Conference on the Renewed Northern Dimension

Finnish and Estonian Foreign Ministers, Erkki Tuomioja and Urmas Paet, introduced the “New Concept of the Northern Dimension” at a conference in Tallinn, on June 9th.

The representative of the European Comission Janos Herman, Erkki Tuomioja and the Foreign Minister of Estonia Urmas Paet

The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, and the Representation of the European Commission in Estonia organised a conference entitled The Renewed Northern Dimension: A Tool for Enhanced Regional and Cross-Border Cooperation, which was held in Tallinn on June 9th.

The conference offered insights into achievements made thus far, as well as future prospects of the Northern Dimension.

A key objective of the conference was to introduce the so-called “new concept” of the Northern Dimension, and to share information about the opportunities the Northern Dimension creates.

The Northern Dimension is one of the main topics on the external relations agenda of the Finnish EU Presidency.

Conference attendees included representatives of parliament, ministries, regional administrative bodies, the business community, and a wide range of social figures from Estonia, as well as neighbouring countries.

In addition to Estonian and Finnish Foreign Ministers, Erkki Tuomioja and Urmas Paet, the keynote speakers included ministers and experts from other countries of the region, as well as from the European Commission.

The working languages of the conference were English and Estonian. Simultaneous translation into Russian was also provided.

The final seminar programme is available at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: www.vm.ee.

Erkki Tuomiojas speech (Opens New Window)

Urmas Paet's speech (Opens New Window)

ND-slideshow (Opens New Window)

All speeches in the Conference(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)