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Utvärdering av innovationspolitiken Konsekvenserna och effekterna av finansiering av forsknings-, utvecklings- och innovationsverksamhet (FoUI) och andra innovationspolitiska åtgärder för företagen och samhället som helhet bedöms ur olika synvinkl...https://tem.fi/sv/utvardering-av-innovationspolitiken
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19.11.2025 | Finland, Förenta staterna och Kanada undertecknade den 18 november ett trepartsuttalande om ett bekräftat stöd för ICE Pact-isbrytarsamarbetet som länderna inledde hösten 2024. Uttalandet undertecknades av näringsminister Sakari Puisto, Förenta staternas inrikessäkerhetsminister Kristi Noem och Kanadas ambassadör i Washington Kirsten Hillman.https://tem.fi/sv/-/finland-forenta-staterna-och-kanada-bekraftar-sitt-stod-for-isbrytarsamarbetet
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7.10.2021 | On 7 October 2021, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal to amend the Act on the Safe Handling and Storage of Dangerous Chemicals and Explosives, the Mining Act and the Nuclear Energy Act.https://tem.fi/en/-/amended-chemicals-safety-act-to-give-associations-foundations-and-municipalities-the-right-to-request-administrative-reviews
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30.1.2026 | Skyldighet att tillhandahålla tjänster på landsbygden – SGEI som verktyg för anordnande av service Handboken har sammanställts i samarbete mellan Landsbygdspolitiska samarbetsgruppen (YTR), Kommunförbundet och Institutet för hälsa och välfärd (THL...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2853018/Skyldighet%20att%20tillhandah%C3%A5lla%20tj%C3%A4nster%20p%C3%A5%20landbygden%20-%20SGEI%20som%20verktyg%20f%C3%B6r%20anordnande%20av%20service.pdf/215800ed-d77b-4e3f-946d-1a87b8ddf416?t=1769779745666
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24.2.2026 | Nationellt genomförande av FN:s vägledande principer för företag och mänskliga rättigheter Arbets- och näringsministeriets publikationer Konkurrenskraft 45/2014 Nationellt genomförande av FN:s vägledande principer för företag och mänskliga rättigh...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3438838/Nationellt+genomf%C3%B6rande+av+FNs+v%C3%A4gledande+principer+f%C3%B6r+f%C3%B6retag+21102014.pdf/99d4c730-2213-49b4-a1f2-ce08e661e498?version=1.2&t=1771921655175
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Auditing Corporations and foundations must appoint an auditor and conduct an audit in accordance with the Auditing Act, Accounting Act and any acts applicable to the corporation or foundation in question. The smallest corporations are exempted fro...https://tem.fi/en/auditing
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Regional Development Guidelines 2040 Cover page of publication: Regional Development Guidelines 2040. Regional development affects the vitality of regions in the long term. Anticipation is needed to plan long-term work. The Regional Development Gu...https://tem.fi/en/regional-development-guidelines-2040
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Everybody has the right to engage in commercial activities in Finland Under the Constitution of Finland, everybody has the right to earn his or her livelihood by the employment, occupation or commercial activity of his or her choice. More detailed...https://tem.fi/en/freedom-of-enterprise-in-finland
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EU industrial policy Industrial policy is an umbrella concept that brings together measures from several policy areas. In a broader sense, industrial policy includes measures that create the conditions for business operations, such as a well-funct...https://tem.fi/en/eu-industrial-policy
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Focus areas To ensure competitiveness and economic growth, it is vital that Finland is an attractive operating environment for newly established and growth-seeking enterprises, top experts and foreign investors. Enterprise and innovation policy pr...https://tem.fi/en/focus-areas
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What is innovation-friendly regulation? Innovation-friendly regulation is flexible, technology neutral and goal-oriented predictable and conducive to clarity supportive of competition and market dynamics appropriate and proportionate harmonised an...https://tem.fi/en/what-is-innovation-friendly-regulation
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Finland's Strategy for the Arctic region Finland’s new Strategy for the Arctic Region, which was completed in 2021, sets out the objectives for Finland’s Arctic policy and activities until 2030. Competence in both business and research is one of t...https://tem.fi/en/finlands-strategy-for-the-arctic-region
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Accounting Nearly all corporations and foundations referred to in the Finnish legislation must keep accounting records. Natural persons engaged in business or professional activities must also keep records on these activities. Accounting is regula...https://tem.fi/en/accounting
