Tampereen seudun Osake

What Tampereen seudun Osake does

Tampereen seudun Osake (Osake) is a municipally funded regional training and professional development service for education staff in the Pirkanmaa / Tampere region of Finland. Established in 2010 and operating with nine staff, Osake coordinates continuing education and compliance training for early-childhood educators, basic-education teachers, guidance staff, and youth workers employed by its eight member municipalities (Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Tampere, Vesilahti, and Ylöjärvi). The organization also serves private early-childhood and education providers in Pirkanmaa and delivers selected programs free of charge where funded by national or state sources. Its content spans first aid, aggression management (AVEKKI), Finnish-as-a-second-language (S2) curriculum reform, neurodivergent student support, restorative justice, anti-bullying, school safety, mental health, leadership development, and pedagogical research translation.

The technical backbone is the Eeventti (Eventlr) event management platform, developed and operated by Beyond Creative, which handles web-based course discovery, registration, attendance tracking, and access to recorded sessions. Training is delivered in three formats — in-person sessions, live webinars, and self-paced online recordings — giving Osake the flexibility to scale reach within its fixed municipal funding base. Curricula are produced in collaboration with named research and expert partners, including Tampere University, Turku University, Oulu University, Valteri (the national centre for learning and guidance), MIELI Finnish Mental Health Association, SPR (Finnish Red Cross), PIRTE Työterveys, Urheiluopistot, Nuorisotutkimusseura, and MLL Tampere.

Osake is funded primarily through an annual membership fee paid by the eight member municipalities, under which their education staff receive unlimited training access. Private providers and other Pirkanmaa staff pay €100 per person per training day (one day = 6 hours), invoiced retroactively. Several flagship programs — 'Kohti turvallista koulua' (anti-bullying), 'Liikettä ja oivallusta' (movement pedagogy), 'Näkymätön näkyväksi' (loneliness and ostracism), and 'Osallisuus nuorisotyön ytimessä' — are funded by Opetushallitus (Finnish National Agency for Education) or other state sources and offered free of charge. The organization is a non-profit public-sector cooperative with no venture funding, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed revenue figure.

Name

Tampereen seudun Osake

Legal name

Tampereen seudun Osake

Website

https://eeventti.fi

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tampereen seudun Osake is a municipally funded non-profit training service delivering continuing education for early-childhood, basic-education, and youth-work staff across eight Pirkanmaa municipalities in Finland via the Eeventti event platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education & Professional Development Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAKAMAA

School-Based SEL Curriculum & Instructional Programs

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) & Mental Health Supports (School-Based)

SECONDARYEDACAOAH

Teacher/Provider SEL Coaching & Implementation Training (ECE)

Education/Early Childhood Education/Social and Emotional Learning Programs

SECONDARYEDAJAMAJ

Student Safety, Wellbeing & SEL Technology (Monitoring, Reporting)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Educational Technology Solutions

Keywords

• Professional development training
• Education staff training
• Continuing education courses
• Municipal training services
• Workplace skills training

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

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Core offering

Tampereen seudun Osake provides continuing education and professional development courses for teachers, school staff, and early-childhood educators in the Tampere / Pirkanmaa region. The course catalog spans first aid, anti-bullying (Kiva), mental health, and special-needs education, with course administration handled through the Eeventti platform.

Product overview

Tampereen seudun Osake operates as a regional training and professional development service for education staff in the Pirkanmaa area (Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Tampere, Vesilahti, and Ylöjärvi). The platform is built on the Eeventti (Eventlr) event management system and offers training courses for early childhood education, basic education, and youth work professionals. The service includes various training formats: in-person courses, webinars, self-paced online recordings, and multi-session programs. Course topics cover first aid (EA 1, Hätäensiapukurssi), aggression management (AVEKKI), Finnish as second language (S2), anti-bullying initiatives (Kohti turvallista koulua), neurodivergent student support (Neurokirjon), restorative justice, classroom management, language and cultural education, mathematics pedagogy, and executive function support.

