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28.11.2018 | Finland has decided to participate in the European Heritage Label initiative. The European Heritage Label can be awarded to sites in the EU that have a particular significance for European history, culture and integration.

16.9.2020 | The Government will create conditions for growth in competence levels and employment by extending the duration of compulsory education, allocating funding for continuous learning and lowering fees for early childhood education and care. With the proceeds from gambling services diminishing, the funding for beneficiaries will be fully secured for 2021.

12.3.2019 | A vision of Finland that is kind to children and families emerged during the preparatory work for the National Strategy for Children. The whole of society will be needed to contribute to achieving it.

2.12.2016 | Endangered Syrian documents taken into safekeeping at the National Archives of Finland Ministry of Education and Culture Publication date 2.12.2016 9.36 Type: Press release The National Archives of Finland, an agency operating under the Ministry o...

5.11.2013 | Education and Training Monitor: Key indicators and benchmarks

The subgroups for copyright infrastructure meet in different configurations including workshops to discuss topical issues related to practices on identifiers in the creative field, metadata, technology and infrastructure development, and legal issues linked to data and IP. A draft roadmap has been developed during year 2021. In 2022 focus on NFT's, data protection and EDICs (European Digital Infrastructure Consortium).

9.12.2025 | Kodin ja koulun yhteistyö monikielisessä ja -kulttuurisessa arjessa Webinaari 27.1 klo 12:00-14:30 Aikataulu 12:00-12:10 Avauspuhe Anders Adlercreutz, Opetusministeri 12:10-12:45 Kodin ja koulun yhteistyö monikielisessä ja -kulttuurisessa arjessa ...

Smågrupperna för upphovsrättsinfrastrukturutveckling möts i olika konfigurationer såsom verkstäder för att diskutera frågor relaterade till inklusive praxis gällande identiteter (IDs), metadata, teknologi och infrastrukturutveckling och samt juridiska frågor om IP och data. En draft roadmap år 2021; år 2022 workshop on NFT's & dataskydd ordnats, bildandet av en EDIC (European Digital Infrastructure Consortium).

1.9.2014 | Finland has signed a Consortium Agreement setting up a European Life Science Infrastructure for Biological Information, ELIXIR. The Consortium collectively unites member countries’ and inter-governmental organisations’ life science centres and all the expertise they manage into one European distributed research infrastructure.

15.12.2017 | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE - FINLAND 12 October 2017 NATIONAL YOUTH WORK AND YOUTH POLICY PROGRAMME 2017–2019 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................

9.2.2017 | Our Common Heritage For a National World Heritage Strategy 2015–2025 Publications of the Ministry of Education and Culture 2015:15 Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö Ministry of Education and Culture Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö • Kulttuuri- ja taid...

26.3.2013 | Internationalisation is a central strategic goal for Finnish higher education institutions

14.3.2025 | Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie has launched a new vision for higher education and research. It will extend to 2040. In the first phase for the new vision, we will collect views from higher education and research organisations and other stakeholders so that a shared situation picture can be formed. The stakeholder survey is open until 4 April.

14.10.2025 | preencoded.png How universities can protect & promote academic freedom EUA principles and guidelines Enora Bennetot Pruvot, 10 October 2025 preencoded.png Academic freedom today The challenge Academic freedom is the freedom to learn, teach, conduc...

1.4.2019 | 1 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR EDUCATION AND CULTURE Culture and creativity European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) 2020-2033 Guidelines for the cities' own evaluations of the results of their ECOC 1. Background and context Independent ...

26.10.2012 | Work to update Finland’s national roadmap for research infrastructures underway

3.9.2013 | An international evaluation of the Academy of Finland commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture has been completed. The evaluation considers the Academy successful in its mission to finance high-quality scientific research and that the portfolio of funding instruments meets the expressed needs of the Finnish research community. The evaluation panel recommends a more active role for the Academy in science policy.

24.4.2012 | Last year the average resident of Finland visited a public library about 10 times, making 18 loans.  In the 2010 national library customer survey, over 70% of the 13,000 respondents said libraries had improved their quality of life somewhat or considerably.

18.7.2006 | Europe will try to exhibit more of the collections housed in the thousands of European museums and to make them more accessible to visitors. The Finnish Minister of Culture Tanja Saarela and Commissioner Jan Figel' will open the discussion at an expert meeting arranged at the National Museum of Finland on 20 and 21 July.

22.11.2024 | The EU ministers responsible for education, youth, culture and sport will meet in Brussels on 25–26 November. Topics on their agenda include boosting Europe's skills and competitiveness through higher education, opportunities for young people in rural and remote areas, role of libraries in media literacy development, and key features of the European Sport Model, which are based on the values of free...

