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Discretionary government grants Discretionary government transfers are discretionary funding granted from State funds that is used to support projects and activities deemed socially necessary. In the administrative branch of the Ministry of Econom...

Applying for government grants to businesses Processing of personal data The Tuki2014 system for processing business subsidies is used to manage the ELY Centres’ process of awarding discretionary grants to companies and other organisations, rangin...

Joint online services for government grant activities Processing of personal data The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will gradually introduce joint online services for government grant activities developed and maintained by the State ...

11.5.2026 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is requesting comments on a proposal to create a new task for the employment authorities. The draft proposal will be circulated for comments from 11 May to 12 June 2026. It partly implements the entry of the Programme of Prime Minister Orpo’s Government concerning rehabilitative work. The aim is to launch activities for persons who have been unemplo...

Pay subsidy is granted for employing unemployed persons Pay subsidy is a discretionary subsidy aimed at promoting the employment of unemployed jobseekers. Through the pay subsidy reform that entered into force at the beginning of July 2023, an emp...

The Act on Regional Development and the Administration of Structural Funds (7/2014) entered into force in 2014, and it governs regional development. The Act lays down the goals and programme work of regional development as well as the tasks of the authorities responsible. Moreover, the Act includes special provisions on the structural fund programme and the European Territorial Cooperation programme, namely managing their action plans.

Applications for investment aid on large demonstration projects in 2026 Large-scale demonstration projects mean new energy technology projects with investment costs of more than EUR 5 million. Investment aid will be targeted at new technology proj...

Enterprise financing The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment encourages companies to renew and pursue sustainable growth and productivity. MEAE is responsible for ensuring that domestic state financing and export financing function as well...

28.5.2024 | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Helsinki 2022 Publication series of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2022:24 Memorandum on the due diligence obligation – Review of the national corporate social responsibility act Linda P...

Compensation of costs for reception of refugees and promotion of integration Processing of personal data Municipalities, wellbeing services counties and the health and medical care authority of Åland are paid imputed compensation for the costs inc...

22.12.2025 | On 22 December 2025, the Government adopted a decree on a new grant that employment authorities can use to help companies hire unemployed young people under 30 years of age. This grant is also known as the employment voucher or recruitment subsidy. The subsidy granted to a company covers half of the young person’s salary for six months, but no more than EUR 1,500 per month.

29.1.2026 | The Government will provide targeted separate funding to South Karelia and Vakka‑Suomi for measures that promote re‑employment and improve skills. Both regions have faced an abrupt structural change (ASC, or ÄRM in Finnish) that has required regional action. In addition, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has decided to allocate European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funding to impr...

20.4.2022 | Toni Riipinen, Joonas Roos ja Janne Tukiainen 21.3.2022 Yritystuet ja poliittinen päätöksenteko Julkaisija: Yritystukien tutkimusjaosto Toni Riipinen, Joonas Roos ja Janne Tukiainen Kuvitus/Taitto: PunaMusta Oy Helsinki 2022 Sisällysluettelo 1. Jo...

22.12.2025 | On 22 December 2025, the Government issued a decree under which regional transport subsidies will continue in 2026‒2028. The subsidy will remain largely the same as before.

7.11.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will hold a public consultation from 7 to 23 November 2025 on a draft government decree setting out provisions on a government grant, which the employment authorities could use to help companies hire unemployed young people under the age of 30. This grant is also known as the employment voucher or recruitment subsidy. It would be awarded to businesses to cover half of the young person’s salary for six months.

7.10.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is preparing the introduction of an employment voucher for young people, which was decided in the government budget session in September. The launch of the employment voucher is planned already for the beginning of next year. The purpose of the employment voucher is to help young people find work in the open labour market by temporarily reducing the costs of recruitment.

31.5.2016 | Hallintopolitiikka Valtiovarainministeriön julkaisuja – 29/2015 Valtionavustustyöryhmän mietintö Kuvailulehti Julkaisija ja julkaisuaika Valtiovarainministeriö, heinäkuu 2015 Tekijät Valtionavustustyöryhmä Julkaisun nimi Valtionavustustyöryhmän mi...

24.2.2026 | Government Resolution on the Government Integration Programme The Government’s focus areas for 2012–2015 Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Concern 34/2012 Government Resolution on the Government Integration Programme The G...

23.1.2025 | The coronavirus support granted to businesses helped to maintain more than 40,000 jobs in Finland during the first year of the pandemic. The majority of jobs were preserved thanks to Business Finland’s COVID-19 funding programme. These are the conclusions of a study by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) titled The Effects of Covid-19 Business Subsidies in Finland – Final Report. ...

14.6.2024 | On 14 June 2024, the ministerial working group on employment and entrepreneurship adopted an action plan to help people who have fled Ukraine. In accordance with the Government Programme, the aim is to help Ukrainians enter the labour market and to support their participation in Finnish society.