A Flying Finn : Finnish Civil Society Actors in the Global Sphere
Tampere Peace Research Institute
2013
Yhteiskunta- ja kulttuuritieteiden yksikkö - School of Social Sciences and Humanities
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In "A Flying Finn...”, those Finnish civil society and other actors who, in the first decade of a new millennium, have participated in the dialogue between cultures share with us how they have lived the international and global dimension of their activities. They no longer consider themselves actors between Finland and the outside world, but see themselves as performing globally without being restricted to any particular national agendas.
In our global age, the equation between local, national and international is much more hybrid than it was a decade ago. The importance of all kinds of networking for Finnish civil society actors is confirmation of this. International cooperation has become a goal on its own. It concerns both individuals and organisations. This can especially be seen in the case of the authors of these articles; they are members of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Finnish Network.
Today, the content of the activities is the main issue, not their geographic dimensions. The Finnish civil society organizations need international and global performances in order to be able to practice their programmes inside Finland. Thus one must act globally in order to be able to do it locally as well. This is also valid for individual people. If you want to accelerate your career in Finland, you had better have some solid international experience in order to succeed inside the country.
It seems that we have finally managed to locate Finland and ourselves within the global sphere. In other words, we have reached the stage of globalisation in our everyday lives. All of our “Flying Finns” are narrating this story from different angles and perspectives.
Outi Tomperi is coordinating the Finnish Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation.
Petter Nissinen studies international relations at the University of Tampere and works as an intern at TAPRI.
Tuomo Melasuo is a Professor and Research Director of TAPRI.
In our global age, the equation between local, national and international is much more hybrid than it was a decade ago. The importance of all kinds of networking for Finnish civil society actors is confirmation of this. International cooperation has become a goal on its own. It concerns both individuals and organisations. This can especially be seen in the case of the authors of these articles; they are members of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Finnish Network.
Today, the content of the activities is the main issue, not their geographic dimensions. The Finnish civil society organizations need international and global performances in order to be able to practice their programmes inside Finland. Thus one must act globally in order to be able to do it locally as well. This is also valid for individual people. If you want to accelerate your career in Finland, you had better have some solid international experience in order to succeed inside the country.
It seems that we have finally managed to locate Finland and ourselves within the global sphere. In other words, we have reached the stage of globalisation in our everyday lives. All of our “Flying Finns” are narrating this story from different angles and perspectives.
Outi Tomperi is coordinating the Finnish Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation.
Petter Nissinen studies international relations at the University of Tampere and works as an intern at TAPRI.
Tuomo Melasuo is a Professor and Research Director of TAPRI.