Government week

The Government makes decisions at the Cabinet Finance Committees on Wednesdays, at Government plenary sessions on Thursdays and presidential sessions on Fridays. 

 

Ministers attend regularly meetings of cabinet committees and ministerial working groups and, when necessary, the evening session which is an unofficial negotiation session of the Cabinet. In addition, the ministers have duties in their respective administrative sectors at their own ministries and duties as members of Parliament.

 

Decisions

The Decisions page provides advance information on the issues of the forthcoming Government plenary session and the presidential session. Brief summaries of the decisions, the actual decisions with annexes and press releases on decisions are published shortly after the decisions are made.

Decisions (in Finnish)

 

Policy programmes

Policy programmes cover the most important intersectoral subject matters in the Government Programme. Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen’s second Cabinet has three policy programmes:
- Work, Entrepreneurship and Worklife Policy Programme

- Health Promotion Policy Programme

- Policy Programme on the Well-being of Children, Youth and Families.