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Presidencies Each EU Member State holds the presidency of the Council for six months at a time. The country holding the presidency prepares Council meetings and preparatory meetings (meetings of the working parties and the Special Committee on Agr...

fi sv en Cooperation with the Parliament In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, the Finnish Parliament participates in the handling of EU matters. The Parliament addresses EU proposals on matters that would otherwise fall within the manda...

Nordic cooperation There is a great deal of Nordic cooperation concerning game husbandry and hunting. The Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers are responsible for the official Nordic cooperation. The North Calotte Council is a perman...

Island Committee The Island Committee is a permanent statutory advisory committee appointed by the Government. Its activities are based on the Island Act (494/1981) and the Decree on the Island Committee (387/1987, 1316/1993, 752/2019). The commit...

European Council The European Council defines the EU’s overall political direction and priorities. The European Council stimulates the development of the Union and defines its general political agenda and priorities, but it is not one of the EU’s ...

Council of the European union Under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Council and the European Parliament jointly decide on the rules of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in accordance with the codecision procedure...

OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is a forum for collaboration between developed market economies. Finland has been a member of the organisation since 1969. The analytical work and discussions carried out in th...

Fisheries industry The fisheries industry value chain includes entrepreneurs and businesses operating in commercial fishing, aquaculture, fish processing and fish trade. The vision of the Finnish fish promotion Programme is that in 2035, Finns wil...

26.8.2025 | The Culinary Team of Finland has created a new set of plant-based recipes with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. While specifically geared to the needs of Finnish embassies and missions around the world, the recipes will also serve those organising international meetings and events in Finland.

28.-29.9. Organizer of the Event: Embassy of Finland, Stockholm. Big Meet is one of Sweden’s leading food industry events, bringing together innovators, chefs, investors, and industry professionals shaping the future of food. This year’s theme is TASTE, and the two days will focus on sub themes such as resilience, food security, innova-tion and tradition. 

12.3.2025 | The last projects of the Catch the Carbon package of climate measures ended at the end of 2024. The implementation of the knowledge and climate change resilient solutions produced in the package of 180 measures will continue and be further intensified through cooperation in different parts of the country. The processes to support this include the activities of the National Climate Unit of the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres).

18.9.2023 | The Finnish Chef Association has published Finnish food recipes (‘Suomiruoka-reseptiikka’) to promote Finland’s country branding and food exports. The recipes will serve Finnish embassies and missions around the world and those organising international meetings and events in Finland. When ready, the material will be freely available to everyone. The material was produced under an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

27.3.2019 | In its meeting, the steering group in charge of the Management Plan for the Wolf Population discussed multi-species population management, the question of acceptance of wolves in society and the importance of taking into account regional and local perspectives when updating the management plan. The next step in the project to update the Management Plan for the Wolf Population is to establish concrete measures and targets.

24.10.2023 | Experiences from Sweden – Closer-to-nature forest management 1 Magnus Magnusson & Helena Dehlin, Swedish Forest Agency (Liselott Eriksson, Swedish Nature Protection Agency) 23.10.2023 Government Assignment on Continuous Cover Forestry & Closer-to-...

China-Europe Water Platform The China-Europe water Platform (CEWP) is a cooperation network for water administration, research and companies between the European Union and China's Ministry of water resources. CEWP was established by a joint declar...

Exporting animal by-products Animal by-products mean those parts of animals and products of animal origin not intended for human consumption. They include, for example, animal hides and skins, game trophies, wool, feathers, bones, hoofs and horns,...

fi sv en Exporting food of animal origin Foodstuffs of animal origin include meat, meat products, milk, milk-based products, fishery products, birds’ eggs and egg products, honey and other apiculture products, frogs’ legs and snails. Foodstuffs of...

3.11.2019 | The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has approved the new Management Plan for the Wolf Population in Finland. The management plan is a tool for managing the Finnish wolf population and wolf-related conflicts and an important means for implementing wolf policy. A wolf forum will be set up to monitor the implementation of the updated plan.

Import, export and trade in the EU internal market of animals, embryos and gametes Importing animals, embryos and gametes from non-EU countries “Imports” of live animals and animal embryos and gametes mean their importation from non-EU countries (...

Nordic cooperation and northern regional cooperation Nordic Council of Ministers Nordic cooperation involves Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland as well as the self-governing territories Åland, Faeroe Islands and Greenland. The countries ...