The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) will meet in Luxembourg on 12–13 June 2023. The topics of the meeting include platform work, health and safety at work, labour market dialogue, gender equality, strengthening the pharmaceutical ecosystem, combating antimicrobial resistance, mental health at workplaces, and loneliness.

By 26 May 2023, 24 new applications were received in the second application round for energy investment aid under Finland’s Recovery and Resilience Plan. Funding is available for energy infrastructure projects and the electrification and decarbonisation of industrial processes.

Boosting the value added of the bioeconomy in general and from the perspective of different sectors was the focus of a seminar held in Helsinki on 6 June 2023, where the main guest was Magda Kopczynska, Deputy Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development. More than 130 invited guests followed the event on location and online. The seminar was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.