The ArcticFinland.fi website is now presenting Finland as an Arctic country also in English. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland have signed an agreement to develop the site maintained and updated by the Arctic Centre as an Arctic gateway for international audience.

“The Finnish Chairmanship in the Arctic Council
has greatly increased demand for Arctic information about Finland abroad. With this
cooperation we are responding to the growing need,” says Ville Cantell,
Director of the Unit for Communications on Europe and Neighbouring Areas at the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The Arctic Centre has
maintained the ArcticFinland website for several years, but until now the focus has
been on information in Finnish.

“Now we can actively
develop the English pages. We are creating new content and building networks with
international partners”, says Markku Heikkilä, Head of Science Communications at the
Arctic Centre.

The site is not intended to replace the
official chairmanship site or other existing sources of information, but to
consolidate a rather fragmented picture of Finland as an Arctic country. On the site
you can find information on Finland’s Arctic policies and on Arctic research and
Arctic business in Finland. There are also news about Arctic events and activities
in Finland, and longer articles with Arctic content.

The
updated site was launched on Monday, June 5th. New content will be added throughout
the Finnish Chairmanship. The agreement between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and
the Arctic Center will be in force until May 2019. “We aim at continuing our
cooperation even after this period,” says Heikkilä.


ArcticFinland: www.arcticfinland.fi/en
Twitter:
@ArcticFinlandia

For more information please contact

Ville Cantell, Director of the Unit for Communications on Europe and
Neighbouring Areas,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
+358 295 351 847, ville.cantell(at)formin.fi

Markku
Heikkilä, Head of Science Communications, Arctic Centre at the University of
Lapland
+358 40 4844300, markku.heikkila(at)ulapland.fi

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