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Working life barometer measures changes in working life Each year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment produces a working life barometer, which describes the state of working life at Finnish workplaces. In the barometer, employees give...https://tem.fi/en/working-life-barometer
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Nuclear safety Development of the principles governing nuclear safety and the methods for implementing it is largely based on extensive international cooperation. This intensive cooperation already started in the middle of the 20th century. From F...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-safety
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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. It is granted and paid by the employment authority. An employer hiring an unemployed jobseek...https://tem.fi/en/pay-subsidy
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Innovation policy evaluation The impact and effectiveness of research, development and innovation (RDI) funding and other innovation policy measures on companies and society as a whole are assessed from different perspectives and through different...https://tem.fi/en/innovation-policy-evaluation
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24.8.2016 | 10.8.2016 UPPHANDLINGSKRITERIE: TextILIER Inledning Arbetsförhållandena inom textilindustrin har i vissa fall visat sig strida mot de grundläggande kraven i Internationella arbetsorganisationen ILO:s konventioner. Av denna anledning har allt fler ...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3100267/Upphandlingskriterier_textilier.doc/57581638-83d9-40aa-8be4-3ad305e6f302?t=1472034739000
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31.8.2026 | If you need to change the color of the logotype, right click outside work area, choose Format Background from context menu and choose Solid Fill – White or Black Turning data into assets in primary production and manufacturing industry – 2 Miika K...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/272442393/Datatalous_25082026_Kaski.pdf/ad182127-7780-71d5-c0d8-1ef388607b47?t=1788163402406
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20.5.2026 | The views on data centres and their electricity use presented in public tend to either depict the centres as a threat to the sufficiency of electricity or, alternatively, highlight the necessity and benefits of such investments. However, data centres are not a black-and-white issue. Data centres should be seen as a part of the overall economic change, data sovereignty and general electrification. Thro...https://tem.fi/en/-/column-data-centres-are-an-integral-part-of-a-developing-energy-system-and-economy
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Whistleblower protection Whistleblower protection safeguards people who report certain types of misconduct. In this case, a ‘whistleblower’ is a person who, in the course of their work, discovers a breach of European Union or national law concerni...https://tem.fi/en/whistleblower-protection
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The Government’s climate targets are ambitious: carbon neutrality by 2035, and nearly fossil-free energy production in the course of the 2030s. The wide-ranging changes required to achieve these targets demand vigorous policies and consistent action. At the same time, however, one has to ensure social justice and the competitiveness of businesses. Paths to carbon neutrality involve major uncertainties.https://tem.fi/en/-/miten-hiilineutraaliin-yhteiskuntaan-paastaan-ja-mita-se-maksaa-
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Innovation policy promotes growth and renews the operating environment Finland’s competitiveness and success in the global market are based on skills, new knowledge and innovations. Research, development and innovation activities (RDI) play an ess...https://tem.fi/en/innovation-policy
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Bioeconomy In Finland, bioeconomy refers to an economy that relies on renewable, biological natural resources in a resource-wise manner to produce food, energy, products and services. The most important renewable, biological resources in Finland a...https://tem.fi/en/bioeconomy
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Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment monitors foreign corporate acquisitions and serves as national contact point for the EU screening regulation The purpose of the Act on the Screening of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions in Finland (172/2012...https://tem.fi/en/acquisitions
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Questions and answers about the act on the screening of foreign corporate acquisitions Updated 27 November 2023. Must an application/notification under the Act on the Screening of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions also be submitted for a corporate re...https://tem.fi/en/questions-and-answers-about-the-act-on-the-screening-of-foreign-corporate-acquisitions
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Regulatory impact assessments on businessess, employment and working life Within the Government, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for developing the regulatory impact assessments on businesses, employment and working ...https://tem.fi/en/impact-assessment-of-legislation