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Products and services

• Continuing education and professional development courses for education staff Catalog of training courses for teachers, school staff, and early-childhood educators in the Pirkanmaa region, covering topics such as first aid, anti-bullying (Kiva), mental health, and special-needs education. Delivered to municipal education employers and their staff.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PIRTE TyöterveyscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPIRTE Työterveys organizes and administers certified first aid training courses (EA 1 and Hätäensiapu) for Tampere city basic education and early childhood education staff. PIRTE collaborates with SPR as the training provider for these courses.
• Suomen Punainen Risti (SPR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPR (Finnish Red Cross) serves as the certified first aid training provider for EA 1 and Hätäensiapu courses organized by PIRTE Työterveys. SPR issues official first aid certificates (ensiapukortti/pätevyystodistus) valid for three years.
• Urheiluopistot rycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe umbrella organization of 11 sports institutes in Finland coordinates and administers the 'Liikettä ja oivallusta' (Movement and Insight) training program for early childhood and primary school staff. Varalan Urheiluopisto is the implementing institute. Training is funded by Opetushallitus.
• Oppimis- ja ohjauskeskus ValtericoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerValteri provides expert trainers for multiple Osake courses including cooperative teaching, group support measures, executive retreat, early childhood planning (Vasu), executive function and self-regulation, and language- and culture-aware teaching. Trained staff include special education teachers, speech therapists, and rehabilitation professionals.
• MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys rycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMIELI (Finnish Mental Health Association) provides expert trainers and course content for Osake courses on youth mental health in the digital age, school bullying and mental health, and mindfulness/body calming workshops for early childhood and primary school staff.
• NuorisotutkimusseuraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Finnish Youth Research Society provides researcher Anu Gretschel as trainer for the 'Osallisuus nuorisotyön ytimessä' course covering youth participation and inclusion in youth work.
• Oulun yliopistominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Oulu researcher Susanna Takalo (university lecturer and post doc) co-trains the course on movement-based pedagogical solutions in subject teaching, alongside Muhos lukio and Maikkulan koulu teachers.
• Member municipalities (Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Tampere, Vesilahti, Ylöjärvi)coreOthersEight municipalities jointly fund and govern the Osake service. Their education, guidance, and teaching staff receive unlimited access to Osake training programs. The municipalities also co-develop training content through needs identification and feedback. Private early childhood and education organizers in the region are also served.
• Turun yliopistominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearcher Helena Vesaranta (KT, researcher, special education teacher) trains S2 curriculum reform courses. Researchers Niina Junttila (professor of educational psychology) and Eeva-Liisa Markkanen (doctoral researcher) deliver the 'Näkymätön näkyväksi' webinaar on loneliness and ostracism in schools.
• Tampereen yliopistominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTampere University co-develops the 'Opettaja toiveikkaan tulevaisuuden tekijänä' (5 op) course as part of the Academy of Finland-funded TeacherMind research project. The course is delivered jointly by university researchers and training school teachers.
• Opetushallitus (OPH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpetushallitus funds the 'Kohti turvallista koulua' (Towards a Safe School) project coordinated by Osake. The project produces anti-bullying training content, lesson plans ('Me arvokkaat!'), and publishes the 'Kiusaamiselle loppu!' service pathway. Also co-funds 'Liikettä ja oivallusta' training.
• Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliiton (MLL) Tampereen osastominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMLL's Tampere branch co-hosts the 'Näkymätön näkyväksi' webinaar with Osake's 'Kohti turvallista koulua' project, presenting the 'Yksinäisyydestä yhteisöllisyyteen' project results alongside the Kiusaamiselle loppu! pathway.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sanoma Pro: Finland's leading educational publisher providing textbooks, digital learning materials, and teacher training resources for K-12 education. Comparable in serving Finnish education professionals with learning content and training, but operates as a commercial publisher rather than a regional training coordinator.
• Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu (TAMK): Tampere University of Applied Sciences provides professional development and continuing education courses, including teacher training, in the same Pirkanmaa region. Comparable in offering CPD for education professionals in Finland but operates at much larger scale across many disciplines.
• OAJ (Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö): Finland's trade union for teachers and education sector staff, which provides continuing education and training to its members. Comparable in serving the same Finnish education professional audience with similar training topics, but operates as a national membership organization rather than a regional service provider.

Regional players

• Helsinki kasvatuksen ja koulutuksen toimiala: Helsinki city's education division provides in-house professional development for its large municipal education workforce. Functionally analogous to Osake but serves only Helsinki's own staff rather than offering multi-municipality services, and operates at a much larger scale in a single city.
• Turun kaupungin sivistystoimiala: Turku city's education and cultural services division coordinates training and professional development for education staff in Turku. Comparable as a Finnish municipal education training function, but does not offer a multi-municipality cooperative model or open registration to private providers.

Direct peers

• MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys ry: The Finnish Mental Health Association delivers training and course content for Finnish education professionals on youth mental health, bullying, and mindfulness. Directly comparable in delivering SEL and mental health training content to education staff, and is also one of Osake's content partner organizations.
• Eduhouse Oy: A commercial Finnish provider of professional development and training courses specifically for educators, school leaders, and education sector staff. Directly comparable to Osake in target audience (Finnish education professionals) and product type (continuing professional development courses), but operates commercially nationwide rather than as a regional municipal cooperative.
• Oppimis- ja ohjauskeskus Valteri: A Finnish national center for special education and learning support that provides training and consultancy to schools, including several Osake courses (cooperative teaching, group support, executive function). Comparable in providing continuing education on special education and inclusion topics to the same municipal education audience, but operates nationally and is government-administered.

Others

• Valamis: A Finnish-headquartered learning management system and corporate learning platform provider. Adjacent rather than directly competitive — Valamis provides the LMS technology layer, whereas Osake delivers training content on the Eeventti platform. Relevant for understanding Finnish ed-tech infrastructure context.

Emerging players

• Urheiluopistot ry: Umbrella organization of 11 Finnish sports institutes that coordinates the 'Liikettä ja oivallusta' movement-based training for early childhood and primary school staff alongside Osake. Comparable as a training provider for Finnish education staff in a specific subject area (movement pedagogy), but focuses on physical/movement education rather than broader SEL and wellbeing.

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Competitive moat4 records

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Key highlights6 records

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