{"id":25590,"date":"2026-04-08T08:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/?post_type=uutinen&#038;p=25590"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:00:56","slug":"digital-skills-migrant-women-integration-nordic-baltic","status":"publish","type":"uutinen","link":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/uutinen\/digital-skills-migrant-women-integration-nordic-baltic\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Skills Supporting Migrant Women\u2019s Integration in the Nordic\u2013Baltic Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25590\" class=\"elementor elementor-25590\" data-elementor-post-type=\"uutinen\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-419b47f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"419b47f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba1bf45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba1bf45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The final seminar of the DigiUp Toolbox project, funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, was held on March 12 in Helsinki. It brought together trainers, researchers, and practitioners from across the Nordic and Baltic regions to reflect on what has been achieved and what still needs to change.<\/p><p>At its core, the DigiUp Toolbox project aims to strengthen the digital skills of migrant women and support trainers, educators, and community members in delivering inclusive digital skills training. By improving women\u2019s skills and confidence, the project enhances employment opportunities and social inclusion, contributing to a more sustainable and integrated Nordic region.<\/p><h3>Toolbox project work<\/h3><p>Since March 2025, the project has focused on co-creating a practical, multilingual toolbox for educators working with migrant women. The toolbox brings together tested training methods and approaches developed across Denmark, Estonia, Finland, and Norway.<\/p><p>The work has highlighted a key insight: digital skills are not only technical. They are deeply connected to confidence, trust, and understanding how systems work.<\/p><p>During the seminar, trainers shared that many participants already had basic digital knowledge but lacked the confidence to use it in real-life situations, such as job searching or navigating services. Training sessions, therefore, became safe learning environments rather than just skill-building spaces; they also fostered peer support, community, and motivation.<\/p><h3>Our work still continues<\/h3><p>The discussions made it clear that promoting digital inclusion requires moving beyond access alone.<\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Several challenges were identified:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Systems designed for \u201cideal users\u201d often exclude people who are unfamiliar with local bureaucracy or digital norms, highlighting the need to develop systems with users, not for them.<\/li><li>Short-term projects risk creating \u201cproject graveyards\u201d without long-term continuity.<\/li><li>Lack of trust, both in institutions and digital environments, affects engagement; creating low-threshold participation opportunities and safe environments is key.<\/li><li>Placing too much responsibility on individuals does not support people in learning or using digital tools.<\/li><\/ul><p>At the same time, the seminar pointed toward concrete directions for the future:<\/p><ul><li>Strengthening roles of intermediaries such as NGOs and peer trainers who help people navigate systems.<\/li><li>Recognising informal support networks (\u201cwarm experts\u201d) and building on them.<\/li><li>Focusing on confidence and relevance to learners, not only skills.<\/li><li>Designing services for real users, not assumed ones.<\/li><li>Supporting long-term participation, rather than short-term engagement.<\/li><\/ul><p>One recurring theme was trust. Access to services does not automatically lead to trust in them. Building trust requires continuous interaction, understanding, and support.<\/p><p>Another key message was the importance of individual starting points. Each learner\u2019s path is different, and effective support must reflect that.<\/p><h3>Toolbox as a starting point for promoting further digital inclusion and integration<\/h3><p>The DigiUp Toolbox is now available as an open resource for educators, trainers, and organisations working on digital inclusion.<\/p><p>It offers practical tools, training models, and approaches that can be adapted to different contexts and learner groups. The toolbox will continue to be developed beyond the project through the DigiUp programme at Moniheli.<\/p><p>If you have, or know of, materials that fit with the toolbox\u2019s themes, don\u2019t hesitate to share them with us. Only together can we ensure relevant and effective content for Nordic and Baltic stakeholders.<\/p><p><em>The text was written and translated with the help of ChatGPT and reviewed by experts.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae64710 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae64710\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42599ee elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"42599ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digiuptoolbox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DigiUp Toolbox<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b11107 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6b11107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eEa-_2KhuLg?si=a03SrGuSrOopVQJ1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Recording of the seminar<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efbd695 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"efbd695\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b81d381 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b81d381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>More information:<\/h3><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/tapahtuma\/digital-skills-migrant-women-integration-nordic-baltic\/\">Seminar's programme:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Link to the presentation slides<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1NcfzHyfVkhrDPuttxrnddwnml4o-f8zs\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trust-M Project<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ExamvSbBIG9Euhx4UvE00QDxDekqV8nz\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DigiUp Toolbox<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Contact information<\/h3><p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23257 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yuri-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Yuri Kitaba\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yuri-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yuri-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yuri-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yuri-1-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yuri-1-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yuri-1.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Yuri Kitaba<\/strong><\/p><p>Project Manager<\/p><p>+358 (0)50 <span data-teams=\"true\">375 1203<\/span><br \/>yuri.kitaba@moniheli.fi<\/p><p>Suomi, English, <br \/>\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e (japani)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pohjoismaiden ministerineuvoston rahoittaman DigiUp Toolbox -hankkeen p\u00e4\u00e4t\u00f6sseminaari kokosi yhteen kouluttajia, tutkijoita ja k\u00e4yt\u00e4nn\u00f6n toimijoita eri puolilta Pohjoismaita ja Baltiaa 12.3.2026 Helsingissa. Seminaarissa keskusteltiin hankkeen saavutuksista sek\u00e4 pohdittiin mahdollisia jatkokehitt\u00e4mistarpeita. DigiUp Toolbox -hankkeen keski\u00f6ss\u00e4 ovat maahan muuttaneiden naisten digitaidot sek\u00e4 kouluttajien, ohjaajien ja yhteis\u00f6toimijoiden tukeminen osallistavien digikoulutusten toteuttamisessa. Naisten taitojen ja itseluottamuksen vahvistaminen edist\u00e4\u00e4 heid\u00e4n ty\u00f6llistymismahdollisuuksiaan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":25631,"menu_order":152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,127,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25590","uutinen","type-uutinen","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artikkeli","category-digiup","category-uutiset"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/25590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uutinen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25590"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/25590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25637,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/25590\/revisions\/25637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}