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Description

You can seek financial support from us if you require a tool or device to help you cope in your day-to-day life. You can receive support for equipment such as communication equipment, household appliances, safety equipment or recreational equipment. The support can also be granted for having special clothes made or for covering the costs of clothing alterations. You may also be granted financial support for purchasing a car or another mode of transport. When deciding the amount of financial support to be provided, the principle is to determine what type of car and level of equipment is necessary on account of your impairment. If you apply for financial support for purchasing a car or additional equipment, you must justify your need for such equipment from the perspective of your job, studies or transporting a child with disabilities, for instance. In order to receive support, you must be able to prove that: - you require the tool or device in question because of a disability or illness - you are unable to obtain the tool or device from healthcare services as an assistive device - the tool or device supports your independent coping in day-to-day life. We do not cover the costs of normal tools or technical solutions used in most households. As a general rule, the compensation covers no more than half of the reasonable purchase costs. If necessary modifications are made to a standard tool or device, we compensate for the costs incurred for such modifications in full. In some cases, we may lend you the tools or devices you need, free of charge. In such cases, you must return the equipment once you no longer need it. Apply for financial support by filling in the disability service application form and sending it to the service point of the disability services unit in your residential area. You must attach a doctor’s medical opinion and a statement by a rehabilitation instructor or occupational therapist to your application. In some cases, we also require you to provide an estimate of the equipment’s repair costs. Financial support is means-tested and depends on the appropriations available.

Description

Driving legislation for truck and bus drivers requires professional competence for drivers operating in professional transport. Professional competence is obtained by completing either the basic qualification training or the basic qualification test. Further information is available on Traficom’s website in finnish and swedish.

How to use it

Further information is available on Traficom’s website in finnish and swedish.

Description

Do your relationships feel distant and superficial? Is it difficult for you to talk about yourself with others? Do you find social situations awkward? Do you feel like you are alone even though there are other people around you? Are you longing for relationships in your life? These kinds of thoughts can be a sign of experiencing loneliness. It manifests itself in a wide variety of ways in different life situations. Depending on who is looking, there are many different interpretations and perspectives for thoughts, feelings and practices regarding loneliness. You can process your loneliness with the help of HelsinkiMissio’s loneliness programme. The work is suitable for anyone over the age of 18 who experiences loneliness and is curious about exploring thoughts related to loneliness and their connection to emotions and behaviour. The goal is to alleviate and help you understand your own experience. The work includes five counselling appointments with a professional as well as independent workbook exercises between the appointments. The work is free of charge for the participant.

How to use it

Book a phone appointment for counselling from the calendar on the website and we will call you.

Description

The qualification requirements in the field of refrigeration concern refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment, vehicle air-conditioning equipment, refrigeration units of refrigerated trucks and trailers, fire extinguishing equipment and electrical switchgear. The qualification requirements must also be complied with when recovering substances from waste electrical and electronic equipment or from equipment containing solvents based on fluorinated greenhouse gases. Appointed responsible persons and fitters must apply for a certificate of qualification.

How to use it

The application for a certificate of qualification of an appointed responsible person and/or fitter in the field of refrigeration is submitted through the Regional administration e-services under ‘Tukes services’. A copy of the diploma or qualification test certificate is attached to the application. When applying for a qualification to be an appointed responsible person, the applicant must also include a specification of previous work experience (an appointed responsible person in the field of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment) or proof of a degree required from an appointed responsible person (an appointed responsible person in the field of vehicle air-conditioning equipment). If the appointed responsible person works as a fitter, they must also fulfil the qualification requirements of a fitter. Tukes will send the certificate of qualification to the applicant and register the qualification in the Tukes register for persons and companies authorised to do refrigeration work. The register is available on the Tukes website for checking qualifications.

Conditions

The certificate of qualification in the field of refrigeration cannot be granted if the applicant has no required diploma or qualification test certificate. A qualification in the field of refrigeration granted in another EEA state is valid in Finland if the qualification has been granted in accordance with the EU regulation on F gases. There is no need to reapply for a qualification from Tukes or to register the qualification in Tukes’ register for persons and companies authorised to do refrigeration work.

Fee details

For more information, please visit the Tukes website.

