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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 ...

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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