World Village Festival is a major event for sustainable development and a forum for global issues. At the festival exhibitors, partners and advertisers can reach thousands of people interested in civil society work, sustainable development, solidarity and global issues.
- Registration for exhibitors opens in November and ends in February.
- Call for programme proposals opens in November and ends in December and January.
- Advertising space reservation opens in November and ends in April.
- For special arrangements or further information, please contact the festival team.
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How can you be involved?
- The festival is an excellent place to gain new members, attract volunteers or bolster their self-financing, to be seen as an influential actor and bring themes to the attention of the general public..
- Authorities and other organisations can use the festival to get in touch with citizens as well as target groups that are harder to reach otherwise.
- For companies, the festival provides an opportunity talk about their corporate responsibility efforts and to strengthen their image as a societal actor.
- Media partners can reach tens of thousands of active citizens at the event and the communication around it.
Organisations can participate in the festival as
- main partners
- content partners
- programme partners
- exhibitors
- face to face promotors
- advertisers or communication partners
Main partners
As a main partner of World Village Festival, you will be featured at Finland’s largest sustainable development event, playing a strong role in enabling the festival and in showcasing solutions relevant to the theme. Main partnership (4–6 partners) enables a broad range of content cooperation, and mutually beneficial bundles will implemented with main partners. In return for your contribution as a main partner, you will receive a special location for your stand, extensive visibility at the festival site and in festival communication and marketing, your own factual programme as well as other programme cooperation opportunities and many exclusive benefits.
Content partners
As a content partner, you will be involved in providing unique experiences and enjoyment for festivalgoers. Partnership may entail branding an area to reflect what you do. Partnership may also entail programme or art exhibition production, artist partnership demonstrations of a new product. As a content partner, you have a possibility to be included in festival communication and gain visibility at the festival site, in the festival magazine and on the festival website.
Programme partners
The Open Call! programme call offers organisations, businesses and actors from the public sector and civil society the opportunity to raise awareness of their work and reach new audiences through the festival programme. The call for entries seeks discussions, talks, workshops, films, cultural programmes and performances linked to the theme. Part of the programme will be selected through the Open Call! process, whilst some programme partnerships will be arranged through tailored agreements. If you wish to secure a place in the programme without taking part in the general application process, please contact the programme manager.
Exhibitor spaces
Spaces for your own tent
The festival offers spaces for exhibitors to set up their own tents. The exhibitors must provide their own tent, tent construction, and appropriate tent weights and fastenings. Only one exhibitor per stand is allowed, except for Fingo Member NGOs, which can share one tent space between two NGOs. Electricity can be ordered for the tent, but there is no power supply. The use of personal generators is prohibited. No furniture is available for the tents. Stands will be confirmed by email on March 2027.
Table spaces at Market of Possibilities
The festival offers 2m x 2m table stands at Market of Possibilities. The space includes a folding chair and a table. It is not possible to order electricity for the table spaces. Two Fingo Member NGOs can share one table space, however, Fingo only invoices one organisation and does not participate in the arrangement of shared stands. Stands will be confirmed by email on March 2027.
Spaces for promotional carts
The cart can be used to display, sell, sample, or distribute pre-packaged snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, or other products that may be of interest to festival visitors. Food cannot be prepared in the carts. The cart must be mobile and lightweight, with a maximum length of approximately 1.5 m. You can move around the festival site with the cart. No electricity available. Places will be confirmed by email on March 2027.
Face to face promotion
The festival offers a few promotional spots for organisations wishing to reach the audience through people on the move. Promotional activities within the festival grounds are restricted to main partners, Fingo and organisations that have purchased promotional rights. Specific locations and times will be agreed upon jointly.
Advertising possibilities
On-screen video advertising
On-screen advertising featuring still or moving images can be booked for the festival site. The screens will be placed in high-visibility locations at the festival site throughout the weekend, and advertisements are shown on the screens at least 100 times during the festival. Exhibitors, programme producers, Fingo member NGOs and supporting members will receive a 40% discount on advertising space. The screens are located at:
- Music Stage, silent horizontal screen
- Speaker’s Stage and online stream, audible horizontal screen
The materials may include sound. If the material does not include sound, neutral music will be added to the Speaker Stage and stream compilation during the advertisement. Prices apply to ready-made advertising material. The screen media kit will be released in October-November.
