisation and digital literacy.
The content of these events is based on the needs of multicultural organisations and those developing digital support.
we make sure that multicultural organisations and immigrants are better taken into consideration when developing digital support
Keys to multicultural digital support
Training for institutions, actors and networks developing and training digital literacy.
Duration 45-60 minutes.
Objective: to better take into account the linguistic minorities and immigrants in digital support.
- Multilingual digital support service pathway
- Linguistic accessibility: Plain language
- Social accessibility: Attitudes and atmosphere
- Cultural accessibility: Diversity
MoniDigi-mapping
In MoniDigi-mapping , our aim is to explore
- the current situation of digital support provided by multicultural organisations and their digital literacy;
- multicultural organisations’ needs and areas of development regarding digital literacy in their organisational work.
We are conducting a survey as part of the MoniDigi-mapping. The survey is for multicultural organisations, whose target group is foreign-language speakers and immigrants living in Finland.
It focuses on four areas: digitalisation, digital literacy, communication, and digital support.
The survey will be available in Arabic, English, Farsi/Dari, Kurdish, Finnish, Somali, and Russian.
Cooperation and advocacy
DigiUp project Steering committee
Steering committee's term of office is 6.9.2021-31.12.2023
- Manages the implementation of the project's objectives in accordance with the plan.
- Supports exchange of expertise to promote project development.
- Helps the project achieve its objectives and guide the implementation of its content.
Steering committee members
- Heidi Alander, Vice Chair of the Board of Moniheli, Suomi uutena kotimaana ry
- Helina Heinsaar, projektikoordinaattori, Irakin Naisten Yhdistys ry
- Henna Kara, Specialist, Selkokeskus, Kehitysvammaliitto
- Maria Tiilikkala, NGO Coordinator, City of Espoo
- Marja Anttonen, Administration and project expert, Gannaane
- Mirva Gullman, Planning Officer, Digital and Population Data Services Agency
- Pauliina Sholongo, Moniheli's board member, Finland—Namibia-seura ry
- Piia Niilola, Project Manager, Project on digital participation for homeless people, Sininauhaliitto
Volunteering will begin in early 2022
During the second year of the project, we will build a process to recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers for digital support tasks in multicultural organisations. We will define the tasks based on the results of the mapping, the trainings and the digital support for organisations given during the first year.
The development work will take into account the digital and language skills of volunteers and the needs of the organisations.
