Invitation letter

Minister of Youth, Sport, and Physical Activity Sandra Bergqvist Our Ref: 23.05.2024 No 6-2/1451-1 Ministry of Education and Culture Meritullinkatu 10 00170, Helsinki Finland Invitation letter Dear Sandra, I and Tiit Riisalo, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and IT kindly invite you to cooperate in the framework of the FinEst Industry Competition for youngsters. Cooperation for this project has been initiated by Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in Estonia and The Chemical Industry Federation in Finland back in 2022, partnering up also with Finnish Forest Industry and Finnish Food and Drinks Industry and different industries from Estonia. The FinEst Industry Competition is an initiative to foster declining STEM skills, collaboration, and innovation among the younger generation in various industries in both countries and to learn from each other. The competition provides an excellent avenue for raising awareness among young people about the modernity within the industries (including developing new materials and products, digitalization, and automatization) and fostering an understanding of potential future career paths. Minister Tiit Riisalo has promised to support FinEst Industry Competition and it is vital to show that the youth are important in the future of the Estonian-Finnish cooperation too. We would greatly appreciate if Minister of Youth, Sport, and Physical Activity Sandra Bergqvist would kindly support this mutual initiative together with the Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications. The Estonian Ministry of Education and Research is aware of this cooperation and agrees with the initiative. We are happy to give more information from both sides of the organisers, if needed. With best regards, (signed digitally) Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-mail: [email protected] / http://www.mkm.ee Sandra Särav Deputy Secretary General for Economy and Innovation Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia Marian Vares +372 58194055 [email protected] 2 (2)