Uutiset

• 19.1.2012How can the Nordic countries diagnose growth challenges and develop better entrepreneurship policy?

  How can we improve our analytical policy tools in order to achieve a deeper insight into how entrepreneurs contribute to job creation and growth as well as the barriers to growth? This topic was intensely discussed by Nordic and international policy makers and analysts in Copenhagen on 19-20 January.

• 13.1.2012Miljö och små företag i fokus hos Tekes

  Med ett nytt år och en ny, något stramare, budget tar den finländska innovationsaktören Tekes i bruk en ny strategi, som bland annat betyder större satsningar på små och medelstora företag. Hållbarhet är ett av nyckelorden.

• 12.12.2011Porridge and rye bread on the menu

  Whole grain, rye and oat products are traditionally cornerstones in the Nordic food culture as well as important items of export. At the same time the interest in these products is increasing on a global level.

• 12.12.2011Public procurement within health care on the agenda in Copenhagen

  On December 8, the Nordic program Public Procurement and Innovation within Health Care held its first workshop. The event had 50 participants from all major organizations in the Nordic countries working with innovation, procurement and health care.

• 6.12.2011Finland celebrates 94 years of independence

  The day is being marked by several events, with the annual President's Ball as the grand final.

• 1.12.2011Praise for the Top-level Research Initiative

  The Top-level Research Initiative received many words of praise at its annual conference in Oslo on 28-29 November. According to the Norwegian Government, the initiative puts Nordic ideals into practice, and Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers Halldór Ásgrimssón is impressed by the results achieved in such a short time.

• 1.12.2011Finnish ZenRobotics voted Europe’s most innovative environmental company

  The Finnish company ZenRobotics has been chosen as the most innovative environmental company in Europe.

• 6.12.2011Different building regulations expensive for the Nordic countries

  EUR 177 million per year. This is the price that society ihas to pay because the Swedes choose to follow different building regulations than the Danes. The politicians are responsible, says Ole Norrback, Chairman of the Freedom of Movement Forum.

• 28.11.2011Nordic and European investors joining forces to enhance impact of public initiatives

  For the first time ever, a group of eleven leading Nordic and other European public investors came together at Grand Hotel in Stockholm on November 23, to agree on joint advice on EU and national policies for more effective financial instruments.

• 23.11.2011Indicators needed for stimulating and evaluating innovation

  A return to more business focused indicators may improve the ability of innovation programs to actually support and propel new innovations.