Description

Professional qualifications granted by STUK In operations that require a safety licence, the operator must appoint a person responsible for radiation safety (STV) to assist the operator in the implementation of radiation protection. The person responsible for radiation safety, or a radiation safety officer, ensures that radiation protection is arranged and that the radiation practices adhere to regulations. In activities requiring a safety licence, the operator must also use a radiation safety specialist (STA) to plan, implement and monitor the radiation protection of workers and the population. An STA is not required for radiation activities that do not result in occupational or potential exposure, or expose the population to radiation. Healthcare and veterinary medicine Hospital physicists may work as radiation safety specialists without separate approval in the competence area Radiation in healthcare and veterinary medicine. Industry, research and the use of nuclear energy You can apply for a qualifications certificate in industrial and research radiation activities or the use of nuclear energy from the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK).

How to use it

Conditions

Prerequisites for establishing STA eligibility are a suitable master’s degree, specialised radiation protection training and sufficient professional experience in a field suitable for the task.

Fee details

The decision and the certificate issued on the basis of it are subject to a fee. The outcome does not change the fee charged for the performance under public law. The fee is determined by the Decree of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (1259/2018).

Description

Professional support worker services assist children and young people who are clients under the Social Services Act or in child protection open or aftercare services. We offer professional support in areas such as helping with extracurricular activities or mobility and errands outside the home. The support worker facilitates daily life by taking the child or young person to activities, supporting homework and schoolwork, or assisting with the transition to independent living.

How to use it

The client applies for the service from their own welfare area. After the service is approved, the client's social worker will contact the service provider to arrange an initial meeting.

Description

Känner du dig utanför? Upplever du att dina relationer är ytliga och avlägsna? Har du svårt att prata om personliga ärenden med andra? Känner du dig obekväm i sociala situationer? Känner du dig ensam trots att du har människor omkring dig? Saknar du meningsfulla relationer i ditt liv? Om du svarade ja på någon av frågorna ovan kan vara det vara tecken på ensamhet, vilket kan förekomma på varierande sätt i olika livsskeden. Genom ensamhetsprogram får du de rätta verktygen för att hantera upplevelser av ensamhet. Träffarna lämpar sig för dom som känner sig ensamma och som är intresserade av att utforska ensamhet samt dess påverkan på känslor och beteendemönster. Målet med träffarna är att förstå och lindra den egna upplevelsen av ensamhet. Programmet omfattar fem samtalsträffar med en yrkeshjälpare och självständigt arbete med en självhjälpsguide mellan träffarna.

How to use it

Boka en telefontid till samtalshjälpen i webbkalendern nedan. Välj samtalstid till ensamhetsprogrammet och därefter den tidpunkt som passar dig och fyll i dina kontaktuppgifter. När bokningen har lyckats får du ett bekräftelsemeddelande

Description

You can ask the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) not to register you as a person responsible for a company or an organisation at the Finnish Trade Register, Finnish Register of Associations, or Finnish Register of Foundations without your consent. A board member can, for example, be the responsible person. If you have filed a prohibition of registration when you are notified as a person responsible for a company or an organisation, we will contact the person who has filed the notification to arrange for a consent. Use our online form to give your consent. The prohibition is valid until further notice. Please note that a prohibition of registration will not remove any of your previously registered role details from the Finnish Trade Register, the Finnish Register of Associations and the Finnish Register of Foundations. Check in the service at Registers at Suomi.fi whether you are registered in a specific role in a company at the Finnish Trade Register.

How to use it

Go to our online form. Change the language of the form at the top of the page. Log in, fill in and send the form. In exceptional cases (for instance when filing a prohibition for a minor) you can use a paper form. See our instructions at prh.fi.

Conditions

We cannot register prohibitions that are filed by email. In order to file a prohibition of registration, you must have a Finnish personal identity code. To use the online form you must also have one of the following: * personal internet banking codes * a mobile certificate * an electronic identity card (HST card).

Description

The EU’s Home Affairs Funds are the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF), which is divided into the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa, and the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime and crisis management. In 2014–2020, the purpose of these funds is to develop the area of freedom, security and justice without borders in the EU. It is estimated that Finland will receive approximately EUR 150 million of funding during the programming period of these funds. Each fund has a national programme and a detailed national implementation plan that last the entire programming period. Funding is granted to projects or activities that enforce the objectives set out in the fund’s national programme and the national implementation plan. The programmes define the objectives by means of specific objectives and national targets. The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund finances operations related to the development of asylum procedures and support of reception, promotion of legal immigration and integration, and return. The Internal Security Fund finances operations related to the development of external border control and visa policy as well as measures promoting the development of police cooperation, crime prevention and crisis management. As a general rule, financing of up to 75% of the eligible costs of a project or operation can be granted from the Home Affairs Funds. The Home Affairs Funds’ support can be either project support or operating aid. Only operational support, relocation aid and transfer aid are granted under operating aid. Funding is granted for a maximum of three years at a time.

