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Results from PISA 2018 In 2018 PISA focused on reading literacy. The main focus was also on reading literacy in PISA 2000 and PISA 2009. New results were released on 3 December 2019. The results of the financial literacy assessment were published ...

Nordic and regional cooperation Nordic cooperation The cornerstone of Nordic cultural, educational and research cooperation is the Cultural Agreement signed by the five Nordic countries in 1971. The Agreement covers the Ministry of Education and C...

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 ...

The Copyright infrastructure on national, EU and global level promotes proper functioning of the copyright system in the form an open rights data framework (ORDF) for new technologies. This webpage is dedicated for the national level AI- subgroups and on EU-level the Copyright Infrastructure Task Force (CITF). See also: https://okm.fi/en/citf-en

2.2.2026 | Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity Mika Poutala met his Estonian counterpart, Undersecretary for Sports Raido Mitt, and his delegation on Monday 2 February. At the meeting, they discussed Finnish experiences and best practices related to modern multi-purpose arenas. The visit is related to a planned multi-purpose arena in Tallinn.

11.3.2026 | Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie has signed a joint statement from the ministers responsible for culture from 22 European countries, sent to the organisers of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Allowing the Russian Federation’s participation is unacceptable, and the ministers call on the Venice Biennale to reconsider its decision.

25.3.2026 | Universities Estonia - example of the collaboration of universities (initiated by rectors) Hanna Kanep, Secretary General, Universities Estonia From consortium to centralization and decentralization - short term cost saving in decision making and ...

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...

12.11.2025 | The Sports Ministers of 33 countries and the European Commission have expressed their grave concern about the decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in September to discontinue the partial suspensions of the National Paralympic Committees of Belarus and Russia from the Paralympic Games.

12.2.2026 | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Interoperable, trustworthy, and machine-readable copyright data in the AI era CITF First Project Report (2025:23) The copyright infrastructure is generally understood as a set of rules, technologies and institutions that frame th...

24.11.2025 | The Nordic Baltic Youth Summit will be held in Finland for the first time. The summit participants will draft policy recommendations addressing challenges related to the green transition and youth employment and submit them to Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity Mika Poutala.

11.3.2026 | Mr Pietrangelo Buttafuoco President of La Biennale di Venezia Mr Luigi Brugnaro, Ms Tamara Gregoretti, Mr Luca Zaia Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia For information: Mr Alessandro Giuli Minister of Culture of the Italian Republic Honou...

9.4.2025 | Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity Sandra Bergqvist will travel to Kraków and attend the EU Sport Forum on 10 and 11 April. The Minister will take part in the Forum’s panel discussion, together with Ukraine’s Minister for Youth and Sports Matviy Bidny. During her visit, Bergqvist will also meet Kersti Kaljulaid, Chair of the Estonian Olympic Committee, and Glenn Micallef, European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport.

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).

18.2.2025 | Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz met Estonia's Minister of Education and Research Kristina Kallas in Tallinn on 18 February. A Finnish - Estonian declaration on digitalisation, media literacy and artificial intelligence was published during the visit. The ministers also discussed these themes with experts and students.

18.6.2024 | The results of the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 Creative Thinking assessment were published on 18 June 2024. The assessment measured how 15-year-olds in the participating countries were able to generate solutions for problems in everyday contexts. In Finland, young people demonstrated a high level of creative thinking, girls being among the best performers. Minis...

6.5.2025 | The Nordic and Baltic ministers of culture convened at an informal meeting on Tuesday 6 May 2025 in Helsinki to discuss the protection of cultural heritage in a crisis or war as part of preparedness work and resilience. Ukraine's Minister of Culture Mykola Tochytskyi attended the meeting as a special guest.

4.5.2023 | Ministers of sport from 36 countries have issued a fourth collective statement on the exclusion of Russia and Belarus from international sports.

21.2.2023 | In their statement published on 20 February, the ministers of sport from 34 countries state that the International Olympic Committee should not change its decision of 28 February 2022 concerning the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international sports. According to the ministers, the situation in Ukraine has deteriorated over the past year.

7.1.2026 | 1 Procedural recommendations for developing Finland’s national language reserve 2 Foreword We need an accurate picture of the national language reserve Fewer languages are being studied in school Developing school practices Early childhood educati...