Noteworthy Information

Business & Government Advanced read

State of Data Spaces (Finish Study, 58p)

This state of data spaces study has been commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland and conducted by 1001 Lakes.

Business & Government Simple read

Politico Newsletter: Helsinki wants to be Europe’s smartest

In 2020, Helsinki was ranked the world’s second smartest city, after Singapore, and won a top design prize for creating a “digital twin” or a computer model of the newly built neighborhood Kalasatama, in central Helsinki. So what makes Helsinki “smart”?

Business & Government Simple read

City of Helsinki adopts MyData principles to improve digital services

The City of Helsinki has adopted MyData principles as it attempts to become the most functional digital city on the planet through proactive digital services.

Business & Government Intermediate read

Data produced by Helsinki is world’s most usable and used city data by 2025

The objective of Helsinki is to enhance the utilisation of data and analytics, in order to be able to produce individual and tailored services for the residents.

Business & Government Intermediate read

Espoo’s use of data gets a boost from the government

The Ministry of Finance has granted Helsinki, Espoo, Turku and Oulu slightly over EUR 2 million as funding for MyData projects. Espoo’s share of the funding is EUR 150,000. The aim is to improve the cities’ technical capabilities, enabling them to use residents’ data while ensuring the protection of individuals and data security. Residents’ data refers to data that is collected from the residents through the city’s systems as the residents use the city’s services.

Finland is winning the war on fake news. Other nations want the blueprint

Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?

Finland’s first MyData operator

In the cover of biggest Finnish newspaper today Vastuu group announces that they are MyData operator.

Business & Government Intermediate read

Finland Leads The Way In The Secondary Use Of Health And Social Care Data (Podcast: 5:19min)

Medical data are considered particularly sensitive personal information. Laws and regulations in most countries, including the USA and throughout Europe, generally aim to restrict sharing such information with the target of building privacy walls around each person’s data. But making such health data available more broadly is key to improved medical care, research and the advance of health science. Finland is the first country known to have adopted an approach to allow third parties to access health data for the purposes of scientific research, drug and health technology development and knowledge-based management in social and health care.

Finland’s Top Industry Strives to be the Global Leader in Utilizing Data

The Intelligent Industry Ecosystem of top Finnish companies pursues growth through better utilization of data and AI, leading to tens of thousands of new jobs. Nokia, Konecranes, Cargotec, Tieto and SSAB, among others, launched today the new InDEx Programme, financed by Business Finland and the companies themselves.


Questions Asked

Individuals Intermediate read

SFV Start

SFV Start! Challenge seeks social innovations to help all children and young people thrive in their lives regardless of their background. We are looking for new solutions that tackle inequalities so that everyone has a chance to reach their full learning potential.

[Advanced] Feminist Futures Helsinki

Join in this online hackathon as a collective space for imagining creative and radical futures. Open to all applicants based in Finland (we will make exceptions for applicants based abroad who feel they can contribute in the Finnish context), no hackathon experience needed! This past year has made the social and economic divides in society (locally and globally) more evident than ever. This hackathon challenges the notion that complex, societal issues can be fixed by technology alone. Feminism asks us to analyse and challenge institutionalised power, to embrace empathy and emotion, and to think beyond binary structures - that's what we aim to do together in this hackathon.

Information request: MyData Operator Project to City of Helsinki

City of Helsinki MyData project goals are to improve services to citizens by enhanced interoperability of the City services. Project is executed together with City of Espoo, Turku and Oulu with Finnish Ministry of Finance funding.
This is a request for information and invitation to market dialogue.