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Copyright regime The task of the Ministry of Education and Culture is to facilitate the operation of the copyright regime, which consists of economic and moral rights. Economic copyright protects the author's prospects for income, and moral copyri...

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).

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...

23.9.2024 | The Ministry of Education and Culture’s proportion of the 2025 budget proposal is EUR 8.45 billion, which is some EUR 411 million more than in the 2024 Budget. The proposal implements the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's Government, which aims to invest, even in a difficult economic situation, in raising the level of education and training and improving the conditions for conducting science, research and development.

24.10.2023 | A Barents Scholarship for Cultural Cooperation in Finland has been awarded to Koli Art Residence. The value of the scholarship is EUR 10,000. Barents Scholarships for Cultural Cooperation were awarded on 24 October in Joensuu in Eastern Finland. Scholarships were also awarded to recipients from Sweden and Norway.

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.

10.8.2020 | 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.

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...

2.4.2019 | Compendium of recommendations from ex- post evaluations of European Capitals of Culture 2007-2016 Brussels March 2018 2 Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................

20.1.2021 | The working group set up by the Ministry of Education and Culture proposes policies and measures to enable Finland's arts and culture policy to take better account of cultural diversity based on immigration and to make arts and cultural life a more equitable and equal in the future. The working group was commissioned to focus especially on using arts and culture to strengthen the inclusion and participat...

10.10.2018 | The Ministry of Education and Culture and the City of Helsinki decided on 8 October to launch a preparation project to establish a new world-class architecture and design museum in Helsinki. The project will run until 28 February 2019.

12.4.2017 | A working group, appointed by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, submitted its report on reinforcing creative economy in Finland. The report reviews barriers to making use of creative competence. It contains proposals for developing business activities and employment, for reforming funding instruments and for developing social security for creative professionals and artists.

20.3.2018 | The Ministry of Education and Culture and the City of Helsinki are working with the foundation for the Design Museum and the foundation for the Architecture Museum and the Architecture Information Centre to come up with realisation alternatives for a design and architecture museum complex in line with the highest international standards.

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.

10.2.2017 | Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland | Cultural policy promotes arts and culture | 1/2016 Cultural policy promotes arts and culture Finland’s cultural policy aims to promote arts and culture, creative work and economy, cultural diversity as ...

25.7.2018 | OPETUS- JA KULTTUURIMINISTERIÖN JA TAIDEYLIOPISTON VÄLINEN SOPIMUS VUOSILLE 2017-2020 1. YLEISTÄ Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö ja yliopisto ovat yliopistolain (558/2009) 48 §:n 1 momentin nojalla sopineet yliopiston toiminnalle asetettavista tavo...

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...

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