Minister of Economic Affairs Lintilä to attend UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon
The UN Ocean Conference, which will be held for the second time, brings together representatives of states, researchers, civil society, and businesses to discuss the oceans’ role in climate change mitigation as well as the future of a sustainable blue economy.
EU energy ministers to decide on proposals to tighten energy efficiency and renewable energy targets
The EU energy ministers will meet at a Council meeting in Luxembourg on 27 June 2022. They aim to reach a general approach on the tightening of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Renewable Energy Directive as part of the Fit for 55 package. Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä will represent Finland at the meeting.
Four European innovation hubs to be established in Finland
From the seven Finnish candidates for European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH), the European Commission has selected four for further development. Hubs are service clusters that support SMEs in their digital renewal, in particular.
Talent Boost website offers current information about promotion of immigration of experts
Finland needs immigration of skilled workforce to strengthen the growth conditions of companies and to ensure the functioning and wellbeing of society. Up-to-date information about the Talent Boost programme which promotes education-based and work-based immigration will be available on the new website. The purpose of the website is to describe the Talent Boost network’s practical work and to serve all those involved in the network as well as others interested in the programme.
New data model helps discover causes of labour market mismatch
The labour market roadmap project aims to improve the match between jobs and workers. The data model built in the project uses data in more diverse ways than before. In this way, the special characteristics of different sectors can be considered in more detail in order to create a more accurate picture of the types of open vacancies, labour reserves and occupational differences.