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Security of supply and securing of vital functions in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Preparedness model The concept for comprehensive security, established in the Security Strategy for Society, forms t...https://tem.fi/en/security-of-supply-and-securing-of-vital-functions
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Restricting global warming is crucial to humanity’s future. There will be no easy transition to a low-emission world, or eventually to a carbon neutral world, and we must make changes in all spheres of life. The European Union has an important role as one who takes the lead and offers solutions. To do this, it needs an ambitious and comprehensive climate and energy policy that is based on knowledge.https://tem.fi/en/-/milla-evain-rakennetaan-eu-n-pitkan-aikavalin-vahapaastoisyysstrategia-
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26.6.2026 | The aim of the summit was to strengthen the cooperation among the parties to the Pax Silica initiative related to artificial intelligence, reliable technologies and strategic supply chains. The cooperation will be deepened by promoting collaboration between businesses and investments and innovation. The summit was held in Washington DC, the United States on 25–26 June 2026.https://tem.fi/en/-/finland-participated-in-pax-silica-summit-on-ai-and-reliable-technology-supply-chains
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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...https://tem.fi/en/-/consultation-round-begins-on-new-tool-to-improve-employment-conditions-of-long-term-unemployed-people
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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...https://tem.fi/en/other-funding-targets-under-the-sustainable-growth-programme
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12.2.2026 | “Today we are creating a foundation for the future to develop an energy system that can meet the demands of a new era. This plant is a concrete result of purposeful research and planning,” said Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala at the groundbreaking ceremony for Steady Energy Oy’s small nuclear pilot plant in Salmisaari, Helsinki on 12 February 2026.https://tem.fi/en/-/minister-multala-piloting-small-modular-reactor-in-helsinki-signals-finland-s-leading-role-in-nuclear-energy-solutions
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18.3.2026 | Due to technological advances and the green transition, work is undergoing a major transformation, which underlines the importance of safeguarding workers’ rights. This will be among the topics addressed at the Council of Europe’s High-Level Conference on Social Rights in Chișinău, Moldova on 18–19 March 2026. State Secretary Mika Nykänen will attend the meeting on behalf of Minister of Employment Matias Marttinen.https://tem.fi/en/-/state-secretary-nykanen-to-visit-moldova-council-of-europe-conference-to-address-high-quality-working-life-innovations-and-workforce-wellbeing
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13.3.2026 | The EU ministers responsible for energy issues will convene in Brussels on 16 March 2026. The meeting agenda will include the European grids package for 2028–2034, the action plan for affordable energy, and energy security. Finland will be represented by Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala.https://tem.fi/en/-/eu-energy-ministers-meeting-to-be-marked-by-iran-war-and-european-competitiveness-issues
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4.8.2026 | 1 (5) Statement 29.5.2026 VN/6045/2025 Click or tap here to en- ter text. Postiosoite Käyntiosoite Puhelin Faksi s-posti, internet Postadress Besöksadress Telefon Fax e-post, internet Postal address Office Telephone Fax e-mail, internet Ministry o...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2132280/Final%20statement%20of%20the%20Finnish%20National%20Contact%20Point_KPMG%2027.5.2026%20(1).pdf/d8932a09-6e9f-34ad-3b9d-2f3583750f38?t=1785823879375
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26.5.2026 | Screening of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions in Finland Annual report 2025 Annual Report 2025 • The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has compiled statistical data on the screening of foreign corporate acquisitions for 2025 in this annual...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/10579843/Screening%20of%20Foreign%20Corporate%20Acquisitions%20in%20Finland%20-%20Annual%20report%202025.pdf/ece38915-ff69-c632-de2b-fe08d279ea57?t=1779797827440
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18.8.2026 | 1 (19) Statement 29.5.2026 VN/6045/2025 Click or tap here to en- ter text. Postiosoite Käyntiosoite Puhelin Faksi s-posti, internet Postadress Besöksadress Telefon Fax e-post, internet Postal address Office Telephone Fax e-mail, internet Ministry ...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/269895132/Appendix_Opinion%20of%20Committee%20on%20Corporate%20Social%20Responsibility%20KPMG.pdf/8050dcc5-16f4-7ab9-f5ca-6c8b5ac72e33?t=1787051102005
