Tampere International Voucher Application

By completing this form, you are expressing your organisation’s interest in hiring an international higher education student for a paid internship with the support of the Tampere International Voucher.

This discretionary subsidy is intended for employers engaged in economic activity. Applications may be submitted until 28 February 2027, subject to the availability of funding. During the 2026–2027 pilot programme, a total of 10 International Vouchers are available.

The International Voucher is granted
• As a one-time payment of €3,000, provided the eligibility criteria are met and funding is available.
• To an employer that hires an intern who is enrolled in an English-language degree programme at Tampere University or University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), and has come to Finland for the purpose of completing a degree.
• For an internship lasting at least:
- two (2) months full-time, or
- four (4) months part-time (e.g. 50% working hours).
• The internship cannot be conducted entirely remotely.
• The internship duties must be relevant to the student’s field of study.
• The intern must be paid according to the applicable collective agreement, or
if no collective agreement applies, a customary and reasonable salary for the work performed.
• The subsidy cannot be combined with internship support provided by higher education institutions.
• The purpose of the voucher is to cover part of the intern’s salary costs.
• An employment contract must be concluded for the internship and, where required, an internship agreement with the educational institution.

You may use the employment contract templates available from Tyosuojelu.fi.

Employment contract: an agreement between the student and the employer that must always be concluded when the internship is paid.

Internship agreement (educational institution agreement): a tripartite agreement between the educational institution, the student and the employer. It ensures that the internship fulfils degree requirements and may define learning objectives.

• An employer may receive a maximum of two (2) International Vouchers within a 12-month period, calculated from the date the first voucher is granted.
• The subsidy is granted as de minimis aid in accordance with European Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831.

The International Voucher will not be granted
• If the eligibility requirements are not met.
• For employment with the City of Tampere or any other municipality, a government organisation, a private individual, or the applicant’s own company.

Required attachment

The application must include a certificate of tax payment compliance.

The certificate can be downloaded by logging in to vero.fi and navigating to:

Tax Matters → Certificates → Certificate of Tax Debt

If your organisation has outstanding tax debt, you must also attach a payment plan for the tax debt.

Questions? Contact details can be found at the end of this form.

Privacy notice
By submitting my contact information, I consent to its storage in the City of Tampere’s systems and to its processing in accordance with the applicable privacy notice. https://www.tampere.fi/en/data-protection-and-information-management

Employer (applicant) information

Employer name

Business ID

Address

Postal code

City

Is the employer engaged in economic activity?

Yes

Employer contact person

Contact person's phone number

Contact person's email address instructions "A confirmation of the application submission and processing will be sent to this email address"

Redundancies due to production-related or financial reasons

Has the applicant made any employees redundant for production-related or financial reasons so that the notice period ended during the 12 months preceding this application? All locations operating under the same Business ID will be considered.

Yes

If yes, is the number of employees currently employed at the time of signing the support agreement at least equal to the number of employees at the time the redundancies took place?

Yes

Wages and taxes

Has the employer duly fulfilled its obligations regarding wage payments, taxes and statutory contributions?

Yes

Certificate of tax compliance

Attach a certificate of tax compliance in PDF format.

If the company has tax debt, attach a payment plan for the tax debt in PDF format.

State aid received

Has the organisation received de minimis state aid during the current tax year and the two preceding tax years? instructions"Valtiontuen myöntäjänä toimivat EU, kunnat, valtion tai valtion laitokset. EU:n de minimis-valtiontuet myönnetään ratkaisuilla, joissa on maininta de minimiksestä ja viittaus asetuksiin (EU) 2023/2831 ja (EU) 2023/2832 )."

Yes

If yes, please provide details of the de minimis aid granted to the organisation during the current tax year and the two preceding tax years. instructions "Täytä tiedot muodossa Tuen myöntäjä, tuen määrä euroina, myöntämispäivä."

Employment details

Job title

Applicable collective agreement

Internship working time

Full-time internship

Part-time internship

Working hours (hours per week)

Gross salary (EUR per month)

Employment start date

Employment end date

Has the employer already identified the intern to be hired?

