The purpose of the Team Finland Knowledge programme is to create and strengthen cooperation between Finnish higher education institutions and the target regions and countries selected to the TFK network. The programme funds educational cooperation between higher education institutions through cooperation and mobility projects. 

In 2026, the TFK programme will finance cooperation with Southern Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam), India and China. In addition to these target regions and countries, a separate call for applications for Ukraine is also arranged as a part of the TFK programme. 

Welcome to the regional webinars of the TFK programme in March 2026!

The TFK programme organises regional webinars for the programme's actual target regions and countries. These sessions will give an overview on the potential cooperation patterns and aspects to take into consideration in different target areas when planning cooperation in each target area. The regional webinars are organized with TFK specialists according to the following schedule:

Tue 3 March 2026 at 15.00-16.30 Latin America, Johanna Kivimäki, Team Finland Knowledge specialist, São Paulo

(registration ends 1st March at 16:00)

Thu 5 March 2026 at 10.00-11.30 China, Olli Suominen, Team Finland Knowledge specialist, Beijing 

(registration ends 3rd March at 16:00)

Thu 5 March 2026 at 14:00-15:30 Southern Africa, Veera Virmasalo, Team Finland Knowledge specialist, Pretoria

(registration ends 3rd March at 16:00)

Thu 19th March 2026 at 09:00-10:30 Southeast Asia, Mika Tirronen, Team Finland Knowledge specialist, Singapore

(registration ends 17th March at 16:00) 

(To be confirmed later) India             

(registration ends xx)                                                           

Registration ends two days before each webinar.

All regional webinars will be recorded and materials will be posted on this event page within 1 week after each webinar. The recordings will be available for 2 weeks after they are posted, After that you can request the recordings of the regional webinars by sending us an email: TFK-programme(at)oph.fi.

Find out more about the TFK programme and application instructions for the Call 2026