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The Impact of open data – a preliminary study Various countries have implemented the open (government) data strategy aiming at providing wide access to government data in machine-readable format such that it can be freely used, reused and redistri...

Advisory boards of Coordination Group for Digitalisation Section 7 of the Act on Information Management in Public Administration (906/2019) tasks the Ministry of Finance with ensuring that cooperation practices and procedures for authorities opera...

The project will be carried out under the Coordination Group for Digitalisation. The Ministry of Transport and Communications will have the overall responsibility for the project. Other contributors will include the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. The project will be implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance (incl. the GenAI network) and the Prime Minister’s Office.

Coordination Group for Digitalisation The Coordination Group for Digitalisation is a permanent interministerial working group in the area of digitalisation and the data economy. The Coordination Group for Digitalisation supports the work of the mi...

The Sustainable Growth Programme for Finland strongly supports digitalisation and the data economy in public and private service provision, enabling improved productivity and cost-effectiveness.

fi sv en Information policy report In December 2018, Juha Sipilä's Government of 2015–2019 submitted to Parliament the Government report on information policy and artificial intelligence. In the report, information policy is studied not only from ...

Task and objectives We ensure that Finland remains a stable and sustainable society for future generations. We ensure the stability of general government finances and the financial markets and create the foundation for sustainable growth. We work ...

Piloting European Digital Identity Wallet The EU is developing common legislation for European Digital Identity Wallet , and Finland is actively participating in this work. The underlying goal of European Digital Identity Wallet is to develop secu...

22.9.2025 | The Finnish economy is slowly recovering from recession, with weak employment and economic uncertainty keeping households cautious. The general government debt ratio will stabilise briefly, but not permanently, at the end of the parliamentary term, estimates the Ministry of Finance in its forecast published on 22 September.

High quality architecture work is part of digitalisation Digitalisation refers to the utilisation of information technology to reform and develop activities. Architecture work and information play a key role in this. The framework the architecture...

EU digital statutes lay the ground rules for operating in the digital age The EU is currently preparing and has already issued a number of digital and data statutes. The aim of these statutes is to make the digital operating environment as functio...

Boards The Productivity Board and Information Management Board are operating in connection with the Ministry of Finance. Finnish Productivity Board It is the Board’s responsibility to monitor the development of productivity and competitiveness of ...

fi sv en International cooperation on digitalisation and ICT The Public Sector ICT Department of the Ministry of Finance takes actively part in the work of international organisations, exerts its influence on their programmes and makes use of them...

fi sv en Information policy and steering Finland is a society strongly based on information and its utilisation. Data systems and the information they contain are integral to the operation of the administration, and the administrative services hav...

The board’s key tasks are to form a shared view and overall understanding of how information management is organised in public administration and to support administrative branches and the Coordination Group for Digitalisation in planning and decision-making in matters relating to ICT development.

Tax subsidies are exceptions made to the normal basic structure of taxation, the so-called standard tax system, by which a certain business or a group of taxpayers is subsidised.

The objective of the group is to harmonise practices relating to information management and information guidance in public administration and to promote the interoperability of public services.

14.8.2025 | Public authorities in Finland will have to use the Bank and Payment Account Monitoring System each time they request information on account balances, transactions and securities. The Government submitted the legislative amendments for approval on 14 August. The President of the Republic is expected to approve the amendments on 15 August, and they will enter into force on 1 December 2025.

The Ministry of Finance establishes a working group to develop the assessment of the macroeconomic impacts related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as the green transition. The work will be carried out in cooperation with the relevant ministries, the research community in the field, and the statistical authorities.

10.4.2025 | On 10 April 2025, the Government submitted a proposal to Parliament on amending the Act on Bank and Payment Account Monitoring System.