Green Care in Finland Green Care Workshop Trondheim, Norway 26.6.2012 K t ii Katriina Soini, S i i PhD, Princiipal Research Scientist, Agrifood research centre Maa- ja elintarviketalouden tutkimuskeskus Jyväskylän yliopisto katriina.soini@mtt.fi
Outline Outline • How Green Care started to emerge in Finland? • How Green Care is understood in Finland ? • How to make Green Care as a success story?
Annan kaavio Annan kaavio Green Care as a part of rural entrepreneurship First private Green First private Green and form of social d f f i l Care farms and health care Foster homes Hippotherapy, garden Farm based tourism Farm based tourism therapy Institutionalisation Antrophosophic of Green Care communities Social and care farms Identification of the on the countryside need and emergence of supply of supply Summer guests on the farms E Early forms of l f f Green care
H How did Green Care start to emerge did G C t t t in Finland?
European R & D networks COST 866 Green care in Concept Farming for Health – g Agriculture of community of practice Green care SoFar – SoFar – project Restructuration of social Nature-based and health care system methods and municipalities and municipalities Demographical g p Existing rural g changes entreprises Longing for Customer – nature oriented services Natural, physical and , p y human resources Increase of social Finnish Society problems
Mailstones Mailstones • Participation in the international co-operation • First development and research projects 2005-2009 2009-2010 • First national seminars: identification of the main stakeholders • Establishment of Association for GC: Green Care Finland ry. • GC in Finnish Rural Policy Programme (2009-2013) 2010 • Launching new research and development projects 2010- • Establishment of National Committee for Green Care 2012
How Green Care is currently understood in Finland?
Green Care in Finland Green Care in Finland • As a social, health and educational service with nature-based added values . • As a broad framework for enhancing human g well being with help of nature
Green care as an added value service • Concious professional and responsible • Concious, professional and responsible use of nature in social and health care and educational services • provided by the public or private sector provided by the public or private sector • in rural and urban environment
Nature based Nature -based methods Environmental education education Eco- therapy py Social Social farming, Care farming g Therapeutic Gardening ”Social forestry” Animal Animal Assisted interventions Soini et al 2011 Soini et al. 2011, e.g. socio-pedagogical horse applied from Sempik Riding therapy activities et al .
Community Activities Nature Nature Soini et al. 2011
Further requirements Further requirements • Conscious use of nature in services • Target oriented services • Responsibility • In respect to customers, personnel, environment, animals, use of local food etc. i l f l l f d t • Professionality • Service provider need to have the skills and S i id d h h kill d education required for providing the service in question question
Sector Social Social , health sector, , , education, welll‐fare, employment, agriculture Target groups and forestry Mentally disorder, socially excluded, y unemployed , schoolchildren Nature –based Aim Aim interventions Healing, rehanilating, preventive, educating Organisation Public, private, social Public, private, social enterprise, association, Context corpoatiate Gardern, farm, enterprise forest wild nature forest, wild nature, social indoor Soini et al. 2011
G r e e n G r e e n c a r e s e r v i c e s c a r e s e r v i c e s Vihreä hoiva Vihreä voima (green (green care) empowerment and recreation) i ) - - empowering, preventing, - Healing and early interventions; earl inter entions rehabilitation environmental education, - goal-oriented - interaction and self-help interaction and self help interventions systematic interventions, systematic of the clients; use of various methods; professionality in the care professionality in the care and green sector and green sector sector -clients from private and -Clients and funding public sector pub c secto mainly from public sector mainly from public sector
Green care service models
Green care … Therapy and rehabilitation Therapy and rehabilitation • Rehabilitation based on diagnosis and carried out through personal plan p • Methods: animal assisted therapies or activities, therapeutic gardening, ti iti th ti d i .. socio-pedagigal horse activities etc. . . • Funding: Mainly public Socio-pedagogical horse activities at Toiska stable ti iti t T i k t bl ….
Green rehabilitation and recreation Daily activities • Day care and activities for target groups aiming for self- help of the clients and help of the clients and maintenance of well-being. • Can involve many methods and .. . their combinations • Funding: public sector (it is a duty for the municipalities to organise acitivities for some target groups)
Vihreä voima… Social work Social work • Supported work activities for unemployed and disable in unemployed and disable in institutions or entreprises • Aim: to maintain and develop the .. capabilities of the cliens . . • Funding: employment administration; entrepreneurs Work and rehabilitation at Hakamaa farm in Nastola Hakamaa farm in Nastola ….
Vihreä voima… Education Outward Bound Finland • Environmental, sustainability or outdoor education – or outdoor education – learning by doing • Nature and school camps, sustainability .. • • Funding: public sector Funding: public sector (municipalities), schools Maalle Oppimaan http://www agronet fi/leirikoulu/etusivu html Maalle Oppimaan, http://www.agronet.fi/leirikoulu/etusivu.html ….
Ongoing Research and Ongoing Research and Development Activities p
Development projects Development projects • Regional state of the art –projects (ca. 15) • Tools for Green care entrepreneurship (education, networking, business models) t ki b i d l ) • Testing and developing green care methods for various target groups various target groups
Development projects Development projects • VoiMaa! National developing project (2011-2013) • National co-ordination of Green care (networking, knowledge and information delivering) k l d d i f ti d li i ) • Developing of service models • Developing of quality systems D l i f lit t • Mapping existing education, developing new educational paths educational paths
Research projects Research projects • CareVa (Effects and effectiviness of Green care, 2009- 2012) • Constructing a framework for assessing the effects of C t ti f k f i th ff t f Green Care • Well being • Well-being • Society (rural development) • Economy • Economy
How to make Green care How to make Green care success story in Finland? y
How to make green care success story in Finland? • To identify various service types and models • To develop quality system/criteria for diffent type green care services i • To promote professional education • To facilitate and ensure cross –sectoral discussion and T f ilit t d t l di i d co-operation • To investigate the customers and commissioners • To investigate the customers and commissioners perceptions of services • To investigate institutional structures and policy • To investigate institutional structures and policy processes • To reveal the various effects of Green care (positive and To reveal the various effects of Green care (positive and negative) for human well-being, society and rural areas.
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