Pasi Vaaranmaa

vaaranpa.um.fi

16 October 2026 10:29

@oecd-ocde.bsky.social forum on building #trust and reinforcing #democracy with Minister of Local and Regional Development of 🇫🇮, Ms Anna-Kaisa Ikonen elaborates on a number of Finnish experiences in enhancing citizen participation, like national dialogues and citizens’ initiative. #GovernmentUnstuck

The Empty City

davidallengreen.bsky.social

16 October 2026 10:29

NEW The FAFO of Harold Godwinson: how the Bayeux Tapestry tells a moral tale and a constitutional story Looking at a great work of medieval sequential art By me at the Empty City emptycity.substack.com/p/the-fafo-o...

Pasi Vaaranmaa

vaaranpa.um.fi

06 October 2026 14:15

I have friendly duels w my Swedish colleague on the real origins of the best cinnamon bun (FIN/SWE). As this recipe by @nigella.bsky.social is for Swedish ones, perhaps someone cd send her a Finnish equivalent. [FWIW, I think the recipes would be identical. We share such a long common history.

Finland's Permanent Delegation to the OECD and UNESCO

oecd.finlandabroad.fi

21 September 2026 09:43

Suomi allekirjoitti MOPAN:n kumppanuussopimuksen jatkon vuosille 2027–2030. OECD:n isännöimän verkoston tehtävänä on tuottaa riippumattomia arviointeja monenvälisistä järjestöistä. Suomen puolesta sopimuksen allekirjoitti OECD-lähettiläs Vaaranmaa. Suomi on verkoston jäsen vuodesta 2005.

Pasi Vaaranmaa

vaaranpa.um.fi

16 September 2026 12:27

Visited a stork farm outside of Lund, Southern Sweden. We were enlightened, for instance, that storks are given cocks to eat. Thousands of them every year. Recently hatched, of course.