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    Asiakasnäkymä
    Pääkaupunkiseudun työllisyyspalvelut
    Updated 16.07.2025

    Entrepreneurship training as labour market training

    Training preparing people for entrepreneurship and developing their entrepreneurship skills for unemployed persons interested in the topic. During the training, the participants will broaden their entrepreneurship skills and refine business ideas.
    Service implementation:
    Hybrid service (combination of remote and contact)
    Life situation and service category:
    Interested in entrepreneurship,
    Coaching and entrepreneurship training
    Service language:
    Finnish
    (b1.1 functional basic proficiency)
    Charges:
    The service is free of charge

    Service accessibility

    The online service is accessible

    Who is the service for?

    Unemployed persons, persons at risk of becoming unemployed, persons laid off, persons changing careers and other jobseekers interested in entrepreneurship (including ones currently employed). Persons who have recently become entrepreneurs. 

    Participant’s municipality of residence:
    Helsinki,
    Espoo,
    Kauniainen,
    Vantaa
    Age:
    All people of working age

    How can I participate in the service?

    You can read more about the labour market training available on the Job Market Finland website.

    To apply to a training programme, you need to fill in the online application form to which you can find a link in the training programme’s details, for instance. If necessary, you can also request a paper form (keha20e1) from the employment authority, which you can then fill in and submit to the employment authority. You can also print out the form on the suomi.fi website (in Finnish).

    Fill in the form carefully and provide arguments for why you should be chosen for the training.

    A specialist from the employment authority will review the training applications together with the training provider. Suitable applicants will then be invited for a selection interview. An assessment period or aptitude test may be used to aid the selection. 

    You will receive a letter about the decision to your home address by post. 

    Labour market training does not take away your chance to receive the unemployment benefit. 

    For the days on which you participate in training, you may receive compensation for expenses from the payer of your unemployment benefit or discretionary expense allowance from the employment authority. 

    Conditions for participating in the service:

    See the conditions in the training descriptions.

    How is the service organised?

    Some training programmes are implemented as online training.