The EU is working together to develop cross-sectoral employment activities in North Karelia. The project will run from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2021 and the project will operate in 10 municipalities. The project is managed and implemented by the North Karelia Social Security Association. The aim of the project is to ensure the employment of unemployed persons by experimenting with new types of solutions to support employment and by implementing services that support employment on an individual basis. During the project, business cooperation will be expanded, deepened and diversified, as well as information on services that affect the region. The second objective of the project is that after the project, associations will play a clear and recognised role in supporting the unemployed in future growth services markets; some of the associations act as service providers on a market-oriented basis and some offer employment support activities as non-profit-making operators. The target groups of the project are unemployed job seekers who need support for their employment, associations interested in working in the provincial growth services market and other employment actors, associations with activities supporting employment and regional employers. The aim is to quickly and flexibly integrate jobseekers into the labour market. They are looking for an opportunity to work in a genuine working environment at the same time, while building up their working life capabilities and skills. They receive individual coaching and develop their professional skills. In the course of the project, new forms of employment-supporting solutions will be tested, based on needs arising from everyday life. Business cooperation will be expanded on a regional basis and will seek to make more diversified use of enterprises as employers and supporters of employment. The project organises workshops bringing together providers of employment services, service providers, municipalities and employment actors. The workshops will create a common understanding of the employment situation and propose effective ways to respond to the service needs of unemployed jobseekers. Training will be organised for associations to clarify their roles and describe their activities in support of employment. The second work package is aimed at associations that want to provide market-driven services to support employment in the growth services market using different ways, and another work package for associations operating on a non-profit basis. From a jobseeker’s point of view, the services supporting employment form a whole in which one entity assembles all the services needed for the jobseeker on its path to employment, which ensures employment. The project involves 550 unemployed jobseekers, of whom 35 % start vocational training or become in employment. After the project, the association has a plan to become a service provider.