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1.6.2022

Watch the Jaakko Iloniemi Lecture here

President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö and the former prime minister of Sweden Carl Bildt speak at the Jaakko…
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9.6.2020

Finns Find the Euro Less Useful Amidst Covid Crisis

In a recent Values and Attitudes Survey, conducted by the Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA), 51 per cent of Finns believe…
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21.4.2017

Finns are turning towards the EU for stability

More than half of the Finns hope that the British will revoke their decision to leave the EU. An even greater portion, 65 %…
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20.12.2016

Europe under pressure - Europe's and Finland's options after Brexit

Britain’s withdrawal from the EU will weaken the Union and change the power relations of the member states. In the EU,…
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27.3.2014

EVA Attitude and Value Survey 2014: Finns' opinions on the EU remain fairly positive

Although support for EU membership has declined slightly from last year, Finns’ attitudes towards EU membership have remained…
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15.10.2013

Towards the top - This is how women work in corporate management teams

Women are still in the minority in companies’ management teams, but their share is growing. Currently, three out of ten…
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17.6.2013

EVA Analysis: Symptoms of an infection - This is what business leaders think about 19 elements of Finnish competitiveness

Finland’s competitiveness is being weakened by an infection. When competitiveness is divided into 19 elements, corporate…
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21.3.2013

EVA Attitude and Value Survey 2013: Finns’ Opinions on the EU remain positive

Finns’ attitudes towards EU membership have remained fairly positive. Nearly half (46%) of the respondents relate positively…
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29.3.2012

EVA Attitude and Value Survey 2012

Finns’ attitudes towards EU membership have become more positive. A majority (55%) relate positively towards EU…
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16.5.2011

EVA Junior Fellows 2011 have been selected

EVA has selected 26 new Junior Fellows from 13 different countries. The Junior Fellows are exceptionally talented students and…
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17.3.2011

EVA TV: Social media

EVA TV interviewed Muxlim’s founder and CEO Mohamed El-Fatatry about social media.
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3.1.2011

Apply for EVA Junior Fellow 2011!

Apply for EVA Junior Fellows network by 28th of February 2011! EVA selects 25 Junior Fellows every year for a period of two…
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12.10.2010

The first day at a Finnish office

Finland is too accustomed to homogeneity. And while I am not an advocate of pluralism in the sense of neglecting traditions and…
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4.10.2010

Talent available!

EVA Report “Talent available – Tapping the Expat Talent Pool”, written by Aira Vehaskari, looks at the…
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25.8.2010

Welcome EVA Junior Fellows!

EVA’s Junior Fellows seminar 2010 is here! On Thu 26th and Fri 27th around 40 international, young and talented students,…
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4.5.2010

EVA Junior Fellows 2010 has been selected!

  EVA received over 250 applications to the EVA Junior Fellows Programme. The standard of the applications was outstanding.…
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27.4.2010

EVA Report: "Searching for the star of Africa"

In the new EVA report, Haavisto urges Finns to realize the consequences of the rise in Africa’s importance. A new race to…
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25.3.2010

Senior Fellows

EVA Fellows are respected and distinguished experts in societal issues, eager to learn and capable of analysing the Finnish…
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22.1.2010

When Politics and Markets Collide

As the world emerges from the worst recession since the Great Depression, a new financial landscape is beginning to take shape.…
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21.1.2010

VIDEO EVA EXPAT FORUM

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15.1.2010

EVA EXPAT FORUM

For the first time ever, EVA EXPAT FORUM brought together foreign professionals and experts working in Finland. Over 500…
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14.1.2010

EVA EXPAT FORUM, John Simon

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15.12.2009

Apply for EVA Junior Fellows Network!

Each year, EVA selects 20 students and young professionals to be EVA Junior Fellows for a period of two years. Deadline for this…
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27.11.2009

Reforming International Institutions towards a Global Deal

EVAn juniorikumppani Ran Ren peräänkuuluttaa laajempaa kansainvälistä yhteistyötä talouskriisin ja ympäristöongelmien…
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25.11.2009

EVA Report 'In Search of Modern Times' is published

The report points out that without well-functioning online services we’re not going to be able to face the challenges…
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12.11.2009

Breakfast meeting at EVA

Mr. Bruce J. Oreck, the U.S. Ambassador to Finland spoke at EVA and introduced the audience to the current political affairs of…
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29.10.2009

Board Professionals conducted a survey on female leadership

The survey was based on the Eva Report "Women to the Top!". The Board Professionals studied whether the practices on how to get…
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28.10.2009

EVA FORUM: GOOD BAD GAS PIPELINE

Heidi Hautala, Member of European Parliament, Sebastian Sass, Nord Stream AG spokeperson and Esko Antola, Director of Centrum…
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28.10.2009

The EVA newsletter has been published!

