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Support for personnel management Personnel management implements a strategy of action by ensuring the acquisition, development and management of the skills required for the effective operation of the different government units. In personnel manage...

Taxation of capital income In Finland, earned income and capital income are taxed separately. Capital income includes, among other things, dividend income capital income from entrepreneurial income rental income profit-share and capital gains inco...

Prevention – money laundering and terrorist financing Money laundering refers to activities in which funds of criminal or illegal origin are recycled through a legal payment system to cover the actual nature, origin or owners of the funds. Terrori...

Leaders selection and career management The objective is to make central government a competitive employer with attractive managerial positions, good development opportunities and competitive terms of employment as a whole. In the competition for ...

17.3.2026 | Finland and a group of other NATO countries are exploring the establishment of a new financing mechanism.

5.2.2026 | The State of Finland is acquiring the Class A shares in Fingrid currently owned by Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company. The total share purchase price is about EUR 401.3 million. The acquisition will strengthen the State’s ability to steer Fingrid, which a company of strategic interest.

Taxation of asset transfers Transfers of real estate and securities are subject to asset transfer tax collected by the state. The recipient of the transfer, such as a party purchasing a residential building, is liable to pay asset transfer tax. Re...

25.9.2024 | The Ministry of Finance and European Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding according to which the Finnish contract notice materials will be entered into the Public Procurement Data Space of the European Union. The aim is to make it easier to utilise data concerning public procurements both nationally and, more widely, in the EU.

9.6.2023 | The Ministry of Finance has published a new vision for Hilma, in other words for the hankintailmoitukset.fi website, as part of the Procurement Finland programme. The new vision will provide direction for the development of Hilma up to the year 2027.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, XXX […](2025) XXX draft ANNEX SENSITIVE* UNTIL ADOPTION ANNEX to the Proposal for a COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Implementing Decision (EU) (ST 12524/21 INIT; ST 12524/21 ADD 1) of 29 October 2021 on the app...

16.12.2021 | One of the objectives of the National Public Procurement Strategy is to promote respect for human rights and fundamental labour rights in procurement. To support the achievement of this objective, a Code of Conduct specifying the minimum requirements regarding responsibility has been drawn up in cooperation with the Procurement Finland project organisation. The Code of Conduct is to be included in the procurement contract.

22.2.2022 | A report on public procurement education and training in Finland in 2021 was published as part of the Procurement Finland programme and the implementation of the National Public Procurement Strategy. The report charts the educational backgrounds of professionals engaged in public procurement and compiles information about educational institutions that provide procurement education and training. Accord...

5.2.2025 | January 2025 Office of the Nordic-Baltic Constituency VIEWS AND POSITIONS ON POLICY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 2024 Annual Report 2 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................

5.3.2024 | The State Treasury has used currency hedging in the purchase of F-35 fighter jets by the Finnish Defence Forces. The foreign currency forward contracts concluded on behalf of the state aim to limit currency risk associated with the investment. These contracts fix the price of the currency in advance, providing predictability and financial security for the investment.

23.2.2023 | The procedure for publishing procurement notices is being reformed and harmonised in the EU. The reform will change national notices and EU notices in the hankintailmoitukset.fi service (HILMA) and in private-sector tendering systems.

30.4.2025 | 1 (3) Kirje 30.4.2025 VN/12837/2025 VN/12837/2025-VM-2 Postiosoite Käyntiosoite Puhelin Faksi s-posti, internet Postadress Besöksadress Telefon Fax e-post, internet Postal Address Office Telephone Fax e-mail, internet Valtiovarainministeriö PL 28 ...

19.12.2024 | Action Plan for Tackling the Grey Economy and Economic Crime 2024–2027 Action Plan 2024–2027 On 17 May 2024, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment issued a deci- sion to set up a preparatory group for updating the Strategy and Action Pla...

2.5.2026 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, XXX […](2025) XXX draft ANNEX SENSITIVE* UNTIL ADOPTION ANNEX to the Proposal for a COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Implementing Decision (EU) (ST 12524/21 INIT; ST 12524/21 ADD 1) of 29 October 2021 on the app...

2.12.2021 | Commissioned by the Ministry of Finance, the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI), has produced a guide for risk management in national supply chains for public procurement agencies in Finland titled Labour Exploitation and Public Procurement. Public procurement agencies include the central government and municipalities, which are required to comply with the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts.

20.5.2022 | The second supplementary budget proposal for 2022 responds to appropriations needs directly caused by Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine and mitigates the harm caused by COVID-19 to children and young people.