Yes

The details of the person to be hired will be reviewed before the grant is awarded to ensure that the eligibility criteria of the Tampere International Voucher are met.

If the applicant has not yet identified an international higher education student to be hired with the support of the Tampere International Voucher, a coordinator from International House Tampere can assist in finding a suitable intern.

Details of the person to be hired

If the employer has already identified the intern to be hired, please provide their details.

I confirm that the employer has not been granted any other internship support for hiring the same person.

First name

Last name

Finnish personal identity code

Phone number

Email address

Processing of the personal data of the person to be hired

I confirm that I have reviewed the information in this application with the trainee to be hired and that the trainee has given consent to process the personal data provided above.

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To process an application for the Tampere International Voucher, the Tampere City will process the following necessary information:

Contact person's name, telephone number and email address
Employer organisation's name, Business ID, address and bank account number

Data subjects have rights regarding their personal data and its processing by the Tampere City. For example, data subjects have the right to check what personal data has been collected about them.

More information about these rights and how to exercise them is available on the City of Tampere’s privacy and information management webpage: https://www.tampere.fi/en/data-protection-and-information-management

Information on the Processing of the Personal Data of the Person to Be Hired

Please inform the person to be hired about the use of their personal data. For the purpose of granting the Tampere International Voucher, the City of Tampere processes the following personal data of the person to be hired:

First name, last name, and Finnish personal identity code
Student status as an enrolled international degree student at Tampere University or Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Employment details and salary information

Information for the person to be hired: As a data subject, you have rights regarding your personal data and its processing by the City of Tampere. For example, you have the right to check what personal data has been collected about you. Please refer to the City of Tampere’s privacy webpage for more information about your rights and how to exercise them: https://www.tampere.fi/en/data-protection-and-information-management

Employer's (applicant's) declaration

The employer shall apply for payment of the Tampere International Voucher after the internship period has ended through a separate payment application form. The support will be paid as a lump-sum reimbursement upon completion of the internship/employment relationship against submitted payroll records.

If the City has paid the employer the grant in whole or in part without proper grounds, the employer is obliged to repay the amount that was unduly paid.

The grant may be recovered, for example, if it has been awarded on the basis of incorrect information, if the employer has failed to notify the City of an interruption in the employment relationship of the person hired, if the grant has been used contrary to the grant decision, or if the employer fails to provide documents requested by the City that are necessary for monitoring the use of the grant.

The employer is responsible for providing the City with accurate and sufficient information for the payment and monitoring of the grant.

Support will not be granted if:

- the salary of the person hired with the support is determined solely on the basis of work performance or results;
- the employer has, during the 12 months preceding the application, dismissed employees for production-related or financial reasons and has not subsequently hired employees so that the number of employees employed by the employer at the time of granting the support is at least equal to the number of employees at the time of the dismissals;
- the employer has substantially neglected its obligation to pay wages or its obligations to pay taxes or statutory contributions;
- the employer or its representative has, during the year in which the support is granted or during the preceding two years, been convicted by a final court judgment of a criminal offence, or the employer has been subject to a sanction fee imposed by a final decision during the same period;
- the employer has been granted other internship support for the employment of the same job seeker.

I accept the above terms and confirm that both the employer and the position offered fulfil the requirements of the Tampere International Voucher and the relevant provisions of the Act on Organising Employment Services.

I confirm that I am authorised to apply for the Tampere International Voucher on behalf of the organisation.

I confirm that the information provided in this application is accurate and correct.

We will notify you if our plans change and the internship does not take place. Contact details: victoria.laaksonen@tampere.fi or +358 40 660 6832.

Employer: May we contact you during or after the internship to ask how the internship progressed?

Intern: May we contact you during or after the internship to ask how the internship progressed?

Date

Place

Declaration by the employer's representative (First name, Last name, Job title)

Partial submission

I wish to save the form and continue later by using the link that will be sent into the email address I gave

Email address

Proceed

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Contact person
Coordinator Victoria Laaksonen
Phone: 040 660 6832
Email: victoria.laaksonen@tampere.fi