Governance innovations for a transition to sustainable and equitable water use in Europe GOVAQUA
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Published: 2023-02-13
The GOVAQUA team at the kick off meeting in Helsinki March 2023. © GOVAQUA Project
GOVAQUA-project identifies, assesses, develops and validates innovative governance instruments a...
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Living Labs
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Published: 2023-03-20
This work package houses the six GOVAQUA living labs, where a representative and complementary set of innovative water governance approaches and instruments will be further developed, piloted, c...
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Research Themes
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Published: 2023-03-17
Transition to sustainable water governance (Work Package 1)
This work package defines, assesses and advances the transition towards more sustainable water governance in Europe, at multiple level...
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06-2023 Radon
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Published: 2023-03-15
Proftest Syke will organize a proficiency test (PT) for analysis of radon in ground water in co-operation with Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland (STUK). Laboratories conducting ra...
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06-2023 Radon
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Application of biological effects methods in monitoring and assessment of contaminants in the Baltic Sea (BEACON)
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Published: 2023-03-13
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The marine environment is exposed to a vast array of “legacy” and “emerging” contaminants in various combinations. When examined individually they rarely exceed acc...
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Application of biological effects methods in monitoring and assessment of contaminants in the Baltic Sea (BEACON)
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Environmental quality standards in the management of groundwater pollution
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Published: 2023-02-10
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In Finland, groundwater comprises 65 % of the household water distributed by waterworks. Groundwater is typically covered only with thin soil layers; this enables the migration of har...
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Impacts of the EU’s Green Claims Initiative in Finland
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Published: 2023-02-06
The aim of the project is to assess the impacts of the European Commission's Green Claims initiative in Finland and to support the working group in the field of green claims. The project will produce...
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04-2023 Wastewater analyses I
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Published: 2023-02-02
Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for the analysis of BOD 7 , COD Cr , COD Mn , Ca, K, Mg, Na, suspended solids (SS), and TOC in wastewaters. Additionally, for BOD 7 ...
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Katriina Alhola
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Published: 2023-01-02
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03-2023 Natural water analyses
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Published: 2023-02-02
Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for the analyses of chlorophyll a , colour, conductivity, N NH4 , N NO2+NO3 , N tot , P PO4 , P tot , pH, suspended solids, and tu...
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02-2023 Swimming pool water
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Published: 2022-12-01
Proftest SYKE will organize in cooperation with Eurofins Environment Testing Finland Oy a proficiency test for the analysis of free, combined and total chlorine, KMnO 4 , NO 3 , pH, t...
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02-2023 Swimming pool water
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Hazardous industrial chemicals in the IED BREFs (HAZBREF)
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Published: 2017-09-27
Short address: www.syke.fi/projects/hazbref
Download the HAZBREF Newsletter December 2021.pdf
HAZBREF reports
Final HAZBREF Stakeholder Conference 4 June 2020
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Strategy
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Published: 2021-10-27
The strategy of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) for 2021–2025 consists of our vision, mission statement, values and objectives that guide all our activities.
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Syke's management system
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Published: 2023-01-11
Finnish Environment Institute’s (Syke) management system consists of the rules that guide Syke’s activities as well as Syke’s own policies, practices and guidelines. The purpose of the management sys...
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Frequently asked questions
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Published: 2022-09-20
Frequently asked questions and answers about Proftest Syke services.
The questions are divided in six topic areas.
Registration and customer information | ProftestWEB | Samples | R...
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PlastLIFE SIP – Re-thinking plastics in a sustainable circular economy
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Published: 2022-09-08
PlastLIFE SIP – Re-thinking plastics in a sustainable circular economy project promotes the implementation of the Plastics Roadmap for Finland (PRfF) during seven years, 2023-2029. The ultimate...
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Finnish material flow analysis and scenario work on the use of natural resources in support of circular economy agreement
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Published: 2022-03-16
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In April 2021, Finnish Government set a resolution on the Strategic Programme for Circular Economy . The basis of the resolution is a vision that Finnish economy will be based on a...
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Finnish material flow analysis and scenario work on the use of natural resources in support of circular economy agreement
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Responsibility and sustainable development
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Published: 2022-06-03
UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (look bigger picture ).
The operations of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) are directly or indirectly related to most of the UN’s Sustainable D...
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WasteLess Karelias
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Published: 2019-02-14
The project tackles littering and improves waste management in rural villages in North Karelia, Finland, and the Karelian Republic, Russia. We encourage and support local residents, authorities and c...
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Bioassays as tools for assessing safety of sewage sludge fertilizer usage - harmful substances and microplastics under observation (BIOLTA)
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Published: 2018-07-18
Approximately one million tons of solid matter, known as sewage sludge, is separated from wastewater annually in Finnish wastewater treatment plants. 90 % of the nutrient rich sludge is used in agric...
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Bioassays as tools for assessing safety of sewage sludge fertilizer usage - harmful substances and microplastics under observation (BIOLTA)
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