Parliamentary working group on sparsely populated areas 2020 - 2023

The Government appointed a parliamentary working group on sparsely populated areas on 8 October 2020 to improve the opportunities available in the sparsely populated areas of Finland. The term of the working group is from 12 October 2020 to 30 June 2023. The working group has representatives from all parties in the Government. The group is chaired by Hanna Huttunen (Centre Party) and the vice-chair is Johanna Ojala-Niemelä (Social Democratic Party). The task of the working group is to monitor the special questions related to the sparsely populated areas of Finland and to strengthen their vitality and wellbeing. For more information, see the group's action plan.