In 2021, the Finnish Terminology Centre will continue the terminology work, commissioned by the CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd., with the aim of drawing up descriptions for the key concepts related to government grant activities and activities financed by government grants. The work is carried out in order to support the development and digitalisation of government grant activities. Tuula Lybeck, Project Manager, sheds light on the goals and history of the project in her column (available in Finnish).

The Bank and Finance Terminology has now started to use new markup conventions in concept diagrams. For more information see the Finnish announcement.

The Bank and Finance Terminology can be found at the address http://www.tsk.fi/tsk/pankkisanasto/.

Register to Nordterm 2021 webinar (1 to 2 June 2021) is open until 17 May 2021. The webinar is open for everybody interested and all participants must register through the online registration form.

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The University of Helsinki has decided that all international conferences are to be organised online until 31 August 2021 when not postponed. Therefore also Nordterm 2021 will be held remotely via Zoom. The date for the event will stay the same.

Welcome to join the Nordterm webinar on 1-2 June 2021!

Nordterm is the Nordic co-operation forum for organizations engaged in terminology work. Every other year, Nordterm arranges an event open for everybody interested in terminology, terminology work and its application in practice. In 2021 Nordterm will be organized by the Finnish Terminology Centre as the acting chair of Nordterm in collaboration with the University of Helsinki.

Nordterm 2021 will be held remotely. A free-of-charge webinar with the theme 'Terminology Work and Information Management' will take place on 1–2 June.

New and updated concepts:

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) commissioned the Finnish Terminology Centre for a terminology project in August 2021. The aim of the project is to support FTIA’s data system Velho by providing definitions for some 20 concepts related to transport infrastructure projects. The terms and concept descriptions will be given in Finnish.

The Finnish Terminology Centre and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) implemented a terminology project with the aim of providing definitions for concepts related to FTIA's management system. The terminology work was carried out between February and August 2020 and resulted in a terminology intended for FTIA’s internal use. The terminology contains 13 key concepts which have been given definitions and complementing notes in Finnish.

In autumn 2020, the Finnish Terminology Centre will continue the terminology work, commissioned by the CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd., with the aim of drawing up descriptions for the key concepts related to government grant activities and activities supported by government grants. The work is carried out in order to support the development and digitalisation of government grant activities.