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13.11.2024
AIATELLA aims to save lives by automating manual tasks in the analysis of medical imaging. The founders’ target is to scale the whole cardiovascular system and shift the current situation from reactive medicine into preventative medicine.
News
29.10.2024
Helsinki-Uusimaa emphasises that the future framework programme must promote place-based regional innovation ecosystems and strengthen cooperation along the entire RDI value chain. The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council's position on the EU's next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation brings forth the objectives of the region’s RDI actors.
Cases
14.10.2024
For some time now, urban planning has been talking about a sustainable human scale city, one where daily services are within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. In urban planning, minimum standards are no longer enough – the goals are more ambitious, taking into account both sustainability and quality.
News
1.10.2024
The European Commission has identified the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region as a Regional Innovation Valley (RIV). In cooperation with other top regions in circular economy, Helsinki-Uusimaa is carrying out the project European Circular Innovation Valley, the ECIV.
News
25.9.2024
The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council, in cooperation with the City of Espoo, will host the European Committee of the Regions' Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE) on 26-27 September. During the two-day event in Espoo, the Commission will examine the future prospects for EU climate policy.
News
24.9.2024
Mr Eero Venäläinen at the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council started as the new Regional Development Director at the beginning of August. Our operational environment is undergoing great changes, but he believes in the future.
News
9.9.2024
The first Helsinki-Uusimaa Culture Forum invites actors in culture and creative industry to Musiikkitalo (Music Hall) in Helsinki on 24 September. What does the cultural future look like in Helsinki-Uusimaa, and what is on the topic right now? We wish for you to take part, get inspired and create your own network!
Cases
5.9.2024
When you start restoring an entire water body, you need a large number of actors. In the case of the Mustijoki river, this includes a number of municipalities, landowners, businesses and local residents in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region.
News
3.9.2024
If Southern Finland is doing well, it is a guarantee for the entire country being successful and competitive. There is therefore a need for promoting the interests together in matters which connect the area and its inhabitants. The regions of Southern Finland, that is Southwest Finland, Helsinki-Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme, Kymenlaakso and South Karelia have started joint intense activities for promoting interests and advocacy within the EU.
News
8.8.2024
We wish all regional actors and artists in the creative industry welcome to the presentations of the project Helsinki-Uusimaa Cultural Market. The project carried out by the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council is aiming to improve the equal availability of culture, as well as the employment situation in the industry.
Cases
5.8.2024
The importance of green infrastructure will increase as the climate warms. Strategically designed green spaces help adapt to climate change, support natural diversity and enhance amenity. InnoGreen is testing how to transform tram stops into urban outdoor green spaces.
News
24.6.2024
Our Regional Mayor, Ms Tuija Telén and Ms Katrin Lange, Minister of Finance and for Europe of the State of Brandenburg, have signed an agreement on cooperation in Potsdam.
News
19.6.2024
The Helsinki-Uusimaa Region has joined the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance (ESRA), an alliance of European regions with proven semiconductor industries to promote the importance of the semiconductor and microelectronics industry.
Cases
6.6.2024
The Finnish biotechnology company Enifer's mycoprotein PEKILO® is attracting worldwide interest from as far away as South America. The Espoo-based company is growing fast and has recently secured 36 million euros funding to build a pioneering food-grade mycoprotein factory in Kirkkonummi.
News
24.5.2024
Helsinki-Uusimaa Region tops the rankings as the most prosperous European region in the latest edition of the European Social Progress Index, comparing wellbeing and social progress across European regions.
News
21.5.2024
On 21 May we’ll celebrate the first Uusimaa Day ever. Tens of events will be held all around our Region. Yle Areena is streaming our Spring Celebration at 7 p.m. from Lohja.
Blog
17.5.2024
With a location in the northern periphery of the European Union, Finland needs more well-functioning routes both to the south and to the west. A planned tunnel from Helsinki to Tallinn has by now earned its position as a truly considerable solution for the future, Regional Mayor Tuija Telén writes.
News
14.5.2024
Finnish cities, municipalities and regions act as circular economy innovation platforms. To share our best practices with the rest of the world, we put them all together in our handbook “Finland – Local Solutions Are Born Here”.
Cases
7.5.2024
The environmental service company Kuljetusrinki uses artificial intelligence and robots to process mixed waste into clean raw materials for industrial use. The amount of waste going to incineration is reduced as robots Uuno, Spede and Lyyli work hard.
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15.4.2024
The City of Helsinki has set itself the goal of becoming the most functional city in the world. This means traffic that works, which requires constant improvement, data and intelligent tools. Now, Helsinki is on its way to become a pioneer in functional smart traffic systems.