A VentureVillage co-founder receives a memento from Kerala’s Minister for General Education at an event welcoming Finland’s Minister of Education.

Our work

Case studies

How we bring universities, schools, education authorities and research institutions together.

During the visit of Finland’s Minister of Education to Kerala

University partnerships

Working with universities and authorities

Finnish and Indian delegates at a round-table meeting.
A round-table meeting in Kerala

2023–2024 · Organised by VentureVillage

Finland and Kerala education collaboration

With: Department of General Education, Government of Kerala, SCERT Kerala

Finnish education experts and delegations have met Kerala’s Department of General Education and SCERT Kerala, the State Council of Educational Research and Training. VentureVillage connects the two sides and organises the meetings, including during the visit of Finland’s Minister of Education to Kerala.

A panel of Finnish and Indian educators in front of a screen reading The Finnish Collaborating Centre for Quality Education, with an audience of teachers.
Panel at the symposium at St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam
A VentureVillage co-founder speaking to an audience of teachers, with the other co-founder standing beside him.
VentureVillage’s co-founders at the symposium

Co-organised by VentureVillage

University of Helsinki (HY+) and the Finland education symposium at St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam

With: HY+, University of Helsinki Centre for Continuing Education, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam

VentureVillage works with HY+, the University of Helsinki Centre for Continuing Education. Together we brought a symposium on Finnish education to St. Teresa’s College in Ernakulam, Kerala.

A large student group in blue graduation gowns and caps in a hall, in front of two screens showing the program title and partner logos.
Graduation day

2025 · Co-organised by VentureVillage

University of Helsinki and Lifology: a certificate program for high school students

With: HY+, University of Helsinki Centre for Continuing Education, Lifology

High school students from India and other countries took part in a certificate program in Finland, delivered with HY+ and Lifology. Students worked on projects, pitched them to experts and graduated at the end of the program.

Outcome
A certificate for every participant, and a graduation ceremony in Helsinki.

Research

Research collaboration

Students in a classroom in India listen to a facilitator in front of a screen showing the Education for Ecological Transformation title slide.
An E4ET session in a school in India
Students in checked uniforms working on worksheets together at their desks.
Students working together in an E4ET session

Implemented by VentureVillage in India

E4ET: Education for Ecological Transformation

With: Max Planck Society, University of Innsbruck

E4ET is a research program on climate and sustainability education, funded by the Max Planck Society and the University of Innsbruck. VentureVillage implements the program in schools in India.

Outcome
The program has also run in schools in Spain and Austria.

School programs

Programs in schools

Four people standing in front of the entrance of Good Shepherd R/C Prep School in Ghana.
At Good Shepherd R/C Prep School, Ghana
Students in green uniforms watching a My Period My Pride session in a school hall.
A My Period My Pride session

2023 · Teachers trained and program delivered by VentureVillage

My Period My Pride at Good Shepherd School, Ghana

With: Good Shepherd R/C Preparatory School, Ghana

VentureVillage trained the teachers at Good Shepherd R/C Preparatory School in Ghana and delivered its My Period My Pride program there. Students took part in sessions on menstruation, menstrual hygiene and sustainable menstruation, with open, stigma-free conversations.

Finland and Kerala

Meeting education leaders

A Finnish delegation presents a book to Kerala’s Minister for General Education in his office.
Meeting Kerala’s Minister for General Education
A Finnish delegation with members of SCERT Kerala in a meeting hall.
A Finnish delegation at SCERT Kerala

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