Prime Minister Kallas will participate in a high-level discussion in Finland about the role of forests in shaping a high-quality and sustainable living environment

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas will give a speech at the opening discussion of the event on 24 November at 10 a.m. A meeting between Prime Minister Kallas, President of the European Commission von der Leyen, Finnish Prime Minister Marin, and Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Busch is also planned in Haltia, and their joint press conference will start at 11.15 a.m.

Workshops will also be held as part of the event, with the participation of several Estonian experts. The parallel workshops will focus on three topics: the future of forests, building a carbon neutral Europe with wood, and architecture inspired by nature.

The entire event will be broadcasted live: https://www.nordicbauhaus.eu/into-the-woods#/page=1

The event "New European Bauhaus goes Into the Woods" is part of the New European Bauhaus initiative, which aims to create an inclusive and sustainable living environment that takes into account the needs of all people. Bauhaus refers to a school of architecture and design founded in Germany in the 1920s. The New European Bauhaus initiative is an environmental, economic, and cultural project of the European Commission. It aims to bring together design, research, and technology in a way that also involves communities to create a beautiful, easily accessible, and environmentally friendly living environment for people. The European Commission also aims to bring the European Green Deal closer to people with the help of the initiative, so that the positive changes related to it are more noticeable in the living environment. Commission President von der Leyen announced the New European Bauhaus initiative in September 2020. A series of regional initiatives have also been launched within the framework of the project. In Nordic countries, the Nordic Bauhaus is responsible for achieving the goals of the initiative.

More information about the New European Bauhaus is available at https://new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu/index_en

More information about the Nordic Bauhaus is available at https://www.nordicbauhaus.eu/#/page=1