Turku-Southwest Finland EU Office

Turku-Southwest Finland European Office (Turku EU Office) represents City of Turku and Regional Council of Southwest Finland bringing together all 27 municipalities in the region. Our focus areas are: Blue Growth (maritime industry, Baltic Sea), Green transition (climate, energy, circular economy, mobility), Smart transformation (digitalisation and smart urban solutions).

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Turku-Southwest Finland EU Office

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Smart specialisation focus areas in Southwest Finland are:

1) Blue growth and industrial modernisation,

2) Innovative Food Chains,

3) Life sciences and Health technology

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  • By Miia Paananen

Immune systems in flames - what could EU research do?

Welcome to a roundtable event on “Inflammation in Health and Disease” organised by InFlames Flagship and MEP Ville Niinistö. The workshop provides an opportunity to discuss between representatives of the European Institutions, researchers and stakeholders on inflammation and the lack of EU’s contributions to inflammation research, innovation and policies.

  • By Agnieszka Wieczorek Jetha

EWRC side event: Climate adaptation as a driver for policy-making

Building on regional examples from Catalonia, Normandie, Mid-Norway, and South Ostrobothnia, this EWRC side event will focus on ways to ‘mainstream’ climate adaptation in regional public policies and showcase the efforts towards this process in different EU regions.

  • By Gaia Ialisa Marotta

Transport WG meeting - EURegionsWeek 2022: Youth engagement in the green transition

ERRIN and POLIS organise this event to discuss how to rethinking of the urban mobility framework to bring it more into line with young people's needs and priorities, with representatives from the Institutions, public authorities and youth delegates.

  • By Turku - Southwest Finland European Office

Webinar: How to efficiently decarbonize the maritime sector?

The city of Turku and the Solar Impulse Foundation are organising the webinar series: 'How to efficiently decarbonize the maritime sector?' on 27 September from 8-9 AM (CEST). It will be possible to attend the webinar on Microsoft Teams after registration.

  • By Hilary Webb

Civic Engagement in the Climate-Neutral & Smart Cities Mission - Workshop

Save the date for an upcoming workshop as part of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU will be dedicated to civic engagement in the EU Missions, specifically in the Mission on climate-neutral and smart cities.

  • By Miia Paananen

Healthy boost for your cross-sectoral cooperation – piloted practices and novel tools

How to improve cross-sectoral cooperation for health and well-being in cities? Participate in the webinar 'Healthy boost for your cross-sectoral cooperation – piloted practices and novel tools' on 16 November.