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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.

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.

EU och internationellt samarbete inom konst och kultur Undervisnings- och kulturministeriet deltar i det kulturrelaterade samarbetet i internationella organisationer samt i beredningen av ärenden i Europeiska unionen. Finlands viktigaste samarbets...

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...

EU and international cooperation in arts and culture The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for international cultural policy and participates in its development and implementation in international organisations and the European Unio...

International cooperation The Ministry of Education and Culture outlines national policy concerning cooperation with international organisations, councils and other bodies in matters within its remit relating to education and training, culture, yo...

Youth The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for coordinating and developing youth work and youth policy and creating prerequisites for it in central government. This work is carried out in cooperation with a range of different secto...

Press releases RSS (Opens New Window) (Opens New Window) Finland to limit participation in Venice Biennale due to participation by Russia Type: Press release Publication date: 16.4.2026 8.27 Minister of Science and Culture Talvitie visits Ukraine ...

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...

Taiteen ja kulttuurin alan EU ja kansainvälinen yhteistyö Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö vastaa kansainvälisestä kulttuuripolitiikasta ja osallistuu sen kehittämiseen ja toimeenpanoon kansainvälisissä järjestöissä sekä Euroopan unionissa. Tärkeimm...

Education policy report The Education Policy Report paves the way for equitable and high-quality education in the 2040s in Finland, where skills requirements are growing and age cohorts are shrinking. The report outlines the target state for educa...

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.

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13.2.2017 | AVTAL MELLAN UNDERVISNINGS- OCH KULTURMINISTERIET OCH ÅBO AKADEMI FÖR PERIODEN 2013-2016 Undervisnings- och kulturministeriet och universitetet har gjort nedan stående avtal om kvantitativa och kvalitativa mål för universitetets verksamhet med stö...

7.8.2020 | Pre-selection of the European Capital of Culture 2026 in Finland 1 JUNE 2020 Selection of the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) 2026 in Finland The Expert Panel’s report Pre-Selection Stage Helsinki June 2020 Pre-selection of the European Capital...

10.9.2010 | Kultur- och idrottsminister Stefan Wallin har utsett vicehäradshövding, diplomekonom Henrik Lax till orförande för direktionen för Institutet för Ryssland och Östeuropa för en period på tre år. Institutet för Ryssland och Östeuropa har som uppgift att stöda personer som flyttat till Finland från Ryssland och Östeuropa i att bevara sitt språk och sin kultur samt att främja deras integrering i det finländska samhället.

29.2.2008 | Kultur- och idrottsminister Stefan Wallin har beviljat 3 773 000 euro i understöd till riksomfattande kulturevenemang. 150 evenemang får understöd. Evenemangen Baltic Circle, Finncon 2008 och Les Lumières - Kulturfestival inspirerad av upplysningstiden har inte fått understöd tidigare. Understöden beviljas ur den del av tippningsmedlen som är ämnad för understöd av konst.

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...

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