In 2021, Finland is the chair of the Nordic Council of Ministers. One priority project for the presidency year is Achieving the World's Smoothest Cross-Border Mobility and Daily Life Through Digitalisation, financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
The project will create a model and practices for enhancing cross-border data exchange. The first stage of the project was a baseline study of the current situation on cross-border data exchange. The baseline study report will be published by the Nordic Council of Ministers in their publication series Tema Nord.
The seminar will start with a publication event for the baseline study report, but mainly time will be spent analysing the report findings and working together on the plans for the project’s work for 2022–2023. The workshops will be separate for each work package (studying, health services, legislative data).
Torbjörn Sandell, Finnish Digital and Population Data Services Agency, torbjorn.sandell@dvv.fi (Project Manager)
Riikka Rissanen, Finnish National Agency for Education, riikka.rissanen@oph.fi (Work package 1: Studies)
Petteri Pulli, Finnish National Agency for Education, petteri.pulli@oph.fi (Work package 1: Studies)
Minna Sinkkonen, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, minna.sinkkonen@thl.fi (Work package 2: Health services)
István Rytkönen, Finnish Ministry of Justice, istvan.rytkonen@gov.fi (Work package 3: Legal data)
Event information
Venue
- Hanaholmen Cultural Centre, Hanasaarenranta 5, Espoo (just outside the Finnish capital of Helsinki).
- Also online participation will be offered. The initial publication event will be streamed, and workshop participation will be possible via Teams.
- Follow this link for more information on Hanaholmen.
Date & time
- Start: Tuesday 30th November 2021 at 12.30 pm (EET)
- End of official part: Wednesday 1st December 2021 at 1.30 pm (EET)
- After the official part, we are arranging a guided tour to Oodi, the newly built Helsinki Central Library.
- We start by bus from Hanaholmen at 1.30 pm (EET), and the guided tour ends at 3 pm (EET).
- There is no return transport to Hanaholmen after the tour.
- Follow this link for more information on Oodi.
Registration
Registration has closed. Please contact Torbjörn Sandell (torbjorn.sandell@dvv.fi) if you have questions!
Participants
The following organisations have registered for the seminar. Entries in bold indicate workshop participation on site.
- Denmark
- Civilstyrelsen
- Committee for Health Education
- Health Data Authority
- Info Norden
- Ministry of Health
- Estonia
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Social Affairs
- Greenland
- Government of Greenland
- Iceland
- Directorate of Education
- Directorate of Health
- Ministry of Health
- Latvia
- Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- Ministry of Education and Science
- National Health Service
- Lithuania
- Ministry of Health
- Office of the Seimas
- Norway
- Directorate for eHealth
- Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education and Research (UNIT)
- Lovdata Foundation
- Sweden
- Centre for Rural Medicine
- Council for Higher Education
- Ladok Consortium
- Ministry of Justice
- Nordic Welfare Centre
- Åland
- Government of Åland
- Statistics and Research Åland
- Finland
- CSC – IT Center for Science
- Digital and Population Data Services Agency
- Info Norden
- Institute for Health and Welfare
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
- National Agency for Education
- Social Insurance Institution
- University of Turku
- Youth League of the Finnish Norden Association
Accommodation
- Rooms may still be available at the seminar venue. Please contact reception@hanaholmen.fi to check availability.
- There are also other hotels nearby.
Programme
Day 1 – Tuesday 30th November 2021
| Time (EET) | Programme | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 | Lunch (optional) | Hanaholmen, restaurant Plats | ||
| 14:00 | Publication event
| Hanaholmen, congress room Tetra | Will be streamed at https://www.mediaserver.fi/live/crossbordermobility. Facilitated by Eetu Jokela, Digital and Population Data Services Agency Link to the publication: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2021-547 | |
| 14:45 | Break and coffee service | Hanaholmen, outside congress room Tetra | ||
| 15:15 | Introduction of the report's work packages | Online participation via Teams available. Link will be sent to participants by email. | ||
| Hanaholmen, conference room Tändsticka | Facilitated by Riikka Rissanen and Petteri Pulli. | ||
| Hanaholmen, conference room Skiftnyckel | Facilitated by Minna Sinkkonen, Juha Mykkänen and Vesa Jormanainen. | ||
| Hanaholmen, conference room Kullager | Facilitated by István Rytkönen, Eetu Jokela and Joonas Aitonurmi. | ||
| 16:30 | Break | |||
| 18:00 | Dinner (optional) | Hanaholmen, restaurant Plats |
Day 2 – Wednesday 1st December 2021
| Time (EET) | Programme | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Introduction to the workshops | Hanaholmen, conference room Kullager | Facilitated by Torbjörn Sandell. | |
| 9:30 | Work package specific workshops (including coffee break) | Online participation via Teams available. Link will be sent to participants by email. | ||
| Hanaholmen, conference room Tändsticka | Facilitated by Riikka Rissanen and Petteri Pulli. | ||
| Hanaholmen, conference room Skiftnyckel | Facilitated by Minna Sinkkonen, Juha Mykkänen and Vesa Jormanainen. | ||
| Hanaholmen, conference room Kullager | Facilitated by István Rytkönen, Eetu Jokela and Joonas Aitonurmi. | ||
| 11:15 | Break | |||
| 11:30 | Conclusions | Hanaholmen, conference room Kullager | Facilitated by Torbjörn Sandell. Closing words by Mikko Pitkänen, Digital and Population Data Services Agency. | |
| 12:30 | Lunch (optional) | Hanaholmen, restaurant Plats | ||
| 13:30 | Guided tour of Oodi, Helsinki Central Library (optional) | Bus transport from Hanaholmen at 13:30 | NB. No return transport to Hanaholmen after the visit. |
Arrival information
- You can arrive in Helsinki by plane, train or ferry.
- The closest airport is Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL), follow this link for more info.
- From Helsinki-Vantaa, there are both train and bus services to the city centre.
- Ferries run from Tallinn and Stockholm to Helsinki.
- Ferries also run from Stockholm to Turku, with a two-hour train service from the harbour to Helsinki.
- By public transport, you can reach Hanaholmen by bus or metro. Link to Helsinki Regional Transport.
- Metro: direction Matinkylä or Tapiola from the city centre to Koivusaari metro station, a twenty-minute walk from Hanaholmen.
- Bus: several different buses run from Kamppi bus terminal or Lauttasaari metro station to bus stop Hanasaari, a ten-minute walk from Hanaholmen.
- The closest airport is Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL), follow this link for more info.
- Link to your local guide to Helsinki | My Helsinki
- Link to the Official Travel Guide of Finland – VisitFinland.com