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3.11.2025 | On 28 October 2025, Finland and Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership in the energy sector. The particular areas of cooperation are the promotion of energy and clean technologies, security of energy supply and decarbonisation of electricity and heat production.https://tem.fi/en/-/finland-and-kazakhstan-develop-cooperation-in-energy-sector-memorandum-of-understanding-signed-in-astana
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19.11.2025 | Suomi, Yhdysvallat ja Kanada allekirjoittivat 18. marraskuuta kolmenvälisen julkilausuman, jossa vahvistetaan tuki syksyllä 2024 käynnistetylle ICE Pact -jäänmurtajayhteistyölle. Julkilausuman allekirjoittivat elinkeinoministeri Sakari Puisto, Yhdysvaltain kansallisen turvallisuuden ministeri Kristi Noem ja Kanadan Washingtonin-suurlähettiläs Kirsten Hillman.https://tem.fi/-/suomi-yhdysvallat-ja-kanada-vahvistavat-tukensa-jaanmurtajayhteistyolle
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31.12.2025 | Analysis of external factors for the Strategy of the Regional State Administrative Agencies and ELY Centres 2024–2027 Premise of this strategy The strategy draws on the external factors, i.e. the operating environment, giving rise to the key pheno...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/202036663/Liite+2+Toimintaymp%C3%A4rist%C3%B6n+analyysi_FINAL_EN.pdf/a24bc2bc-b4bd-a187-4b32-b5fc929a6a04/Liite+2+Toimintaymp%C3%A4rist%C3%B6n+analyysi_FINAL_EN.pdf?t=1767164729472
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19.11.2025 | On 18 November, Finland, the United States and Canada signed a trilateral Joint Statement of Intent (JSOI) confirming support for the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) Pact, launched in autumn 2024. The JSOI was signed in Washington DC by Sakari Puisto, the Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, Kristi Noem, the United States Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States.https://tem.fi/en/-/finland-the-united-states-and-canada-confirm-their-support-for-icebreaker-collaboration-effort-ice-pact
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24.2.2026 | Selvitys eurooppalaisista työrauhajärjestelmistä Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Työ ja yrittäjyys 20/2011 Selvitys eurooppalaisista työrauhajärjestelmistä Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Työ ja yrittäjyys 20/2011 Niklas Bruun – ma...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3346190/Selvitys+eurooppalaisista+ty%C3%B6rauhaj%C3%A4rjestelmist%C3%A4+20042011.pdf/bf075b3e-c421-494c-959d-8e24faf11992?version=1.0&t=1771921651673
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24.2.2026 | Selvitys eurooppalaisista työrauhajärjestelmistä Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Työ ja yrittäjyys 20/2011 Selvitys eurooppalaisista työrauhajärjestelmistä Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Työ ja yrittäjyys 20/2011 Niklas Bruun – ma...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3346190/Selvitys+eurooppalaisista+ty%C3%B6rauhaj%C3%A4rjestelmist%C3%A4+20042011.pdf
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31.12.2025 | Strategy of the Regional State Administrative Agencies and the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for 2024–2027 Creating a sustainable future - TOGETHER AND LOCALLY OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES We increase vitality We faci...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/202036663/AVI-ELY-Strategia_2024-2027_EN.pdf/1f514842-7180-0ce7-7008-9f8adca7bba2/AVI-ELY-Strategia_2024-2027_EN.pdf?t=1767164729472
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10.10.2025 | Finland and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding on icebreaker cooperation. Finnish President Alexander Stubb and US President Donald Trump signed the memorandum of understanding at their meeting in Washington on 9 October. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo also attended the meeting. This memorandum of understanding lays the foundation for commercial agreements between the United States Coast Guard and Finnish companies.https://tem.fi/en/-/194055633/finland-and-usa-deepen-icebreaker-cooperation
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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...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/Government+Resolution+on+the+Government+Integration+Programme+04092013.pdf/3f919b04-fa96-4846-8f66-cf3e80594b71?version=1.0&t=1771921653951
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15.9.2025 | Minister of the Environment and Climate Sari Multala will take part in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna on 15–16 September 2025. On Monday, she will deliver Finland’s national statement to the plenary.https://tem.fi/en/-/minister-multala-to-attend-iaea-general-conference-in-vienna
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24.2.2026 | 21 paths to a Frictionless Finland Report of the ICT 2015 Working Group Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Innovation 18/2013 21 paths to a Frictionless Finland Report of the ICT2015 Working Group Publications of the Minist...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/21+Paths+to+a+frictionless+Finland+15052013.pdf/f9d04e2f-28b1-4562-8793-d69c37b06041?version=1.1&t=1771921653951
