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22.5.2026 | Monitoimijainen sosiaalityö vankilasta vapautuvan tukena digitalisoituvassa yhteiskunnassa VAPAA-hanke 2024-2025 Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu Teemu Rantanen, Laurea-AMK Mari Suonio, Itä-Suomen yliopisto Janika Lindström, Laurea-AMK Monitoimijainen so...

1.9.2017 | From now on, there will be four departments at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, instead of the earlier five departments.

17.11.2016 | The Committee for combating violence against women and domestic violence will start operating at the beginning of 2017. The matter is related to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (so-called Istanbul Convention). The Government issued a decree on the Committee on 17 November.

3.9.2015 | GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AGENDA PILOT ASSESSMENT OF UGANDA FEBRUARY 16 – 20, 2015 1 | P a g e Global Health Security Agenda EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Global Health Security Agenda Pilot Assessment of Uganda February 16 – 20, 2015 The Global Health Security ...

3.9.2015 | GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AGENDA PILOT ASSESSMENT OF PORTUGAL April 12 to 17, 2015 Global Health Security Agenda Pilot Assessment of Portugal, Final report 22.6.2015 ____________________________________________________________________________________...

20.11.2017 | The Council of the European Union has today decided that the new seat of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will be Amsterdam. The London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) must be relocated following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Altogether 19 cities in the European Union offered to host the EMA, Helsinki among them.

27.4.2015 | Well-being through nutrition A guide for municipal decision-makers Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................................................................

22.11.2016 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health requests opinions from stakeholders on the draft government proposal to Parliament on the Alcohol Act and other related Acts. The deadline for comments is 16 January 2017. The government proposal on the Alcohol Act could be submitted to Parliament during the spring session 2017. The entry into force of the act will be decided during parliamentary discussions.

31.10.2019 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities have updated the quality recommendation for child welfare. In the same connection, quality criteria was drawn up for substitute care and for monitoring it.

20.1.2017 | Finland continues its active work in order to improve global health security. Finland is chairing the international Joint External Evaluation Alliance (JEE) until October 2018. The Alliance supports the evaluation of health security of different countries and the implementation of International Health Regulations, and promotes the related development measures. Finland is also a member of the steering group of the Global Health Security Agenda GHSA, a global cooperative forum for health security.

25.11.2025 | Finland will publish its new national Action Plan for the Istanbul Convention on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The objective of the Istanbul Convention is to ensure that every girl and woman has a future without violence. Finland’s new action plan, covering the years 2026–2033, outlines several long-term objectives and lists altogether 37 practical measures.

9.6.2020 | The Finnish Social Security Committee has compiled a list of the identified social security problems that need to be solved in the short or long term. The list includes the opinions of the Committee members and permanent experts as such. The Committee will seek a consensus over the expressed opinions at the later stages of the work.

2.11.2020 | 1+MillionGenomes Roadmap 2020-2022 Summary of the roadmap document adopted on 4 February 2020 by the signatories of the Declaration Towards access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the EU by 2022 1+MillionGenomes Understanding the role of...

19.3.2020 | Today, on 19 March 2020, the Government appointed a parliamentary committee to prepare a social security reform in Finland. The term of office of the committee will last from 23 March 2020 to 31 March 2027.

20.12.2018 | Cre-health – a social innovation to empowerment and social inclusion by culture and creative activities * * Theresia HolmstedtJensen, projectstrategist county of Dalarna dept culture and education [email protected] Suzanne Lazar, repres...

8.2.2019 | The basic income experiment did not increase the employment level of the participants in the first year of the experiment. However, at the end of the experiment the recipients of a basic income perceived their wellbeing as being better than did those in the control group. The results are to some extent preliminary, and it is not yet possible to draw any firm conclusions regarding the effects of the basic income experiment.

4.2.2019 | Evaluation study about the Finnish basic income experiment is ongoing. Preliminary results to be published on Friday, 8 February 2019.

11.6.2018 | Societal challenges as a driver for innovations - The Nordic Region – an attractive place for advanced businesses? Helsinki 2018-05-23 Göran Marklund Strategic Focus Sustainable Growth – Catalyzing virtuous cycles Attractive places for business! E...

8.6.2018 | How do the Nordic countries cope with the four key areas? – Higher Education Institutions Mårten Berg 22-05-2018 Background Oskar Penje, Nordregio, 2018 Total population: 27 million Current students: 1,3 million HEIs: 188 R&D spending (% of GDP): ...

3.7.2023 | Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency Helsinki PO Box 66 (Opastinsilta 12 B) FI-00521 Helsinki Tampere Yliopistonkatu 38 FI-33100 Tampere Rovaniemi Valtakatu 2 FI-96100 Rovaniemi Switchboard / Tel. +358 29 505 2000 www.tukes.fi [email protected] Bus...