WORKING TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE, CAPABLE, AND INTEGRATED NORDIC REGION IN 2025

This programme presents our priorities and joint objectives for our presidency in 2025. Finland’s and Åland’s co-presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers is an expression of our deep commitment to Nordic cooperation. Similarly, it is another link in the chain, whereby each Nordic country takes its turn in holding the presidency.

The agreement-based intergovernmental cooperation of the Nordic countries brings many advantages to the inhabitants of the Nordic Region. Nordic cooperation as it stands is not a matter of course; it is the result of a decades-long historical process in which the Nordic Council of Ministers, which was established in 1971, plays an important role. It is important that, during our presidency, we preserve and further develop this valuable tradition of cooperation based on mutual trust.

In recent years, the importance of Nordic cooperation has grown further and it is important that we highlight its concrete achievements in the public arena in the Nordic countries. In a rapidly changing international environment, it is crucial that the Nordic countries work together to find sustainable solutions to current challenges and to highlight the Nordic perspective globally. Together we are stronger.

The Nordics – strong and united