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Audiovisual culture in Finland Audiovisual culture comprises films, television and radio programs, digital games, music videos and video art. The promotion of audiovisual culture in Finland includes the production, distribution and presentation of...

Based on the financial obligation for media service providers enabled by Directive (EU) 2018/1808 on audiovisual media services, a government proposal is being prepared to implement the obligation in Finland.

Product and service development in arts and culture Funding for arts and culture, granted by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Arts Promotion Centre, forms the foundation for product and service development in arts and culture. Funding...

Licences and limitations related to copyright The general principle of copyright is that a work may be used in the manner specified in the Copyright Act, and only with the permission of the author and in the manner permitted by the author. Licence...

Policy and development in higher education and science The Ministry of Education and Culture helps promote the Government's higher education and science policy targets, and develops the higher education and science system in cooperation with stake...

Safeguarding of cultural heritage The UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted in 1972, responds to the concern about the conservation of the world’s threatened cultural and natural heritage and p...

Pilot projects for doctoral programmes The pilot projects are an extension of doctoral programmes in 2024-2027, in which 1,000 new doctoral researchers will be recruited to universities to complete a doctorate. During the pilot projects, universit...

3.3.2026 | AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE AND KARELIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES FOR 2025–2028 1. Common objectives of higher education institutions The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Karelia University of Applied Scie...

18.12.2024 | Cultural Policy Report General presentation of the process and content 28 November 2024 2 | • The Government included in its Programme a cultural policy report seeking to produce an ambitious vision that will make it possible to develop Finland's ...

31.10.2022 | On 3 November, the Ministry of Education and Culture will organise an immigration dialogue where professionals in the arts and culture will discuss issues related to the diversity of cultural services based on their own experiences. The theme is cultural diversity, immigration and inclusion.

25.11.2021 | The Government proposes that Parliament approve the revised Council of Europe Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production of 30 January 2017. The Convention aims to promote and facilitate the development of cinematographic co-production between the parties by establishing rules applicable to co-productions.

13.4.2022 | The Government proposes amendments to the Copyright Act and the Act on Electronic Communication Services. The legislative amendments bring the provisions of Finnish legislation in line with the European Union's Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and the Directive on online transmissions of broadcasting organisations. The transposition of these directives is the most significant reform of national copyright legislation in two decades.

7.10.2021 | The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Transport and Communications have appointed a working group to look into models that would broaden the financial base for audiovisual productions. The working group is to explore possibilities of imposing an obligation on actors in the audiovisual industry to invest in Finnish content production.

16.12.2022 | The Sustainable Growth Programme for Finland is investing in revitalising culture and the creative industries and in reshaping them in a sustainable way. The Ministry of Education and Culture has granted EUR 13 720 000 million in discretionary government grants to those operating in the cultural and creative sectors to create innovative services and to devise novel production and operating procedures.

23.9.2024 | The Ministry of Education and Culture’s proportion of the 2025 budget proposal is EUR 8.45 billion, which is some EUR 411 million more than in the 2024 Budget. The proposal implements the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's Government, which aims to invest, even in a difficult economic situation, in raising the level of education and training and improving the conditions for conducting science, research and development.

9.11.2022 | Equality and diversity in the Norwegian higher education institutes Case study for KOTAMO-project 2021/11 Virhe. Määritä Aloitus-välilehdessä Rubrik, jota haluat käyttää tähän kirjoitettavaan tekstiin. Client The Finnish Ministry of Education and ...

Tekijänoikeusinfran pienryhmät kokoontuvat eri kokoonpanoissa ml. työpajoissa keskustelemaan luovien alojen teos- ja tekijätietokäytäntöihin, metadataan, teknologiaan ja infrastruktuurien kehittämiseen liittyen sekä IP-oikeuksien ja datan kysymyksistä. Tiekartta 2021; NFT't ja tietosuoja; 2022: EDIC (European Digital Infrastructure Consortium) 2023

6.10.2022 | The Government proposes to transfer the services of Employment and Economic Development Offices (TE Offices) to municipalities on 1 January 2025. This historical reform aims to create a service structure that will contribute to rapid employment of jobseekers and increase the productivity, availability, effectiveness and diversity of employment and business services.

13.12.2021 | In its new report, the Parliamentary Working Group on Research, Development and Innovation proposes introducing a legislative act on the financing of research and development and drawing up a statutory plan for R&D funding that would extend beyond the spending limits period. The working group also proposes introducing a permanent and more extensive tax incentive for research and development activities.

18.11.2008 | The Ministry of Education launched talks last august in order to promote electronic commerce in creative contents and to reduce illicit file sharing over the internet. The parties to these branch talks represented the film, music and games industries, internet service providers, content business companies, and authorities.