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Administration and finance The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for the strategic and normative steering of VET and leads national development. The Government Programme and other strategies provide the overall policy framework for ...https://okm.fi/en/administration-and-finance-vet
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Financing and administration of general education The Ministry of Education and Culture drafts legislation and government resolutions related to general education and coordinates the activities under its remit. The policies outlined in the Governm...https://okm.fi/en/administration-and-finance-general-education
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Financing and administration of culture and the arts The Ministry of Education and Culture is the most important central government provider of funding for arts and culture. The amount of funding allocated to museums and performing arts in the Sta...https://okm.fi/en/steering-and-financing-culture
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The branch of government of the Ministry of Education and Culture The branch of government of the Ministry of Education and Culture comprises five agencies and two limited liability companies in addition to the Ministry itself. Furthermore, there ...https://okm.fi/en/administrative-branch
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Legislation The Finnish state is neutral with regard to religions and churches. However, there are close institutional and legislative links between the State and the Church. The Ministry of Education and Culture administers matters relating to th...https://okm.fi/en/legislation-religious-affairs
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Higher education institutions, science agencies, research institutes and other public research organisations The Finnish higher education system consists of universities and universities of applied sciences. A total of 13 universities and 22 unive...https://okm.fi/en/heis-and-science-agencies
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Religious communities Under the Freedom of Religion Act, the religious communities are the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, the Orthodox Church of Finland, and religious communities registered according to the provisions of the Act. Religio...https://okm.fi/en/religious-communities
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Universities in Finland A total of 13 universities operate within the Ministry of Education and Culture's administrative branch. Two of these are foundations pursuant to the Foundations Act and the others are corporations under public law. Higher ...https://okm.fi/en/universities
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Collective management of copyright Collective management refers to activities that are managed by collective management organisations on behalf of the rightholders. The activities are governed by the Act on the Collective Management of Copyright (...https://okm.fi/en/collective-management-of-copyright
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Steering, financing and agreements of higher education institutions, science agencies and research institutes The Ministry of Education and Culture coordinates the activities of higher education institutions, science agencies and research institut...https://okm.fi/en/steering-financing-and-agreements
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Youth work Through youth work and youth policy, the central government and the municipalities work to improve young people’s living conditions and encourage the young to engage in civic activities. The Ministry of Education and Culture prepares is...https://okm.fi/en/youth-work
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In September 2024, the Ministry of Education and Culture began monitoring the measures outlined in the action plan to promote diversity in the field of arts and culture, which was published in 2023. The Ministry has focused particularly on a cultural policy report, the promotion of constructive dialogue and the development of government grant activities from the perspective of cultural diversity. Strengthen...https://okm.fi/en/-/the-ministry-of-education-and-culture-s-measures-to-promote-cultural-diversity-in-2023-2024
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Financing: religious affairs The Ministry of Education and Culture allocates appropriations from the national Budget towards grants for religious communities and provides the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland with financial compensation so th...https://okm.fi/en/financing-religious-affairs
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General education General education comprises pre-primary, primary, lower secondary, general upper secondary education and other non-vocational studies, such as those at liberal adult education institutions. It also includes basic art education. T...https://okm.fi/en/general-education
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Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes The network of Finnish cultural and academic institutes comprises institutes around the world. The institutes advance the international mobility, visibility and collaboration of Finnish professionals in the...https://okm.fi/en/finnish-institutes-abroad
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Inclusion and participation of young people The Ministry of Education and Culture works to promote young people’s participation and inclusion, while the Government Programme pledges to assess the impacts of decisions on children and families. One ...https://okm.fi/en/youth-engagement
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Vocational education and training in Finland Vocational education and training (VET) is designed both for young people without upper secondary qualifications and for adults already in work life. VET provides students with strong vocational compete...https://okm.fi/en/vocational-education-and-training
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Digital cultural heritage The digital cultural heritage initiative of the Ministry of Education and Culture develops the availability of digital cultural heritage material as well as the long-term preservation of material and information resources...https://okm.fi/en/digital-cultural-heritage
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Digital service package for continuous learning The core objective of the project is to build digital services to support individuals in making educational and career choices and maintaining and developing their competence throughout their careers...https://okm.fi/en/digital-service-package-for-continuous-learning
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Youth research and monitoring of young people’s living conditions Youth research is multidisciplinary research focusing on young people that emphasises such areas as research in youth cultures, consumer research, and research in exclusion, ethnic ...https://okm.fi/en/youth-research