Opportunities for Cooperation between Estonia and ... - Valitsus

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of creative work, commercialization and marketing, and to make efficient
use of the resources of the various institutes of education.
• Cooperation between Estonian and Finnish technology centres and
enterprise incubators should be promoted.
• Estonian Science Days should be held regularly in Finland and Finnish
Science Days in Estonia.
Education
• Procedures should be put in place for Estonian and Finnish ministries of
education to harmonize the training objectives and the use of resources of
the two countries as well as to coordinate teaching programmes and the
investments made in education.
• A joint Estonian-Finnish institution named the Cross Gulf University should
be established. Initially, it would focus on organizing cooperation in postgraduate
education.
• A joint Estonian-Finnish training fund should be established with public
and private funds to support students and researchers, particularly those
undergoing post-graduate training, with housing allowances and to
facilitate exchange of students between Finland and Estonia.
• The possibility of establishing a joint office for Estonian and Finnish
universities in China or India should be considered.
• The teaching of Estonian and the provision of basic education in Estonia
should be promoted in Finland and the teaching of Finnish and the
provision of basic education in Finnish should be promoted in Estonia.
Energy
• A joint Estonian-Finnish study on the security of energy supply should be
carried out to analyze the technical and political risks to the security of
energy supply of both countries. The findings should be used as a basis
for formulating a joint vision of the solutions to potential problems related
to the security of energy supply.
• Investments in the Estonian and Finnish energy industries by the two
countries should not be regarded as foreign investments. Instead, based