Project Updates

May 26, 2015 — The FinCEAL Plus Kick Off Asia Networking session organized in Helsinki on 15 April
The Asia Networking session on Wednesday afternoon in Helsinki Congress Paasitorni gathered together approximately 40 participants. First part of the afternoon session featured presentations on the topics related to the thematic focus areas of FinCEAL Plus Asia such as renewable energy, ICT and...

May 15, 2015 — FinCEAL Plus delegation attended the ASEAN EU STI Days in Paris in 17 to 19 March 2015
The ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days was organised at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in Paris and was attended by almost 300 participants. The host, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), did a good job both in terms of organisation and content. Many...

April 23, 2015 — FinCEAL Plus Kick Off was a success!
The first day in Helsinki Congress Paasitorni gathered together approximately 80 participants, mostly researchers from different universities and research institutions, as well as representatives of funding institutions and ministries, to discuss the current state of international research...

March 5, 2015 — FinCEAL Plus Kick off: Finland's International Research Cooperation, Making the Most of Horizon 2020
FinCEAL Plus is launched in a two-day kick-off event on 15-16 April in Helsinki. The event will focus on the topic of international research cooperation within the Horizon2020 programme. The seminar is aimed at researchers, policy makers, company representatives and non-governmental organizations...

December 10, 2014 — Cooperation Across Borders seminar attracted over 160 participants
FinCEAL and UniPID organized a two-day seminar to discuss and reconsider the different cross-cutting issues of international research, innovation and development cooperation addressing global challenges on November 12 – 13 2014 in Helsinki Congress Paasitorni. We were happy to see that the...

September 17, 2014 — Bioenergy in the South: The diverse impacts and future opportunities seminar October 13th
Viikki Tropical Resources Institute (University of Helsinki) together with FinCEAL and UniPID are organizing a seminar “Bioenergy in the South: The diverse impacts and future opportunities” to explore and discuss the many aspects of tropical bioenergy. The event consists of presentations by...

September 4, 2014 — UniPID is preparing for seminar on STI cooperation in Smart Cities held 10th September in Santiago de Chile
UniPID – Finnish University Partnership for International Development in cooperation with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Energy Center/University of Chile, CONICYT/Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research and ÁgoraLab/Federal University of Santa Catarina,...

June 29, 2014 — FinCEAL and University of Eastern Finland held a Food Security Seminar
FinCEAL and the University of Eastern Finland held a seminar and roundtable discussion “Creating transformational partnerships for food and nutrition security” on 4th June 2014. The event addressed examples of innovative models for collaboration in addressing food security, explore how new...