Haastattelut maahanmuuttajille

Introduction

Introducing interviewers and interviewees (organization, role, background)
Somus project: goals and open practices
interview will take about one hour (recording, video clip, public summaries)
the research material is confidential and for researchers only, but some extracts will be published with permission of interviewee
the main goal of the interview is to find potential partners for case studies, but something may be published scientifically as well.

Theme 1: Community

Theme 2: Interaction with the state and the city – state of the art and wishes

How do you identify yourself as a part of Finnish society (citizen, inhabitant of the home city)?
In which situations immigrants (you) are in contact with the public sector (state, city) in Finland?
What kind of interaction with the public sector (state, city) immigrants (you) need and want?
Immigrants as citizens - state of the art: do you participate in politics or some other decision making / civic activities?
- Are there any practices or processes to be in contact with the public sector?
- What are the channels and or tools?
- What kind of problems and challenges do you see in the communication?
What kind of interests do you have towards the public sector?
- In which processes and practices do you want to participate?

Theme 3: Public data and services

What kind of (open) information would be needed for better communication / collaboration with the public sector?
- Do you have any ideas how to utilize publicly available information?
What kind of information could you (immigrant community) provide to public sector?
- Who could be interested in your input?
What kind of possibilities social media could provide for immigrants and public sector collaboration?
Vision and challenges
- If the world would be perfect as regards citizens and public sector collaboration, how would it work?
- What hinders this vision to become true?

Ending