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24.2.2026 | Contractor’s Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out 2 3 Introduction There are many ways of combating the nega- tive effects caused to enterprises by the “grey” or undeclared economy and unhealthy competi- tion. The Act on the Contr...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2918857/Contractor's+Obligations+and+Liability+when+Work+is+Contracted+Out/07c532dd-decc-4c15-87e4-a38b013de3d2?t=1771921647664
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27.1.2026 | Finland and China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy cooperation in Beijing on 27 January 2026. The areas of cooperation focus in particular on clean energy, smart energy systems and energy innovation.https://tem.fi/en/-/finland-and-china-continue-to-develop-cooperation-in-energy-sector-new-memorandum-of-understanding-signed-in-beijing
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24.2.2026 | Health Sector Growth Strategy for Research and Innovation Activities MEE reports 16/2014 Enterprise and innovation department 26.5.2014 Photos: FiHTA ry To the reader The Health Sector Growth Strategy for Research and Innovation Activities is a co...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/Health+Sector+Growth+Strategy+for+Research+and+Innovation+Activities+26052014.pdf/11b05bc2-a5fc-4b32-bc98-e73f827c031a?version=1.0&t=1771921653951
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6.10.2025 | Finland and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy on 6 October 2025. The MoU aims to develop technical and economic cooperation between the two countries in sustainable, clean and renewable energy and energy efficiency, and to promote the access of Finnish companies to the Indonesian market.https://tem.fi/en/-/finland-and-indonesia-strengthen-their-energy-cooperation-1
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24.2.2026 | Finland’s space strategy for years 2013 to 2020 To space with Europe – global benefits and prosperity to Finland Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Innovation 49/2014 Finland’s space strategy for years 2013 to 2020 To space...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/Finlands+Space+Strategy+for+years+2013+2020+27102014.pdf/2c11dfeb-d4ab-40e2-b36d-fb4eb1ba0fd2?version=1.2&t=1771921653950
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27.1.2025 | 1 Translation from Finnish Legally binding only in Finnish and Swedish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland Act on the Screening of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions (172/2012; amendments up to 682/2020 included) By decision of Parlia...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/10579843/Final+EN+Finland+Act+on+the+Screening+of+Corporate+Acquisitions+-+unofficial+translation.pdf/04756159-8992-6594-54ca-657662380c62?t=1737967883113
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13.11.2024 | New trilateral arrangement formalizes collaboration on the production of Arctic and polar icebreakershttps://tem.fi/en/-/united-states-canada-and-finland-sign-mou-to-build-arctic-and-polar-icebreakers
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25.3.2024 | Clean energy is one of the main themes of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government program in Finland. The energy and climate policy actions for the coming years will be outlined in a comprehensive national strategy. The key objective is to establish a predictable and economically sustainable foundation for the significant investment efforts needed to advance both climate goals and our national economy.https://tem.fi/en/-/energy-and-climate-strategy-in-preparation-clean-investments-are-crucial
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24.2.2026 | National Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Competitiveness 46/2014 National Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Guiding ...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/National+Action+Plan+for+the+implementation+of+the+UN+guiding+principles+21102014.pdf/0488370a-b200-43bf-9c69-1a211b50ca14?version=1.2&t=1771921653950
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17.11.2025 | 1(25) UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Government Decision on the Objectives of Security of Supply Upon presentation by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the Government has decided as follows under section 2, subsection 2 of the Act on the Me...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/250539755/Government%20Decision%20on%20the%20Objectives%20of%20Security%20of%20Supply.pdf/0d59ffa0-2ce3-b093-dfba-3b4b3907eac1?t=1763370000264
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6.10.2025 | Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala will participate in the Nordic-Baltic Nuclear Investment Summit, an international conference held in Stockholm on 7 October 2025, focusing on the promotion of new nuclear energy in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region.https://tem.fi/en/-/finland-and-sweden-advancing-nuclear-energy-investments-in-the-baltic-sea-region-licensing-processes-in-focus-at-international-summit