Programme of the administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications 2017-2019 during Finland's chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

1. Finland’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council
Transport and Communications
Programme of the administrative branch
of the Ministry of Transport and Communications
2017-2019
Taina Pieski

3. Exploring Common Solutions
Finland´s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council 2017-2019
Frameworks
• Challenges of global
warming
• Sustainable development
Priorities
• Environmental protection
• Connectivity
• Meteorological
cooperation
• Education

4. Finland’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council –
Key objectives in Transport and Communications
• Exploitation of business opportunities in
the Arctic region in a sustainable manner
• Improvement of communications in the
Arctic region – especially promotion of
the Northeast Passage cable project
• Better utilisation of the weather and
conditions data to support Arctic
operations
• Improvement of maritime safety and
environmental friendliness of shipping in
Arctic sea areas
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5. Arctic Themes in Transport and Communications
• Meteorological cooperation
• Maritime safety
• Connectivity
• Digital transport services
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6. Meteorological cooperation
Meteorological cooperation
• improves public safety
• serves international shipping and
aviation
• provides information for Arctic
climate research.
The aim is to create a closer
cooperation network for observation
actors and research and fill the
gaps in the provision of observation
data.
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7. Maritime safety
• Maritime transport in the Arctic
region is expected to grow.
• The aim of Finland’s Chairmanship
is to improve maritime safety by
drawing attention to the
implementation of the IMO’s Polar
Code, the potential of digitalisation
in shipping, and the challenges of
Arctic navigation.
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8. Connectivity
• Good communication links are critical
factors in improving the living conditions
and quality of life of the population in
the Arctic region and in developing
business operations in the area.
• Reliable wireless connections would
improve maritime safety and enable
conveyance of the data on conditions
and reliable positioning.
• Finland has compiled a report on the
Northeast Passage telecommunications
cable and aims to promote the
construction of the cable during its
Chairmanship.
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9. Digital transport services
• Good transport links enable business
operations in the Arctic regions.
• Digital technology will bring new
opportunities for Arctic transport.
• Robots, automation and an intelligent
transport infrastructure combined with
up-to-date and accurate data on
conditions will increase the safety of
transport in the Arctic regions.
• The aim of the administrative branch
is to promote digitalisation in transport
applications in the Arctic region and to
raise awareness of Finland as a
provider of testing services in
transport digitalisation.
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10. Thank you!
Contact information
Taina Pieski, Director of Strategic Affairs
Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland
www.lvm.fi
@FiArctic #fiarctic
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