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10.11.2021 | Commissioner Mairead McGuinness will visit Finland on 10–12 November on the invitation of Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä and Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko. The Ministers and the Commissioner will discuss the EU’s sustainable finance classification system, or the EU taxonomy, with special focus on themes related to energy and forests. The Commissioner will also meet Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Leppä in Helsinki.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/ministers-lintila-and-saarikko-to-discuss-eu-taxonomy-for-sustainable-finance-with-commissioner-mcguinness
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29.6.2021 | On 29 June 2021, the Government granted EUR 2 million to the Regional Council of Lapland for the development of the Kemi-Tornio region. In all, the Government has allocated EUR 12.75 million to the area to manage the sudden structural change caused by the closure of the Veitsiluoto paper mill in Kemi.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-grants-eur-2-million-to-kemi-tornio-to-manage-sudden-structural-change-total-funding-eur-12.75-million
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13.9.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin spoke at the plenary session of the European Parliament on Tuesday 13 September. Her visit was part of the “This is Europe” series of debates. Check against delivery.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-sanna-marin-s-speech-at-european-parliament-on-13-september-2022
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17.3.2022 | The new national event on working life will provide a platform for developing the Finnish world of work in the long term.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/working-life-forum-gives-everyone-a-chance-to-join-in-current-debate-on-working-life
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28.5.2021 | The ministerial council meeting of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will be held virtually on 31 May–1 June 2021. The meeting will focus on the economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic and the future priorities of the OECD.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/ministers-skinnari-and-lintila-to-attend-oecd-council-on-post-pandemic-sustainable-recovery-and-organisation-s-future-priorities
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7.1.2021 | Finland's Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2021 Ministry for Foreign Affairs Publication date 7.1.2021 15.34 Type: News item Finland assumed its one-year Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers on 1 January 2021. The main tas...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-s-presidency-of-the-nordic-council-of-ministers-in-2021
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9.2.2021 | The State has concluded agreements with 16 urban areas to strengthen innovation activities. The objective of the agreements is to build innovation ecosystems, in other words, to intensify cooperation within networks, strengthen key competences and increase effectiveness of RDI activities. The content of the agreements is based on the local strengths of urban areas and they relate to comprehensive and current topics of carbon reduction, digital technology, and wellbeing and health.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/agreements-between-state-and-cities-to-speed-up-innovations-in-carbon-reduction-digitalisation-and-wellbeing
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5.4.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government has agreed on the General Government Fiscal Plan for 2023–2026. In its spending limits discussion, the Government decided on extensive measures that will strengthen security, create a vision for the future and build sustainable growth.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/general-government-fiscal-plan-for-2023-2026-policies-to-safeguard-finland-s-future-sustainable-growth-and-security
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2.3.2021 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin and the leaders of three EU Member States have sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The joint letter calls on the EU to speed up its digital transformation. The other signatories of the letter are German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-germany-denmark-and-estonia-call-on-eu-to-accelerate-digital-transformation
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3.2.2022 | The Fit for 55 package of climate measures proposed by the European Commission will have a significant impact on shipping, effectively reducing emissions while increasing the cost of shipping in EU countries. These costs may well be higher in Finland than in comparable countries.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/conversion-to-low-emission-shipping-in-the-european-union-increases-costs-while-climate-action-creates-business-opportunities-1656883
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4.4.2022 | In its report published on 4 April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) points out that emission reduction measures must already be accelerated during the next decade to achieve international targets for limiting climate warming. Greenhouse gas emissions are growing in all sectors, and in the past decade the average GHG emissions were higher than ever before. The pace of growth in emissions has, however, slowed.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/ipcc-report-current-actions-not-enough-to-limit-warming-to-1.5-degrees-effective-emission-reductions-already-needed-during-next-decade
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19.2.2021 | The UN Environment Assembly UNEA-5 brings together the UN Member States and representatives of the business sector and civil society organisations to a session conducted virtually on 22-23 February. The themes of the meeting are the role of nature in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals and green rebuilding and sustainable recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/nature-and-sustainable-recovery-the-themes-of-un-environment-assembly-unea
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26.5.2021 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and government agencies under its purview will open calls for funding applications from companies under Finland’s Sustainable Growth Programme in autumn 2021. The funding will support energy transformation, circular economy and energy solutions in industry, and investments in research, development and innovation (RDI).https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/companies-can-apply-for-sustainable-growth-programme-funding-in-autumn
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31.5.2021 | Almost two thousand people took part in the process to create a Nordic perspective for the European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative. The participants considered that Nordic values such as sustainability, closeness to nature, equality and inclusion provide a good basis for housing and building. The final report on the outcomes of the Nordic co-design process has now been published and submitted to the European Commission.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/sustainability-natural-environment-equality-nordic-building-blocks-for-the-new-european-bauhaus-initiative
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27.5.2021 | The Report on Development Policy across Parliamentary Terms strengthens the long-term approach in Finnish development cooperation from the perspective of principles, values and goals, and makes development policy more focused. In order to achieve results, development policy must be conducted in a coherent manner.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/report-on-development-policy-promotes-finland-s-long-term-and-coherent-approach-to-development-cooperation
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5.4.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government has agreed on the General Government Fiscal Plan for 2023–2026. In its spending limits discussion, the Government decided on extensive measures that will strengthen security, create a vision for the future and build sustainable growth.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10616/general-government-fiscal-plan-for-2023-2026-policies-to-safeguard-finland-s-future-sustainable-growth-and-security
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3.2.2022 | The Fit for 55 package of climate measures proposed by the European Commission will have a significant impact on shipping, effectively reducing emissions while increasing the cost of shipping in EU countries. These costs may well be higher in Finland than in comparable countries.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/conversion-to-low-emission-shipping-in-the-european-union-increases-costs-while-climate-action-creates-business-opportunities
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27.5.2021 | The third draft supplementary budget for 2021 will accelerate growth, bring forward investments and respond to the needs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The supplementary budget will also launch reforms and investments under the EU’s recovery and resilience facility.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/minister-of-economic-affairs-lintila-supplementary-budget-s-investments-in-industrial-policy-to-help-companies-rise-from-the-coronavirus-crisis
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21.10.2021 | On 21 October 2021, the Government approved the EU regional and structural policy programme, Innovation and Skills in Finland 2021−2027, and decided to submit it to the European Commission. The programme supports industrial, energy, climate, innovation, education and employment policies as well as the work against exclusion and poverty.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/innovation-and-skills-in-finland-2021-2027-promotes-regional-vitality-employment-and-wellbeing
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1.6.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas will attend a seminar on cooperation between Finland and Estonia at the House of the Estates in Helsinki on Wednesday 8 June. The invitation-only event will also be attended by the foreign ministers of Finland and Estonia, Pekka Haavisto and Eva-Maria Liimets, as well as other ministers from the governments of the two countries.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-ministers-marin-and-kallas-to-discuss-finland-estonia-relations-and-opportunities-for-cooperation-at-high-level-seminar-in-helsinki