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On 12 May 2016, the Government appointed a new Urban Policy Committee, which will be tasked with the coordination and development of the urban policy measures of different ministries. Its objective will be to strengthen partnerships between the Government, cities, and urban regions, to promote the ability of urban regions to renew, as well as their competitiveness, social sustainability and capacity to deal with challenges related to climate change.https://tem.fi/en/urban-policy-committee
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Strategy of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and its administrative branch The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and its administrative branch create preconditions for sustainable growth. Growth must be economically, socia...https://tem.fi/en/strategy
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Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto The Finns Party Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto is responsible for matters of the Innovations and Enterprise Financing Department at the Ministry of ...https://tem.fi/en/minister-of-economic-affairs
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Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Minister of Employment Matias Marttinen The National Coalition Party Minister of Employment Matias Marttinen is the head of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. Minister of Employment is resp...https://tem.fi/en/minister-of-employment
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International and EU cooperation in the energy sector Photo: EU International cooperation in the energy sector has been undertaken via various forums for a long time and diverse global issues have only increased the need for such collaboration. Th...https://tem.fi/en/international-and-eu-cooperation-in-the-energy-sector
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Industrial property rights protect intangible assets Industrial property rights and copyrights belong to intellectual property rights. Industrial property rights are exclusive rights that often registered allowing the operator to protect its inves...https://tem.fi/en/industrial-property-rights
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International cooperation is central to space policy The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for international cooperation in the space sector with organisations such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Union (E...https://tem.fi/en/international-space-cooperation
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The aim of the rural policy is to ensure that the Finnish countryside remains vibrant and is able to make use of its own resources. Island policy is one of the oldest elements of regional policy in Finland. The Government appointed a long-term committee to address issues relating to islands as early as in 1949. The provisions on the Island Committee were laid down by decree in 1961 and the Island Development Act entered into force in 1981.https://tem.fi/en/rural-and-island-policy
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Nordic cooperation aims to promote the common Nordic interests and values. The presidency in the Nordic Council of Ministers steering this work rotates on an annual basis.https://tem.fi/en/nordic-cooperation
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Finland needs new growth and new prosperity. Cities are the growth engines of the national economy. At the same time, cities are also an integral part of regional development and they interact with the larger economic areas surrounding them.https://tem.fi/en/urban-development
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Procedures and coordination The European Commission is responsible for controlling State aid granted by EU Member States. As a rule, the Commission must be notified in advance of all aid schemes or individual aid that constitute State aid within t...https://tem.fi/en/state-aid-procedures-and-coordination
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28.10.2021 | One member and two deputy members of the Finnish delegation to the European Committee of the Regions will change. The Government has nominated new candidates for the remainder of the Committee’s term until January 2025.https://tem.fi/en/-/new-members-appointed-to-finland-s-delegation-of-the-committee-of-the-regions
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Statute drafting Drafting statutes is one of the most important tasks of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. The ministry’s remit includes employment, unemployment and public employment services, work environment issues, collective ag...https://tem.fi/en/statute-drafting
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The European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) objective supports cross-border cooperation between EU Member States at trans-national and interregional level. A total of 10.1 billion euros has been allocated to the ETC objective from the European Regional Development Fund in the period 2014 - 2020.https://tem.fi/en/european-territorial-cooperation-objective
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19.10.2023 | The Urban Policy Committee aims to strengthen the partnership and dialogue between the central government, cities and urban regions. Minister of Local and Regional Government Anna-Kaisa Ikonen chairs the Committee.https://tem.fi/en/-/urban-policy-committee-builds-a-fair-partnership
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30.9.2021 | On 30 September 2021, the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy agreed on guidelines for the regional allocation of funding under the EU regional and structural policy programme Innovation and Skills in Finland 2021–2027. During the next programming period, funding will be distributed slightly more evenly between the different regions.https://tem.fi/en/-/10616/regional-allocation-of-eu-regional-and-structural-policy-funding-supports-regions-long-term-development
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16.9.2021 | The Government has appointed a monitoring committee for the EU’s regional and structural policy programme Innovation and skills in Finland 2021–2027. The committee will monitor the implementation, effectiveness and performance of the programme.https://tem.fi/en/-/monitoring-committee-appointed-for-the-eu-s-regional-and-structural-policy-programme-in-2021-2027
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16.9.2021 | The Government has approved Finland’s participation in seven European regional co-operation programmes, i.e. the Interreg programme series. These programmes support cross-border, transnational and interregional co-operation. They are part of the upcoming EU regional and structural policy programming period, and are co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).https://tem.fi/en/-/regional-co-operation-programmes-for-2021-2027-support-the-competitiveness-and-functional-labour-market-of-border-regions
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31.5.2017 | The Smart Regions 2.0 Conference on innovation policy, arranged by the European Commission and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, will be held on 1–2 June at Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre in Helsinki. The conference will bring together 850 entrepreneurs, innovators and public officials from across Europe.https://tem.fi/en/-/smart-regions-konferenssi-eurooppalaiset-alueet-etsivat-kasvua-omien-vahvuuksiensa-pohjalta
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18.3.2021 | At its meeting on 18 March, the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy decided on how funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) should be distributed among Finland’s Interreg programmes during the 2021–2027 programming period. The funding in question concerns seven programmes under the European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) objective, also known as Interreg programmes.https://tem.fi/en/-/10616/ministerial-committee-on-economic-policy-agrees-on-distribution-of-funding-for-interreg-programmes-in-2021-2027