Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2025 | Henna Virkkunen Executive Vice-President | Development of Artificial Intelligence | — |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Henna Virkkunen Executive Vice-President | Development of Artificial Intelligence | SRC |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Anniina Iskanius Cabinet member | Development of Artificial Intelligence | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The Finnish Meteorological Institute produces observation and research data on the atmosphere, the near space and the seas, as well as weather, sea, air quality and climate services for the needs of public safety, business life and citizens. The Finnish Meteorological Institute is an administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
EU Legislative Interests
Climate action, Environment, Air Quality, Weather, Safety, Energy, Marine, Arctic, Transport, Research Infrastructures, Humanitarian and Development aid
Communication Activities
FMI participates in R&D events related to Horizon framework programmes and other funding instruments: - Copernicus: Atmosphere service (CAMS), Land Service, Climate Change Service (C3S), Marine Environmental Monitoring Service (CMEMS), CLMS (Copernicus Land Monitoring Service) - Life, Bonus, Interreg, ERDF, EMFF, EMPIR, Cost, DG ECHO, DG GROW, DG CLIMA, CEF/INEA, Twinning, TAIEX - Destination Earth, Digital Europe - Single European Sky - ESA
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
WMO, World Meteorological Organization ECMWF, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts EUMETSAT, European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellite EIG EUMETNET, European Interest Grouping, European Meteorological Services Network COST, intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology NORDMET, co-operation between the Nordic National Meteorological Services in the field of Infrastructure HIRLAM, European cooperative scientific programme developing a high resolution numerical weather prediction system for the synoptic scale and the mesoscale UWC: United Weather Centre - UWC purpose is to do more by pooling resources to provide world class Numerical Weather Predictions for the geographical areas of interest. 11 Member States (Nordic Met services, Met. service of Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain. ACCORD: A Consortium for COnvection-scale modelling Research and Development IOC: Intergovernmental Oceangraphic Commission International cooperation is listed with links in: https://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/international-co-operation ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System), https://www.icos-finland.fi/, https://www.icos-cp.eu/ ACTRIS (The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure), https://www.actris.eu/
Organisation Members
n/a