Arkki’s Mission is to empower children and youth with the most essential skills for becoming innovative influencers of the future
Arkki´s creative programs support children in developing the essential skills, competencies and qualities necessary for today’s society. Arkki program represents Finland’s core values: education, equality, participation, creativity and innovation.” Pihla Meskanen CEO Arkki International
Education will no longer be about WHAT you know at a certain moment, it will be about HOW you can learn and adapt. It is no longer enough to learn facts, but we need to learn what to do with the facts – how to combine complex information, and how to use it creatively to solve the complex problems of our society.
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Finnish education approach
“Arkki has done outstanding work in giving architectural education and promoting interest in architecture for almost 25 years”. Sanni Grahn-Laasonen Minister of Education and Culture, Finland (2015-2019)
Arkki programs are developed in Arkki Finland since 1993 Arkki Curriculum was approved by the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2008 and follows the national curriculum called “National Core Curriculum for the Advanced Syllabus for basic Education in Architecture”
Arkki International develops and licenses Arkki programs worldwide, and is an official member of Education Finland program.is typically defined as the ability to come up with new and useful ideas. This applies to all fields of life.
Literacy and numeracy are the basis of our society and for creating new meaningful knowledge, but globally we have reached the point where we need to rapidly change the education goals. The Finnish learning aims on teaching children skills, instead of concentrating on memorizing the ever-growing amount of facts.
International impact and recognition
Arkki programs have impacted tens of thousands of children who have participated in programs, courses, workshops or projects. Children are capable of anything and we want to give them opportunities to succeed and reach their fullest potential!
Arkki is present in 7 countries and actively collaborates in Finland and Internationally with local governments, companies, and organizations such as UNICEF to make children’s voices better heard all over the world.
Arkki has been recognized internationally multiple times. Recently Arkki has been selected as a finalist for the WISE 2020 Awards for its impactful and innovative approach to education, it has won UNICEF CFCI2019 Inspire Award in the category “Meaningful Child Participation” and has made it to the prestigious HundrED 2020 Global Collection as one of the leading and most inspiring innovations in education that are changing the face of K12 education today.
“With this program, UNICEF is proud to demonstrate the importance of children’s participation and their ability to inform us, adults, what a smart and child-friendly city could look like when children are encouraged to express themselves. ”
Ms. Marianne Oehlers, Chief of Programme Partnerships Office UNICEF Viet Nam about Arkki’s “Children Innovate” project who won UNICEF CFCI Inspire Award.
