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Working group for the coordination of the Government's research activities The working group for the coordination of the Government’s research activities is a body that facilitates cooperation and exchange of information between the ministries. Th...

Implementation of the Paris Agreement and tasks to develop its rulebook At the Paris climate conference (COP 21) in December 2015, the first global climate agreement was adopted, under which all Parties participate in climate change mitigation thr...

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...

21.12.2018 | This evaluation was carried out as a part of the Government’s 2017 Analysis, Assessment and Research Plan, and it focused on the overall reform of the Government’s research institution and financing (TULA Reform) following a decision-in-principle made by the Government in 2013. In accordance with the evaluation report published 21st of December, this field of research is not in need of new extensive structural changes.

6.10.2023 | Finland and the other Nordic countries risk becoming underrepresented among the official staff in EU institutions. Concerns were raised about the issue in a report published on 6 October comparing the measures taken by certain Member States to promote their citizens’ careers in the EU. According to the report, national efforts alone will not be enough to rectify the situation over the short or medium term.

5.4.2023 | The regulatory framework of Finland's fiscal policy has faced several crises that have revealed its ineffectiveness in dealing with unexpected situations. The system should be reformed and its operating model clarified, finds a recent study conducted by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) for the Government. According to the researchers, the budgetary framework should distinguish between the operating procedures for normal economic cycles and exceptional crises.

3.4.2018 | A group of Finnish researchers has analysed the EU budget's new sources of income. According to the group, the mobility of tax bases, as well as the environmental impacts of production and consumption speak in favour of the harmonisation of these tax bases at the EU level. Harmonisation would allow a reform in the financing of the EU, so that it is based on new own resources collected directly from the Member State's tax bases.

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.

26.4.2023 | In future, the state will need to play a more active role in steering the economy. According to a study published on 26 April, short-term shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, have required the active involvement of states to ensure the sustainability of their economies and societies.

24.11.2022 | Government plan for analysis, assessment and research in support of decision-making 2023 Government plenary session 24 November 2022 2(11) Government plan for analysis, assessment and research in support of decision- making 2023 Objectives of the ...

15.5.2023 | The aim of environmental policy in the transport sector is to plan and select measures that reduce emissions cost-effectively. However, there have not yet been established principles and tools in place for examining the cost impacts of the measures. In its work, the Holistic Economic Evaluation of Transport Emission Reduction Measures (HEETRA) project has developed models and principles for calculat...

30.5.2022 | The misallocation of labour and capital in the Finnish business sector has increased in the 2000s, which has significantly retarded productivity growth. The concentration of labour to companies with lower productivity is a key factor in retarding growth. A more efficient allocation of labour could be influenced, for example, by dismantling incentive traps and increasing labour mobility and wage competition, states a recent study by Aalto University and ETLA Economic Research.

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.

29.11.2021 | Government plan for analysis, assessment and research in support of decision-making 2022 Government plenary session 25th November 2021 2(12) Government plan for analysis, assessment and research in support of decision- making 2022 Objectives of th...

8.12.2021 | Labour productivity in Finland’s national economy has been stagnating at the 2007 level for more than a decade. How is the development of labour productivity affected by resource allocation and structural changes in different sectors? According to a study published on 8 December, there is room for improvement when it comes to resource allocation, but the strongest factor behind productivity growth is the favourable development of individual businesses.

13.1.2022 | A new study published on 13 January shows that the most effective support policy for research and development is to allocate subsidies to businesses with high R&D productivity or innovation capacity. Uniformly targeted subsidies – which in practical innovation policy are similar to R&D tax incentives – also bring about substantial growth, albeit to a lesser extent than selectively targeted innovation subsidies.

28.5.2021 | According to a study, levying taxes on profit from mining operations would be the most effective way to implement a separate mine tax. The goal of the research project between the VATT Institute for Economic Research, the Finnish Environment Institute and KPMG was to identify a tax instrument that would guarantee reasonable income for society from the extraction of non-renewable natural resourc...

26.2.2019 | The study on continuous learning investigates the means used in certain countries with advanced technologies that may be considered key reference countries for Finland to react to the transformation of work and to develop the structures for continuous learning. According to the report published on 26 February, means used in other countries to promote continuous learning include common action programm...

13.2.2020 | A Space Situation Centre should be set up in Finland to ensure that the public authorities have the information they need for making decisions. To make full use of space operations, Finland should have a permanent and consistent national budget for these. These are the conclusions of the final report of a project that studied the various aspects of the space environment, published on 13 February 2020.

10.12.2020 | Government plan for analysis, assessment and research in support of decision-making 2021 2(15) Government plenary session 5 November 2020 GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR ANALYSIS, ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF DECISION-MAKING Objectives of the plan Th...