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YOUTH INFORMATION AND COUNSELLING SERVICES IN OULU

Information is your right

A young person has the right to interesting and useful information. Youth information and counselling is a service, which helps, supports and deals out information on all upcoming questions a young person might have. The employees are experts in the field of information and in the support of young people in finding information. The work done at youth information and counselling aims at increasing young peoples knowledge about the society and the abilities for living as a full member of it.

Asking doesn’t cost a thing

Youth information and counselling services are offered free of charge and equally to all young people. The service is personal and confidential and it is always based on the needs and wishes of the customer. Young people are beginners as members of the society, and this will be taken in account in the way service and information is offered.

Finding clear-cut answers for the questions of young people is challenging, because they usually are not focused but rather drawn from the whole life situation. For a young person it might be hard to tell apart what is the exact information needed. This makes the support and counselling of qualified personnel especially necessary. 

Information enlightens

The youth information and counselling service Nappi in Oulu offers its services to young people aged 15-29, to their parents and people working among the youth. Young people can enter Nappi five days a week or request information from the employees by telephone or e-mail. Nappi serves yearly tens of thousands of customers.

When your own answers aren’t enough

The Youth Information and Counselling services in Oulu offer information about housing, studying, work life, sexuality, EU’s Youth Programmes, going abroad, hobbies, travelling, etc..

For information search, Nappi offers info folders, brochures, magazines and computers. In Nappi it is possible to use the internet and also wordprocessing- and picture editing programs. The clients can also use a scanner and a printer. NettiNappi is a resourceful website of Nappi which contains collected information considered interesting to the young people. The immigrant section of the website presents useful tips for immigrant youth in four different languages. Also worthy of notice is the youth information library, which offers material concerning different aspects on the life of young people.

Development of the youth information and counselling services

For ten years Youth Information and Counselling services have been a part of the Youth Affairs Centre of the city of Oulu. The city of Oulu, the State Provincial Office of Oulu and the European Social Fund were funding the Neppi-project, a program aimed at developing the services of Nappi during the years 2001-2004. This program, as a part of Objective 2 programme, enabled the renewal of the webservice of Nappi and the opening of two new Nappi-centres. Information work is a constantly changing field and the services need to be developed continuously. Accordingly, active reactions to the changes in the society are required from the employees of Nappi-service.

European co-operation

The Youth Information and Counselling services in Oulu belong ERYICA, which is the umbrella organisation of youth information work, and they are also a part of the European Eurodesk-network. With the help of these connections Nappi can offer current information from all parts of Europe.

ERYICA (European Youth Information and Counselling Agency) is the umbrella organisation of European youth information work and has the aim of creating opportunities for co-operation between different European countries. ERYICA has members from over 30 European countries and includes over 7000 centres following the principles of youth information work recognised throughout Europe. The Finnish youth information centres are represented in ERYICA by Finnish Youth Co-operation Allianssi.

EURODESK is a network, which produces and transmits information about the education and EU’s Youth Programmes and about the possibilities of internationalisation for young people and persons working among the youth. EURODESK-centres operate in 27 European countries.

Youth Information and Counselling Centre Nappi
tel. (08) 558 48225
fax. (08) 558 48282
nappi@ouka.fi 
www.nettinappi.fi and www.nettinappi.fi/immigrant 

Open
mon-fri 11 a.m.-16 p.m.

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