International Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding (MoU)

Finland has cooperation agreements, programmes and Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with over 50 countries. The agreements are bilateral treaties covering all the Ministry's fields of competence: education, higher education, science and research, culture, arts, cultural heritage, libraries and archives, cultural institutes, sports and youth.

No new agreements are concluded for the time being; matters are now agreed in cooperation protocols and memoranda (MoU). The agreements will be in force until they are rescinded.

Year of conclusion and, when different, year of implementation in brackets

• Austria (1978/1979) agreement, programme
• Belgium (1979/1982) agreement, programme (Flanders), programme (Wallonia)
• Brazil (1988/1990) agreement
• Bulgaria (1973) agreement, programme
• China (1984) agreement, MoU (education), MoU (culture and education), MoU (Culture 2015), MoU (Cultural Centers),  MoC (Education 2015), MoU (science), Letter of Intent (science), MoU (youth), MoU (Culture and Tourism 2019), MoU (sports 2020), MoU (education 2024)
• Cuba (1982/1983) agreement, programme
• Czech Republic (1973/1974) agreement, program
• Egypt (1983) agreement, programme
• Estonia (1937/1938) agreement, protocol, joint committee
• France (1970) agreement, programme
• Germany (1978/1979) agreement, programme
• Great Britain (1976) agreement, programme
• Greece (1983/1985) agreement, programme
• Hungary (1995) agreement, programme
• India (1983) agreement, programme, joint statement (education 2024)
• Iraq (1980/1981) agreement
• Ireland (1985/1986) agreement, programme
• Israel (1985) agreement, programme, cooperation protocol in the youth field
• Italy (1976) agreement, programme
• Japan (1978/1980) agreement, programme
• Latvia (1996) agreement
• Lithuania (1998/1999) agreement
• Luxembourg (1994/1995) agreement, MoU
• Mexico (1982/1983) agreement, programme, MoU
• The Netherlands (1988) agreement, programme
• Portugal (1983/1984) agreement, programme
• Poland (1973) agreement, programme
• Republic of Korea (1993/1994) agreement, programme
• Romania (1974) agreement, programme
• Russia (1992) agreement, protocol (1996), protocol (2008)
• Slovakia (1973/1974) agreement, programme
• Spain (1979/1981) agreement, programme
• Tanzania (1988/1992) agreement
• Turkey (1978/1979) agreement, programme

Programme or Memorandum of understanding, MoU:

• Albania (1979) programme
• Algeria (2011) MoU
• Argentine (2017) MoU
• Armenia (2004) MoU
• Egypt (2021) MoU
• Estonia (2014) MoU
• Colombia (2019) Mou
• Georgia (2019) Mou
• Guatemala (2018) MoU
• Haiti (2014) MoU, MoU (in French)
• Indonesia (2015) MoU (education), MoU (science)
• Kazakhstan (2009) MoU, protocol
• Malta (1989) programme
• Mongolia (1980) programme
• Namibia (2010) MoU
• Oman (2023) MoU, MoU (in Arabic)
• Peru (2024) MoU, MoU (in Spanish)
• Republic of Korea (2019) MoU, (2019) MoU
• Saudi-Arabia (2011) MoU, (2012) MoU
• Singapore (1997) MoU
• Slovenia (1999) MoU
• Sri Lanka (2018) MoU
• Tunisia (2017) MoU, (2018) MoU
• Ukraine (2003) MoU (culture), MoU (education and science), (2024) MoU, MoU (in Ukrainian)
• United Arab Emirates (2021) MoU
• Uruguay (2019) MoU
• Vietnam (2017) MoU

Bilateral fund:

• Denmark (1981)
• Iceland (1974)
• Norway (1979)
• Sweden (1960)
• United States (1976)