Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy discusses progress on Finland’s national and regional partnership plan

The plan will be prepared in cooperation with a variety of actors, ensuring broad and balanced representation of regional and local authorities, organisations and stakeholders representing the economy and civil society. Next, thematic working groups will be established to prepare the plan’s thematic chapters. Partners will also contribute to the work of the thematic groups. The preparation group aims to draw up a plan for implementing Finland’s national and regional partnership plan and establishing its governance structure in spring 2027. The finalised plan will be approved by the Government. The EU’s negotiations on the multiannual financial framework, which will serve as the Unions long-term budget for 2028–2034, are currently under way. Because the negotiations are still in progress, there is considerable uncertainty about the overall level of the framework and other issues, such as the scope of the NRP, that are relevant for the amount of funding Finland receives. Marketta Henriksson, Head of the Secretariat for EU and International Affairs, chair of the preparation group, tel. +358 295 530 441 The email addresses of the Finnish Government are in the format firstname.lastna...