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REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION 

New regional administration system established in Finland

From the beginning of 2010, regional administrative tasks in Finland are carried out by six regional state administrative agencies (AVI) and 15 regional centres for economic development, transport and the environment (ELY), as specified in new legislation approved on 20.11.2009.

Under the new regional administration system, the tasks previously fulfilled by the regional environmental permit authorities are carried out by four of the AVI regional state administrative agencies. Other environmental tasks previously conducted by Finland’s regional environment centres are carried out by 13 of the new ELY centres for economic development, transport and the environment.

The new agencies’ and centres’ work related to environmental issues continue to be overseen by the Ministry of the Environment, but the general running of the AVI agencies and the ELY centres are supervised by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, respectively.

CLIMATE POLICY

A report on mainstreaming climate policy

    
 

Photo: Aarno Torvinen

Mainstreaming Climate Policy and Policy Coherence is a background report for the Finnish Government foresight report on climate and energy.  It assesses questions related to mainstreaming climate policy from the point of view of both horizontal and vertical policy integration in Finland. According to the report, policy integration and policy coherence can be advanced by developing the existing administrative processes and structures or by creating new measures focused particularly on mainstreaming climate policy.

BUPLICATIONS AND BROCHURES

Fact sheets of the Nordic nature project: Postcards highlight local responsibility for threatened species

The environment ministers in Denmark and Norway sent picture postcards featuring threatened species to all municipalities. The municipalities were encouraged to protect threatened species living in their areas. The postcatd actions have already lead to successful results both in Denmark and Norway.

Information about Everyman's rights in Finland also in Russian

Finland's legal concept of Everyman's right gives everyone the
chance to enjoy the freedom of the country's vast forests and
many lakes with few restrictions. This newly published booklet
explains Everyman´s right in detail and describes the
responsibilities that come with these rights in Russian. 

 

2/23/2010 (Updated)
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