June 14, 2021 — Arkki International, a world reference in creative education via architecture and design with 27 years of experience and present in 9 countries, is starting operations in Croatia. In June, Arkki will organize workshops on urban planning and in September the first Arkki school located in Sibenik and an additional classroom in Split will offer long-term program courses and workshops. Arkki aims to expand to other cities of the country in the future.

April 23, 2021 — Arkki School of Architecture for Children and Youth, Finland, and Arkki Greece are running a child participation project. They are taking part in the open co-planning EU initiative New European Bauhaus. The program aims to connect people to build beautiful, sustainable, inclusive places to live together after the pandemic. Arkki has conducted numerous co-planning projects in different countries.  This is the first time involving children on the European level.

April 16, 2021 — Learn more about Arkki’s pedagogy, development, and activities across two and a half decades, through kids’ most remarkable projects and the articles written by experts, collaborators, and friends. The book compiles 25 years of history and pedagogy, with more than 300 pictures and 180 pages of pupils’ projects. It includes images of some of its thousands of courses and workshops organized for more than 25,000 children in 50 countries.

November 4, 2020 — Creative Education by Arkki International has been selected by The LEGO Foundation and Global non-profit HundrED as one of the 20 leading innovations fostering creativity in education. The Spotlight on Creativity highlights some of the leading education innovations in the world focused on cultivating creativity both inside and outside the classroom. This research project aims to discover and celebrate leading innovations doing exceptional work in fostering creativity in education. Arkki is proud to be recognized as one of the most impactful innovations fostering creativity in education.

October 1, 2022 • Arkki’s program is one of the Top 20 Globally Meaningful Child-Participation in UNICEF’s Child-Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) Inspire Awards 2019. The initiative was shortlisted among more than 200 applications. This award celebrates good, innovative and inspiring solutions or projects that foster child rights and improve the daily lives of children and youth at the local level.