How to use it

The call for applications and application advice will be announced on the website of the funds www.eusa-rahastot.fi. The Ministry of the Interior is in charge of the application process and organises advisory events usually twice a year. You can find application instructions, national programmes and implementation plans for the funds from their website. The programmes and application instructions specify the actions for which funding can be applied and other conditions that the application must meet. In the advisory events, applicants are given advice on which operations can be financed, the eligible costs and how to draw up the application. The application period usually lasts approximately four weeks. You can apply for support through the EUSA funding system. Submit your application online in the EUSA system by the deadline stated in the call for applications.

Conditions

The applicant can be a legal person governed by public or private law. Private individuals cannot apply for funding. Authorities, municipalities, organisations, educational institutions and companies can apply for funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. All public or private communities with legal capacity can apply for funding from the Internal Security Fund. In practice, most of the measures in the Fund’s national programme are such that only competent authorities, such as the Finnish Border Guard, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs or its delegations, the police, Customs, the Finnish Immigration Service and the rescue services, can receive support. In accordance with the national programme, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Finnish Border Guard and the police can apply for operational support. The Act on the Internal Market Funds lays down general selection criteria for the projects or operations to be financed. The selection criteria are described in more detail in the Fund’s implementation plan.

Description

A project permit must be applied for the construction of a high-voltage power cord from the Energy Authority. The project permit is required for cords, interconnectors and connecting wires in the mains or high-voltage distribution network with a rated voltage of 110 kV or more. However, a project permit is not needed for building an internal power cord for a property or a corresponding property group. A project permit must be applied to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment for power cords with a nominal voltage of at least 110 kV that cross the national border.

How to use it

Submit the signed project permit application to the Energy Authority primarily by e-mail to the Registry of the Energy Authority. You can also deliver the form by mail or through the Permits and Supervision Service. The application for a project permit shall state: 1. information on the developer; 2. the main technical data and the management master plan map; 3. cost estimate and construction schedule; 4. a report on the need for management to secure the transmission of electricity; 5. a report on the environmental impact of management and its suitability for land use in the area; 6. a statement from the system operator to whose power supply the high voltage line is intended to be connected; 7. opinion of the distribution system operator of the area of responsibility; 8. other information necessary for the processing of the permit. The Energy Authority must be contacted in case of a need for a permit for the refurbishment of high-voltage power cords. Submit the request for a statement to the Energy Authority primarily by e-mail.

Conditions

A prerequisite for granting a project permit for a power cord is that the construction of a power cord is necessary to secure the transfer of electricity. A project permit may be granted under certain conditions without a means-test in the case of a connecting line or a high-voltage power supply line of the distribution system operator.

Description

With this service, you create a promissory note, also known as a loan agreement, online with step-by-step guidance. A promissory note records the terms of a loan in writing, which makes the situation clear and serves as proof of the debt. The guided online service asks for details of the borrower and the lender, the loan amount and the terms: interest or an interest-free loan, the repayment schedule and payment plan, due dates, and any security or guarantee. The service is suitable for loans between private individuals, such as loans within the family and loans to a child or from parents. The service creates the promissory note based on the information you provide, replacing the need to fill in a blank template. You can review the document in a free preview before payment and download it as a PDF after payment. It comes with instructions for signing and storing the promissory note. The service is in Finnish.

How to use it

1. Agree on the amount of the debt and the repayment terms. 2. Have the necessary details of the lender and the borrower ready. 3. Decide whether to agree on interest, instalments, a due date or other terms for the debt. 4. Start the online service and answer the questions about the promissory note step by step. 5. Review the free preview of the document. 6. Pay for the service and download the finished promissory note as a PDF. 7. Sign the document and store it as agreed.

Conditions

The service is intended for creating an ordinary promissory note where the lender, the borrower, the amount of the debt and the repayment terms are known. If interest or late-payment interest is agreed for the debt, the terms must comply with applicable legislation. Interest and late-payment interest on monetary debts are governed by the Interest Act. If the debt involves collateral, guarantees, business financing, international arrangements or other special circumstances, personal legal or tax advice may be needed.

Fee details

The service is subject to a charge. The document preview is free, and payment is only charged when the customer wants to download the finished document as a PDF. The current price is shown on Sitova.fi.

Description

With this service, you create a property division agreement online for dividing assets in a divorce. In a property division, the spouses' assets are divided after the divorce, and the agreement records the division in writing. The guided online service asks for the spouses' details, the assets and debts to be divided, whether an equalisation payment will be made, and how the home, vehicles and other property will be divided. The service can also be used for a property division when the spouses have a prenuptial agreement, and for a separation of property. The service creates the property division agreement based on the information you provide. You can review the document in a free preview before payment and download it as a PDF after payment. It comes with instructions for signing in the presence of two impartial witnesses and for registering the agreement with the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV). The service is in Finnish.

