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21.11.2023 | EU ministers responsible for education, youth, culture and sport will meet in Brussels on 23–24 November. Minister of Education Anna-Maja Henriksson will represent Finland in the Education Council; Minister Sandra Bergqvist is Finland’s representative in matters related to young people, sport and culture. The EU ministers will discuss a range of topics, including digital skills and digital educati...

16.3.2020 | In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Government has adopted policy recommendations for the providers of early childhood education and care, pre-primary education, primary and lower secondary education, general upper secondary education, vocational education and higher education . This way we can safeguard early childhood education and care as well as education and the completion of examinations and qualifications and student admissions despite the coronavirus outbreak.

Finnish National Framework for Qualifications and Other Competence Modules In the framework of qualifications and other competence modules, the qualifications, syllabuses and other extensive competence modules belonging to the Finnish National Fra...

6.11.2023 | Minister of Education Anna-Maja Henriksson is attending the 42nd session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris on 7–9 November 2023. During the trip, the Minister will also attend a discussion on a UNESCO's comprehensive Global Report on Teachers.

19.2.2020 | The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recommends that Finland diversify its adult education provision, make it more relevant for working life, and use economic incentives to encourage reskilling and upskilling. Special attention should be paid to outreach and guidance services to adults with lower basic skills. The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Econo...

20.5.2021 | The European Capital of Culture for 2026 will be selected in Helsinki at the beginning of June. The cities of Tampere, Oulu, and Savonlinna all qualified in the first round of the competition last summer and are now shortlisted for the final selection. The selection will be made by a nine-member European panel of experts, with five panel members visiting the applicant cities next week.

27.9.2021 | The Ministry of Education and Culture is requesting comments on a proposed bill to implement the provisions of the EU DSM Directive and Online Broadcasting Directive as part of Finnish law.  Implementing the directives requires significant changes to the Copyright Act. The request for comments is published in the Lausuntopalvelu.fi service. The deadline for submitting comments is 31 October 2021.

10.11.2020 | The overall level of education in Finland needs to be raised. In the context of higher education, the aim is to raise the percentage of higher education graduates from the current 41% to 50% of all 25 to 34-year-olds by 2030. Does Finnish higher education offer equality and non-discrimination to everyone and do higher education institutions respond adequately to the needs of different students?

26.6.2020 | The Ministry of Education and Culture is starting to prepare an accessibility plan for higher education. The Government Programme includes the preparation of an accessibility plan. The plan will examine accessibility in higher education from the perspectives of socio-economic status, regions, gender, immigrant background, ethnic groups, language groups and people with disabilities.

2.3.2023 | On Thursday 2 March 2023, the Government appointed the members of the Finnish National Commission for UNESCO for the four-year term from 2 March 2023 to 31 December 2026. The Finnish National Commission for UNESCO is an expert and cooperation body providing advice on matters related to UNESCO.

9.11.2022 | Equality and diversity in the Spanish higher education institutes Case study for KOTAMO-project 2021/11 Virhe. Määritä Aloitus-välilehdessä Rubrik, jota haluat käyttää tähän kirjoitettavaan tekstiin. Client The Finnish Ministry of Education and Cu...

Frequently Asked Questions for the Team Finland Knowledge Network On this page we have compiled questions and answers for the Team Finland Knowledge network and its operation. What services does the TFK network offer to higher education institutio...

Liikunnallinen elämäntapa Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö luo edellytyksiä koko väestön liikunnalliselle elämäntavalle. Tavoitteena on, että Suomen väestö liikkuu terveytensä ja hyvinvointinsa kannalta riittävästi. Liikunnallisen elämäntavan edistä...

Euroopan kulttuuripääkaupunki 2026 Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö nimesi Oulun kaupungin vuoden 2026 kulttuuripääkaupungiksi eurooppalaisen asiantuntijaraadin suosituksen perusteella. Vuoden 2026 toinen kulttuuripääkaupunki on Slovakian Trenčín. K...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its effects in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Education and Culture On this page, we will update information on the impacts of the situation in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Education a...

21.5.2026 | 21.5.2026 1 Tutkimusturvallisuus (datan omistajuus ja käyttö) Opetusneuvos Sami Niinimäki UNESCOn suosituksessa data on keskeinen • Tietosuojan vahvistaminen: Jäsenvaltioiden tulee kehittää kattava lainsäädäntö ja sitä täydentävä sääntelykehys, jo...

4.11.2021 | The WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe), together with the European Union, prepares a comparative analysis every three years on how the Council of the European Union recommendations on physical activity are implemented in the Member States of the European Union (EU Physical Activity Country Factsheets). Information is collected on the physical activity of the population and on policy measu...

1.3.2022 | An overall international evaluation of the Academy of Finland has been completed. According to the evaluation, the Academy functions well as a whole given its financial and operational constraints. It may be necessary to review these constraints in order for the Academy to achieve the best results as part of Finland's research and innovation system. The Academy could be a stronger international pla...

Europas kulturhuvudstad 2026 Undervisnings- och kulturministeriet utsåg Uleåborgs stad till kulturhuvudstad 2026 utifrån den europeiska expertjuryns rekommendation. Den andra europeiska kulturhuvudstaden 2026 är Trenčín i Slovakien. Kulturhuvudstä...

En livsstil med motion och rörelse Undervisnings- och kulturministeriet skapas förutsättningar för en motionsinriktad livsstil för hela befolkningen. Målet är att befolkningen i Finland ska röra på sig tillräckligt för att hållas friska och må bra...