The programme’s forms of activity are

· to support workplace development projects

· to support method development projects

· to support learning networks

· to disseminate information on workplace development

· to reinforce expertise on workplace development

Dissemination of information on workplace development

TYKES disseminates the information generated by the projects it supports. The programme’s foremost target groups are workplaces, R&D units, consultants, labour market organizations and authorities, particularly the regional Employment and Economic Development Centres, the Occupational Safety and Health Inspectorates, and the employment offices. Key methods for disseminating information include publications, seminars, and websites. Major networked development projects involving several parties and learning network projects can act as important means for disseminating information in their own right.

Reinforcing expertise on workplace development

One of the goals of the programme is to reinforce the innovation environment of workplaces, especially where expertise on the development of work organizations is concerned, in accordance with the TYKES vision. The programme strives to promote cooperation between workplaces and R&D units. The programme supports doctoral dissertations and licentiate theses written in connection with project activity. Promotion of ‘the third task’  (i.e. the utilization of new knowledge and expertise) of universities and polytechnics is a focus of special attention.