International Relations

Geological Survey of Finland is involved with several multinational research projects. An integral part of international relations is expertise customer projects for development co-operation, which are for example funded by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. GTK also has international customer projects for which it provides expert services.

GTK is internationally active on all continents covering several aspects

  • Mineral potential and QA/QC
  • Geochemistry and environmental baselines
  • Groundwater management
  • Urban geology
  • Sustainable mining, mine water, mine environment and Social License to Operate
  • Climate change adaptation
  • Geophysics and geophysical interpretations
  • Nuclear waste disposal and NPP siting
  • Organizational and data management development  and training
  • Institutional capacity building
A world map showing GTK´s international project activity
GTK International Project Activity