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Finland receives assistance from two structural funds in the EU: the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund.https://tem.fi/en/eu-structural-funds
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Increasing flexibility of fixed-term employment contracts and other changes to the Employment Contracts Act The Government is reforming the legislation on working life to remove barriers to employment and, in particular, to strengthen the operatin...https://tem.fi/en/increasing-flexibility-of-fixed-term-employment-contracts
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General criteria for business subsidies on national level Business subsidies are aid and interest subsidies granted to economic activity as well as loans, guarantees, equity financing, tax subsidies and other arrangements that contain economic ben...https://tem.fi/en/general-criteria-for-business-subsidies-on-national-level
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Globalisation and changes in production structures may cause abrupt and substantial threats and problems for regional development, especially when a company lays off a large number of employees or closes down its production plant in the region. The consequences and impacts of the problems arising from abrupt structural change are assessed from the perspective of the region’s employment situation, industrial operations and business structure.https://tem.fi/en/abrupt-structural-change-arm-
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Use of nuclear energy must be safe The use of nuclear energy must not cause injury to people or damage to the environment or property. This basic priority of the use of nuclear energy is laid down in the Nuclear Energy Act (990/1987) and it applie...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-safety-security-and-safeguards
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Research Division on Business Subsidies The Research Division on Business Subsidies has been abolished on 5 April 2024 by Government Decree. Established in 2019, the Research Division on Business Subsidies produced information on the development o...https://tem.fi/en/research-division-on-business-subsidies
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Lower threshold for dismissal of employees The Government is reforming the legislation on working life to remove barriers to employment and, in particular, to strengthen the operating conditions of SMEs. Barriers to employment will be removed, inc...https://tem.fi/en/lower-threshold-for-terminating-employment
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Employment in tourism In 2023, there were 146,600 employed people in tourism. Tourism accounted for 5.3 per cent of all employed persons. The sector also has very significant multiplier effects on other sectors, such as construction, transport and...https://tem.fi/en/employment-in-tourism
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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...https://tem.fi/en/pay-subsidy
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Impact assessments on companies, employment and working life in legislative drafting Within the Government, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for developing the impact assessments on companies, employment and working l...https://tem.fi/en/impact-assessment-of-legislation
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Trade barriers Trade barriers refer to such regulations and measures of authorities that cause unreasonable problems to the trade of products or services. Problems related to establishing a business and the free movement of employees and people ca...https://tem.fi/en/trade-barriers
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Energy aid The energy aid programme aims to promote investment projects and studies on renewable energy and energy efficiency that support Finland’s carbon neutrality targets. The objective is to support projects that are estimated to promote futu...https://tem.fi/en/energy-aid
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National programme and environmental impact assessment of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management completed The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, and the Radiation and Nuclear Safet...https://tem.fi/en/national-programme
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Energy communities promote the production and distribution of renewable electricity Electricity users’ role in the electricity system has grown as a result of the green transition. A decree that allows private individuals, communities and companie...https://tem.fi/en/energy-communities
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Licence procedure The licence procedure in accordance with the Nuclear Energy Act is preceded by an environmental impact assessment, as laid down in the act on environmental impact assessment procedure (252/2017). The Ministry of Economic Affairs ...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-energy-licence-procedure
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Regional development is carried out in broad-based cooperation by different authorities and other actors in both central government and the regions. In the distribution of responsibilities between the ministries, regional development has been assigned to the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. The targets, responsibilities of the authorities and programmes of regional development have been determined in the Act on Regional Development and the Administration of Structural Funds (7/2014).https://tem.fi/en/objectives-and-planning-of-regional-development
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Growth ecosystems as a tool in industrial and innovation policy Climate change, clean transition, technological transitions and transformation of value creation logics pose a challenge to society’s and enterprises’ innovation activities and innova...https://tem.fi/en/ecosystems
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15.5.2026 | 1/4 29 April 2026 VN/14843/2026 GOVERNMENT DECREE ON NUCLEAR FACILITIES – PLAN FOR CARRYING OUT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT The legislation on nuclear energy in Finland is undergoing a reform. In the comprehensive reform, the current Nuclear Energ...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/261861402/Plan%20for%20carrying%20out%20an%20environmental%20assessment%20government%20decree%20on%20nuclear%20facilities.pdf/466cd5e0-378e-5ebf-94a1-56677be35220?t=1778846647216
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Competition legislation The Competition Act and EU competition rules prohibit competition restraints which are generally considered to have harmful effects on sound and effective economic competition (prohibition principle). Such prohibited restra...https://tem.fi/en/competition-legislation
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The Ministry of Employment and the Economy has an independent research division on business subsidies (VNa 4/2019). The Enterprise Aid Research Division was established in 2019 to provide information on the development of the business aid scheme and to promote the quality of impact assessment and the utilisation of research in policy-making and societal debate.https://tem.fi/en/project?tunnus=TEM045:00/2023