19.9.2006 | The representatives of the European Union member states, the European Commission, Bulgaria and Romania, and the Russian Federation convened in Kajaani on 18 and 19 September 2006 to deliberate the implementation of the cultural aspects of the Road Map for the Fourth Common Space adopted by the European Union and the Russian Federation on 10 May 2005.

7.9.2006 | Ms Tanja Saarela, the Finnish Minister of Culture who is also in charge of sport, and the Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, Minister for Sport in the UK, met in Helsinki on 6 September 2006. The Ministers discussed the key sports policy questions of Finland’s EU Presidency.

2.4.2003 | A follow-up group chaired by Director General Arvo Jäppinen, Ministry of Education, proposes a number of measures for developing biotechnology research and its financing in keeping with the recommendations of an international evaluation panel. The follow-up report, which is based on the international evaluation panel's impact analysis, will be submitted to Minister of Education and Science Maija Rask on Wednesday.

5.12.2006 | Minister of Education and Science Antti Kalliomäki at informal ministerial meeting Helsinki Conference on Enhanced European Co-operation in Vocational Education and Training - Informal Ministerial Meeting to Review Priorities and Strategies of the Copenhagen Process

3.8.2018 | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development EDU/WKP(2017)9 Unclassified English - Or. English 17 November 2017 DIRECTORATE FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS COLLABORATION, ALLIANCE, AND MERGER AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OECD Education W...

1.11.2022 | The EU Ministers responsible for Sports, submitted a letter to the President of the International Olympic Committee Mr Thomas Bach, have expressed their concern about the deteriorating situation in Ukraine caused by the ongoing Russian war of aggression supported by Belarus. In the letter, the Ministers reiterated the requirement to exclude Russia and Belarus from all international sports activities.

6.10.2006 | Following the EU Sports Directors Meeting in Naantali, Finland, on 4-6 October 2006, in the presence of the European Commission, the Finnish EU Presidency affirms that the Sports Directors:

29.11.2006 | The Ministerial Conference "The EU & Sport: Matching expectations" was organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the Finnish EU Presidency in Brussels on 27-28 November 2006.

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4.5.2023 | Idrottsministrarna från 36 länder har gett ett fjärde gemensamt uttalande om utestängningen av Ryssland och Belarus från internationell idrottsverksamhet.

4.5.2023 | 36 maan urheiluministerit ovat antaneet neljännen yhteisen julkilausuman liittyen Venäjän ja Valko-Venäjän sulkemiseen kansainvälisestä urheilutoiminnasta.

6.11.2006 | Minister of Education and Science Antti KalliomäkiLifelong Guidance Policies and Systems: Building the Stepping Stones Jyväskylän Paviljonki November 6 2006

1.11.2022 | President of the International Olympic Committee Dear Mr Bach, We, the like-minded ministers of the Member States of the European Union responsible for the sports agenda, are concerned by the deteriorating situation in Ukraine caused by the ongoin...

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2.6.2021 | Oulu has been selected as European Capital of Culture for 2026. The selection is recommended by a European expert panel composed of nine independent experts in the field of arts and culture. The panel, having visited the candidate cities, announced its recommendation at the end of its two-day meeting in Helsinki on Wednesday 2 June.

27.3.2023 | 2 February 2023 1(4) Ministry of Education and Culture Privacy Notice for data subjects: Processing of personal data when conferring decorations in the Ministry's branch of government 1 General This privacy notice contains the information to be pr...

9.3.2022 | Minister of Science and Culture Antti Kurvinen decided on Wednesday 9 March on new policies on Russia with regard to higher education and research and on preparations related to support for Ukraine.

10.8.2020 | The European expert panel has published its pre-selection report on the applications of the three candidate cities Oulu, Savonlinna and Tampere and suggestions for the second and decisive phase. According to the letter sent by Minister of Science and Culture Annika Saarikko, the cities should revise and complete their applications by 23 April 2021. The expert panel will visit the cities in May 2021.

21.8.2018 | A report recommends that a new world-class museum of architecture and design be established in Helsinki. The report commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the City of Helsinki, the foundation for the Design Museum and the foundation for the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Architecture Information Centre was submitted to Sampo Terho, Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport, and Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki, on 21 August.

13.4.2022 | The Government proposes amendments to the Copyright Act and the Act on Electronic Communication Services. The legislative amendments bring the provisions of Finnish legislation in line with the European Union's Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and the Directive on online transmissions of broadcasting organisations. The transposition of these directives is the most significant reform of national copyright legislation in two decades.