Climate experts of Ministries of Finance meet in Helsinki on 21–22 February.

The Ministry of Finance today released a contribution by its officials on the principles of economic policy and public governance for the forthcoming electoral period, entitled “A Self-Renewing, Resilient and Sustainable Society”. The publication casts light on the outlook for progress during the upcoming parliamentary term, and discusses our key challenges and associated policy choices.

The Finnish economy will grow by 2.5 per cent in 2018 and 1.5 per cent in 2019 according to the forecast of the Ministry of Finance in its latest Economic Survey, published on 17 December.

Shareholders of listed companies would have a better opportunity to influence the remuneration of management. Communicating information about shareholder rights would also be improved.

On 5 December, the government report ‘Ethical information policy in an age of artificial intelligence’ was adopted by the Government. The report is intended to mark the start of a new cross-government policy sector, information policy. Information policy can be described as policy measures for promoting the good management and effective utilisation of information.