How to use it

1. Have the necessary details of the spouses, their assets, debts and the value of the assets ready. 2. Start the online service and answer the questions about the property division step by step. 3. Review the free preview of the document. 4. Pay for the service and download the finished property division agreement as a PDF. 5. Follow the instructions included with the document on signing and on the practical steps after the division.

Conditions

The service is intended for a property division by agreement in connection with a divorce, where the spouses agree on the content of the division and the property is subject to marital rights. The division can be made when divorce proceedings are pending or after the marriage has already ended. The service is not suitable for situations where marital rights have been partly limited, only a partial division is made, adjustment of the division is needed, the equalisation payment is waived, or the division is disputed. If marital rights have been fully excluded, the matter is a separation of property rather than a property division.

Fee details

The service is subject to a charge. The document preview is free, and payment is only charged when the customer wants to download the finished document as a PDF. The current price is shown on Sitova.fi.

Description

The land owner can propose an area, either the whole property or a parcel thereof, for protection as part of the METSO Programme or to promote voluntary mire conservation. Alternatively, the establishment of a nature reserve can begin on the initiative of the Economic Development Centre for the implementation of a nature conservation programme or land use plan. If the area meets the protection criteria and the parties reach an agreement on compensation for a private protected area or on a possible property sale to the state, the area, either the whole property or a parcel thereof, will be established as a nature reserve. The final result is the decision establishing a nature reserve.

How to use it

Fill in the application primarily elektonically. Log in to the service using your personal bank identification, mobile certificate, or certificate card. If it is not possible to use the e-service, you can use a printable form. Submit the form to the Economic Development Centre by post, e-mail, or in person. The form can also be submitted as an attachment to the general service form. Detailed information and instructions can be found in the Metsonpolku online service. The average processing time for applications is 6 to 12 months.

Conditions

To use the service, the site’s cadastral identifier is required. Further information on the suitability of an area for temporary protection is available from the Metsonpolku online service and the website of the Ministry of the Environment.

Description

Companies and organisations can pay real estate taxes, prepayments and back taxes with a web invoice. The web invoice is sent approximately three weeks before the due date.

How to use it

In the Taxpayer details section in MyTax, you can check your current web invoice address and, if necessary, provide a new address. The Finnish Tax Administration receives the web invoice addresses from the web invoice address book provided by TIEKE Finnish Information Society Development Centre. If a company has more than one web invoice address in the TIEKE address book, the Finnish Tax Administration will only retrieve the address from there if one of several addresses is marked as primary. If the primary address is not marked, the Tax Administration cannot send a web invoice. In this case, the web invoice address must be entered in MyTax.

Description

At the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic for the Defence Forces we perform psychiatric assessments of the conscripts serving in the Guard Jaeger Regiment, Karelia Brigade, Armoured Brigade, Reserve Officer School, Utti Jaeger Regiment, Coastal Brigade, and Nyland Brigade, officers and reservists undergoing refresher training, and cadets studying at the National Defence University.

Description

Psychiatric care for young children is intended for children aged under 6.

Description

The rehabilitation homes prepare their residents to cope with the symptoms of their illness, to care for their health, and to cope with everyday life and social interaction. The rehabilitation is based on a treatment and rehabilitation plan compiled in cooperation, as well as the weekly programme and various groups. Personnel is available on weekdays normally from 8 am till 5 pm. There is also a physician's, social worker's and occupational therapist's services available.

Conditions

Age: 18 or more The service is intended for residents of Helsinki. Customers need a referral for the housing rehabilitation. The personnel will interview the potential residents, and the SAS working group will select the residents. The service is subject to a fee.

Description

We will prepare the treatment programme with you and your nearest friends and family. Our treatment programmes are based on scientific research data. We offer psychiatric outpatient care at the psychiatric outpatient clinics in Kalasatama, Laakso, Malmi and Vuosaari. We also provide care at the outpatient care units located in the Aurora Hospital area. For example, the Day Unit for Affective Disorder Services provides clients with additional support on weekdays in cases where the care provided by the psychiatric outpatient clinics is not enough on its own. The Aurora Hospital area hosts, for example, the Centre for Bipolar Disorder Research and Care, Psychophysical Physiotherapy Unit, Special Care Outpatient Clinic, Mobile Outpatient Unit, Intensive Outpatient Care Unit and psychiatric day wards. Our services require a doctor’s referral.