The autumn 2009 edition of the EVA newsletter contains information about EVA's activities and publications.
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22.10.2009

Breakfast meeting at EVA

The impact of the financial crisis on the USA was discussed over breakfast at EVA.
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22.10.2009

Africa and Financial crisis

Dr. Donald Kaberuka, the President of the African Development Bank spoke about the impact of the finacial crisis on Africa.
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3.9.2009

EVA Analysis New Formula for Management

Ms Hanna Suoranta, expert in management, argues in a current EVA Analysis that "the management of successful organisations is…
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26.8.2009

EVA Junior Fellows meet in Helsinki

39 EVA Junior Fellows from 17 different countries meet in Helsinki on 27-28 August. The seminar provides the participants a…
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1.7.2009

Risto Penttilä argues for multilateralism light

In an essay "Multilateralism Light - The rise of informal international governance", published by Centre for European Reform…
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17.6.2009

EVA Report Shortage of Work and Labour

Professor Jaakko Pehkonen argues in the EVA Report that Finland can't afford such long-term unemployment levels that followed…
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12.6.2009

EVA Analysis China is shaking up the West

Finnish experts Jack Ilmonen and Sakari Puisto, who have worked in China, argue that the importance of Chinese way of thinking…
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20.5.2009

Breakfast meeting at EVA

Mr Björn Stigson, President of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) spoke at EVA about climate change and…
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18.5.2009

EVA's economist to Nordea

EVA's economist Martti Nyberg will start his new job as the chief economist of Nordea in the beginning on June.
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5.5.2009

EVA Symposium Will Finland Rise?

Prominent Finnish business leaders, politicians and thinkers gathered together to ponder the effects of the recession on…
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30.4.2009

2009 EVA JUNIOR FELLOWS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED!

EVA selected this year 26 EVA Junior Fellows from 14 different countries, from five different continents. The Junior Fellows are…
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29.4.2009

Breakfast meeting at EVA

The Director of Oxford Analytica, Mr Jens Tholstrup, provided in the breakfast meeting a "Global Economic Outlook".
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26.3.2009

Global Scenarios

What is the world like in the year 2020? What will the international playing fields look like – the fields on which…
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9.3.2009

Attitude and Value Survey 2009

EVA's latest Attitude and Value Survey looks at the Finns' opinions in the midst of economic crisis.
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4.2.2009

Breakfast meeting at EVA

The theme of the discussion was “Hate or Love – to which direction is the energy relationship between Europe and…
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8.1.2009

Apply for EVA Junior Fellows Network!

Each year, EVA selects 20 students and young professionals to be EVA Junior Fellows for a period of two years. Deadline for this…
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19.3.2008

The Idea of Finnish Foreign Policy

According to EVA’s director Risto Penttilä, the Finnish foreign policy needs to be clarified. Are we a part of Europe and…
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11.3.2008

Whose side are you on?

English summary can be downloaded from below.[:en]English summary can be downloaded from below.[:se]English summary can be…
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5.11.2007

Female Leadership and Firm Profitability

The findings of the EVA Analysis indicate that a company led by a female CEO is in practice about ten per cent more profitable…
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10.5.2007

Leading Stars - Finlands first Women Leaders

The EVA Report written by Anna Kortelainen (PhD) studies the stories of the first Finnish leaders, who were women. The colourful…
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25.4.2007

Helsinki - a city of the future

In the EVA report “Helsinki – a city of the future” Pekka Korpinen, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki, presents his own…
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24.10.2006

Creative and Aging Societies

The joint report of EVA and Keizai Doyukai, “Creative and Aging Societies”, was presented 19 October in Madrid, Spain, at…
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20.12.2005

From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation - top professionals as a key resource of Finnish economy

The Finnish knowledge society needs highly educated professionals in order to survive in the global competition. In this EVA…
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21.3.2005

Beyond the Northern Dimension: Ukraine as a potential partner

EVA Junior Fellow Yegor Paanukoski argues that there is a legitimate reason to look towards the European Union’s Eastern…
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1.12.2004

…And why should we bother about ‘the Rest’?

Recently the Finnish member of European Parliament, Alexander Stubb argued in Helsingin Sanomat that Finnish foreign policy was…
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28.9.2004

International Student to Naturalised Workers

Finland’s numbers of international students increase steadily, and a great deal of research is concentrated on attracting them…
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20.11.2003

Bushes, Oil and Idealism

Lauri Tähtinen on EVAn Juniorikumppani, joka opiskelee viimeistä vuotta kansainvälisiä suhteita London School of…
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28.10.2003

Iraq on the Brink of Anarchy[:en]Iraq on the Brink of Anarchy

Lauri Tähtinen on EVAn Juniorikumppani, joka opiskelee viimeistä vuotta kansainvälisiä suhteita London School of…
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24.6.2003

After the convention comes what?

A convention considering the future reform of the European Union concluded its work in the summer of 2003. The reform of the…
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