This year, the Ministry of Finance will take part for the first time in the Business Lead training programme organised by Hanken & SSE Executive Education. Public officials in the Ministry will act as mentors in the programme. The programme started today 13 May offers highly educated immigrants and refugees the opportunity to find out about Finnish working life.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which is an international body active in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, has published its Mutual Evaluation Report of Finland. The FATF states that the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing is overall at a relatively good level in Finland, but there are also shortcomings.

On 4 April 2019, the Government reached agreement on the General Government Fiscal Plan for 2020–2023.

In February the Ministry of Finance  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.