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8.11.2022 | Finland will support the grain shipments of the World Food Programme (WFP) from Ukraine to Somalia. At the same time, Finland will increase its humanitarian assistance to the Horn of Africa, where more than 20 million people are in need of urgent food aid.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-contribute-to-shipment-of-ukraine-grain
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15.12.2021 | Finland’s bilateral development cooperation with Afghanistan will remain suspended, but funds will be channelled to humanitarian activities and to responding to people’s basic needs. Finland’s support is delivered through the UN and civil society organisations and it will not fall in the hands of or support the Taliban. A new temporary policy line has been adopted by Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-alleviates-afghans-distress
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24.11.2021 | Finland joined the Export Finance for Future coalition (E3F) at its meeting on 24 November 2021. The E3F is part of the strategy work to combat global warming. It allocates funding to sustainable projects and defines the most suitable measures for phasing out export finance in projects that are not in line with sustainable development.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/finland-joins-coalition-aiming-to-end-export-finance-of-fossil-fuels
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18.1.2021 | Finland supports female and young entrepreneurs in developing countries Ministry for Foreign Affairs Publication date 18.1.2021 14.58 Type: Press release Finland will grant EUR 5 million to the International Trade Centre (ITC) in 2021–2022 to supp...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-supports-female-and-young-entrepreneurs-in-developing-countries
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4.10.2021 | Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will visit France and Germany on 4–8 October 2021. In Paris, Minister Skinnari will attend the annual OECD Ministerial Council Meeting and meet key French ministers and business representatives. In Stuttgart, Skinnari will participate in the business forum on the future of the automotive industry. The programme includes meetings with key German companies, and decision-makers from the state of Baden-Württemberg.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-skinnari-to-visit-paris-and-stuttgart
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5.5.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will visit Japan from 10 to 12 May. During her visit, Prime Minister Marin will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Speaker of the House of Representatives Hiroyuki Hosoda. Prime Minister Marin will be accompanied by Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari and a Finnish business delegation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-to-visit-japan-1
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21.8.2023 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s speech at the Annual Meeting of Finnish Heads of Mission 2023 in Helsinki. Check against delivery.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-s-speech-at-the-annual-meeting-of-finnish-heads-of-mission-2023-
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23.6.2023 | The European Union introduces significant new instruments in its eleventh package of restrictive measures against Russia to prevent circumvention and evasion of sanctions, particularly through third countries. These instruments include several facilities for targeting sanctions against parties that circumvent sanctions and assist in such circumvention. Export bans, bans on transit through Russia and individual sanctions lists are expanded.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/11th-package-of-eu-sanctions-against-russia-focuses-on-preventing-sanctions-circumvention
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16.12.2021 | Finland will contribute EUR 125 million to the replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), which is part of the World Bank Group. The replenishment process was brought forward to help the world’s poorest countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-allocates-eur-125-million-to-support-the-world-s-poorest-countries
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2.12.2022 | The 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Montreal, Canada on 7–19 December 2022. “The Conference in Montreal must mark a turning point in terms of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2030, somewhat in the same way as the Paris Climate Change Conference did for preventing climate crisis,” says Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Maria Ohisalo, who leads Finland’s delegation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/un-biodiversity-conference-starts-in-montreal-turning-point-needed-to-halt-nature-loss
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5.10.2021 | The world’s poorest countries are most severely affected by crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. This week, the UN LDC Future Forum will bring together leading scientists, policymakers and development practitioners in Helsinki to discuss new solutions for boosting global development.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/un-conference-in-helsinki-seeks-new-solutions-to-the-problems-of-the-least-developed-countries
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17.8.2021 | The conditions for further development cooperation and the forms it will take will be assessed together with the international community and development cooperation organisations as the situation in Afghanistan becomes clearer.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-suspend-development-cooperation-in-afghanistan
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29.9.2021 | The September issue of Kauppapolitiikka focuses on foreign trade opportunities. The majority of Finnish export businesses are located on the coastal areas. In Savo, the aim is to change the situation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/kauppapolitiikka-magazine-is-looking-for-export-opportunities
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22.6.2022 | The international community supports the sustainability and operational capacity of Ukraine’s public sector in the midst of the war through the World Bank’s FREE Ukraine Multi-Donor Trust Fund. Following Russia’s aggression in February 2022, Finland has granted EUR 21 million in additional funding for development cooperation and humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-grants-additional-eur-6-million-to-ukraine-through-the-world-bank
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17.1.2024 | In its meeting on 17 January, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined Finland’s policy priorities for the 2024–2029 EU parliamentary term. The Committee also discussed the Commission’s proposal to establish a Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans. In addition, the Ministerial Committee outlined Finland’s positions for the two Council meetings taking place next week.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10616/ministerial-committee-on-european-union-affairs-sets-finland-s-eu-policy-priorities-for-coming-years
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22.11.2021 | Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will visit Oslo on 22–23 November. Minister Skinnari will meet ministers of Norway’s new Government and visit a waste treatment plant that makes use of carbon capture technologies. The Minister will also attend a seminar organised by the Finnish and Norwegian Shipowners Associations and the Embassy of Finland in Oslo.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-skinnari-to-visit-oslo
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3.10.2022 | The Development Policy Committee commissioned a report on sustainable development investing. While significant sums are already being invested from Finland in the world’s least-developed countries, private investment could bolster the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) even more systematically. It would be essential to create clear criteria for sustainable development investing.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/development-policy-committee-sustainable-development-investments-need-clear-criteria
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24.1.2022 | On Monday 24 January, Minister for European Affairs Tytti Tuppurainen made a visit to Warsaw, where she discussed a wide range of key EU issues with Polish Minister for European Affairs Konrad Szymański. Minister Tuppurainen also discussed the security situation in Europe with Secretary of State Paweł Soloch, who is Head of Poland’s National Security Bureau.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-european-affairs-tuppurainen-discusses-eu-single-market-and-security-situation-in-baltic-sea-region-during-visit-to-warsaw
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21.12.2022 | Finland supports UN agencies in their work to promote stability and human rights. Authoritarian states, conflicts, the food and climate crises and the COVID-19 pandemic are increasing inequality and weakening security and wellbeing worldwide.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-provides-core-funding-to-un-agencies-for-work-to-promote-equality-and-improve-the-status-of-children
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23.3.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Brussels on Wednesday 23 March. In their meeting, the prime ministers discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the sanctions imposed on Russia, extensive assistance to Ukraine, the development of European security and defence cooperation and Finland’s relationship with NATO.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-meets-with-canadian-prime-minister-trudeau