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Business services Public business services include information providing, advisory, training, consultation, funding, networking and operating environment development services which are aimed at businesses. In addition, businesses can also access s...

International students can create innovations and bring growth to Finland The number of international higher education students in Finland has grown in recent years. They support the internationalisation of Finnish education and research. Students...

23.4.2020 | On 23 April 2020, the Government submitted a proposal to Parliament to extend the maximum duration of start-up funding and to increase flexibility in the periodic interviews of jobseekers conducted by TE Offices. The proposal also includes changes to the entitlement of jobseekers to unemployment security. These temporary changes are proposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are scheduled to enter into force on 1 May 2020.

23.4.2020 | On 23 April 2020, the Government submitted a proposal to Parliament to extend the maximum duration of start-up funding and to increase flexibility in the periodic interviews of jobseekers conducted by TE Offices. The proposal also includes changes to the entitlement of jobseekers to unemployment security. These temporary changes are proposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are scheduled to enter into force on 1 May 2020.

12.6.2020 | According to a recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, start-up grants were perceived as an incentive to starting a new business, and offered a faster track to starting a company.

23.6.2020 | Parliament has approved government proposals to extend the period of validity of the temporary legislative amendment on awarding start-up grants until the end of 2020. The President of the Republic is to approve the amendment on 26 June 2020 and it will enter into force on 1 July 2020.

Measures of the Orpo Government concerning work-based immigration Work-based immigration and international recruitment are essential means to accelerate growth and respond to the challenges caused by an ageing population. The development of work-b...

17.4.2020 | On 16 April 2020, the Government adopted a temporary amendment to the Government Decree on Public Business and Employment Service, according to which business owners receiving start-up grants are entitled to the payment even for days when they are not able to work in their business due to the coronavirus epidemic.

21.8.2020 | According to a report by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on employment after participation in active employment services, active employment services providing the best short-term employment effects in 2018 were substitution during a job alternation leave, employment with start-up grants, placement in central government jobs, and self-motivated studies whilst claiming unemployment benefit.

24.2.2026 | Evaluation of Finnish Industry Investment Ltd. Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Innovation 1/2014 Evaluation of Finnish Industry Investment Ltd. Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Innovation 1/2014...

24.2.2026 | Selvitys heikossa työmarkkina- asemassa olevien palveluista Pohjoismaissa sekä Alankomaissa, Iso- Britanniassa, Saksassa ja Ranskassa Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Työ ja yrittäjyys 10/2012 Selvitys heikossa työmarkkina-asemassa olevien ...

24.2.2026 | MEE report 4/2013 The Vigo Programme Mid-Term Evaluation Erkko Autio – Heikki Rannikko – Pertti Kiuru – Kari Luukkonen – Riikka Orenius – Jari Handelberg – Andreas Bergenwall – Erik Berglund Enterprise and innovation department January 2013 2 Cont...

24.2.2026 | Kasvuyrityskatsaus 2012 Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Innovaatio 20/2012 Kasvuyrityskatsaus 2012 Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Innovaatio 20/2012 Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Innovaatio 20/2012 Arbets- och näringsmin...

Other funding targets under the Sustainable Growth Programme in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and government agencies under its purview The Sustainable Growth Programme includes investments and reforms that support the European U...

18.5.2017 | The European Globalisation Fund will give a grant of EUR 2.6 million to Finland to support employees made redundant by Nokia. The money will be used to help over 800 unemployed to find new jobs.

24.2.2026 | Industrial Competitiveness Approach Means to guarantee economic growth in Finland in the 2010s Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Innovation 9/2013 Industrial Competitiveness Approach Means to guarantee economic growth in F...

3.6.2025 | 1(45) REPORT made by the Government of Finland on Unratified Conventions and Recommendations (Article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation) concerning the following instruments of the ILO: VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND E...

24.2.2026 | National Action Plan for Island Policy 2012–2015 Islands, Sea, Lakes, Rivers and Littoral as Regional Development Assets Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Regional development 37/2012 National Action Plan for Island Policy...

30.10.2024 | Finland and Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy. It aims to enhance technical and economic cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector and promote the access of Finnish companies to the Saudi Arabian market.

7.10.2021 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has allocated EUR 3 million in discretionary government grants to a new Centre of Expertise for Social Enterprises in accordance with the Government policy outlined in its mid-term policy review. Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen signed the funding decision.