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30.4.2026 | POLICY BRIEF 2026:2 Perspectives into topical issues in society and ways to support political decision-making. The producers of the information are responsible for its content, and it does not necessarily represent the views of the Government. Tow...

Data protection Contact information Controller Prime Minister’s Office, PO Box 23, FI-00023 Government, Finland Registry: kirjaamo.vnk(at)gov.fi and Prime Minister’s Office, Government Strategy Department: [email protected] The Data Protection Omb...

29.3.2023 | Carbon dioxide capture, use and storage technologies offer significant opportunities for Finland when it comes to both achieving the carbon neutrality target and creating new business. However, stronger national guidance, a clearer regulatory environment and measures to ensure sustainability are needed for the deployment of solutions. This is according to a new report drawn up for the Government...

Framework for innovation-friendly regulation Towards innovation-friendly regulation Radical innovations and break-through technologies are desperately needed in solving to-day’s difficult societal challenges, such as those created by climate chang...

18.11.2024 | POLICY BRIEF 2024:24 Perspectives into topical issues in society and ways to support political decision making. This publication is part of the implementation of the 2023 Government plan for analysis, assessment and research. The producers of the ...

22.11.2022 | POLICY BRIEF 2022:33 Perspectives into topical issues in society and ways to support political decision-making. This publication is part of the implementation of the 2021 Government plan for analysis, assessment and research. The producers of the ...

Strengthening foresight and the role of future generations in Finnish lawmaking From an international comparison, Finland already has an advanced national foresight system and can be regarded as a pioneer in future-regarding policymaking. However,...

Decreasing administrative burdens and deregulation in Finland by means of applying the one-in, one-out principle The first pilots of the Finnish one-in, one-out principle and the respective regulatory impact assessment (RIA) model have taken place...

Lainsäädäntötarkastelulla ruokahävikkiä pienemmäksi Lainsäädäntöä kehittämällä voidaan vähentää ruokahävikkiä Suomalaisessa ruokaketjussa muodostuu ruokahävikkiä noin 400 - 500 miljoonaa kiloa vuodessa. Osa tästä aiheutuu lainsäädännön vuoksi. Teh...

30.5.2024 | POLICY BRIEF 2024:15 Perspectives into topical issues in society and ways to support political decision making. This publication is part of the implementation of the 2023 Government plan for analysis, assessment and research. The producers of the ...

Sääntelytaakan vähentäminen: laadukkaalla sääntelyllä kevyempi taakka Kohti sääntelytaakan realistista hahmottamista Sääntelytaakalla viitataan tavallisesti sellaisiin lainsäädännöstä johtuviin vaikutuksiin, jotka kuormittavat sääntelyn kohteita t...

26.8.2022 | Finland has made significant progress on climate change adaptation in recent years, which is reflected in the legislation and strategies of different administrative branches. These strategic objectives should now be implemented more widely by increasing concrete measures both in individual sectors and at the regional and municipal levels. This is according to a new overall evaluation of progress on national climate change adaptation policy published on 26 August.

27.9.2022 | The Strategic Research Council's (SRC) funding instrument for strategic research has offered diverse opportunities for organising research on social policy, developing society's functions and solving major challenges. This is according to a new evaluation report published on 27 September, which examined whether strategic research has achieved its objectives. The evaluation focused on a seven-year period between 2014 and 2020.

11.5.2020 | Rapid technological development and the need to find solutions to challenges in society create a need for new regulatory approaches. Many countries have introduced innovation-friendly regulation practices, and regulation has become an increasingly important instrument for innovation policy. A report published on 11 May examines the current state of innovation-friendly regulation in Finland, highlig...

14.2.2017 | The Finnish goal of bioeconomy growth requires that several bottlenecks are removed. Reaching the goal needs changes to attitudes and regulations as well as improved skills, according to a research project on bioeconomy and its bottlenecks and steering mechanisms carried out by Pellervo Economic Research PTT and Think Tank e2.

23.8.2022 | POLICY BRIEF 2022:25 Perspectives into topical issues in society and ways to support political decision making. This publication is part of the implementation of the 2021 Government plan for analysis, assessment and research (tietokayttoon.fi/en)....

15.2.2019 | The Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has studied how the recycling of municipal waste could be made more efficient in a way that suits the Finnish conditions. The study was based on the European Commission recommendations, according to which measures such as clarification of responsibilities for waste management and more cooperation among the operators is needed to raise the recycling rate in Finland. Reaching the recycling targets requires significant changes to the current system.

2.12.2019 | This publication is part of the implementation of the 2019 Government plan for analysis, assessment and research (www.tietokayttoon.fi/en). The producers of the information are responsible for its content and it does not necessarily represent the ...

14.10.2019 | The aim for Finland is to advance a circular economy, as part of the effort to combat climate crisis and promote the sustainable use of natural resources. But, when moving towards a circular economy, we must also ensure that this causes no problems in terms of human health or the environment. The conclusion of the SIRKKU project that just ended was that the flow of information on hazardous substan...

2.10.2018 | Maija Koskenoja, Natalia Ollus, Venla Roth, Minna Viuhko and Laura Turkia An unknown future: A report on the effectiveness of legislation concerning assistance for victims of human trafficking Conclusions and recommendations September 2018 Governm...