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1.10.2020 | In its final report, the working group for a digital leap forward proposes that Finland's digitalisation development should focus more on the structures and services of digital society that intersect society at large and accelerate the use of data. The working group handed its report to Timo Harakka, Minister of Transport and Communications, on 1 October 2020.

25.4.2017 | Reforms in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 25.4.2017 14.13 Type: Press release The Ministry of Transport and Communications will reform the agencie...

3.5.2018 | Structures of the administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications to be reformed Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 3.5.2018 13.47 Type: Press release The Government proposes that the Finnish Transport ...

16.12.2021 | According to a study commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications on information environments in logistics, the key priority in the digitalisation of logistics is to develop the existing national information environment as part of the EU-wide data space development in the transport sector. The development should be tightly linked with the data resources maintained by the authorities and with the availability and utilisation of data accumulated in dealings with the authorities.

26.6.2018 | Nordic ministers discussed infrastructure financing Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 26.6.2018 16.40 Type: Press release Infrastructure financing is undergoing a fundamental change, where relying on public budgetary resour...

27.10.2022 | The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Electronic Communication Services, the Act on the Processing of Personal Data in the Defence Forces and the Act on the Processing of Personal Data by the Police. The aim of the amendments is to improve the exchange of information between authorities in information security breaches. The Government submitted the proposal to Parliament on 27 October 2022.

25.4.2017 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications will reform the agencies in its administrative branch. The Transport Safety Agency Trafi, the Communications Regulatory Authority and the official functions of the Transport Agency will be integrated into one agency. The traffic control functions of the Transport Agency will be incorporated into a fully state-owned company/companies with special assignment.

17.1.2019 | In communication services by the public authorities, broadband access will gradually be taken into use.  The old network, Finland's Authority Radio Network, will operate alongside the new system until the broadband service is ready and has been taken into use in full.

8.6.2021 | A Transport Safety Strategy prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Communications has been circulated for comments. The strategy was prepared in broad-based cross-administrative cooperation with stakeholders. It sets out effective means for improving transport safety and preventing traffic accidents in all modes of transport.

3.5.2018 | The Government proposes that the Finnish Transport Safety Agency, Trafi, the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority and certain functions of the Finnish Transport Agency be merged into a new Transport and Communications Agency. The current Transport Agency would continue as Transport Infrastructure Agency. The Government submitted a proposal on the matter on 3 May 2018. The proposal includes bills concerning the agencies, an implementation act and nearly 90 bills relating to the reform.

21.12.2021 | On 21 December 2021, the Ministry of Transport and Communications invited comments on draft government resolution on Transport Safety Strategy. "We are searching for ways to improve the situation in broad-based cooperation. The aim is for people in Finland to feel that transport is safe," says Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka.

12.4.2021 | The Annual General Meeting of the Traffic Management Company Fintraffic Ltd elected a new Board of Directors for the company on 25 March 2021. Doctor of Engineering Tero Ojanperä, Professor of Practice at the Aalto University and board professional, was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

8.6.2021 | A Transport Safety Strategy prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Communications has been circulated for comments. The strategy was prepared in broad-based cross-administrative cooperation with stakeholders. It sets out effective means for improving transport safety and preventing traffic accidents in all modes of transport.

31.1.2022 | On 28 January 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Communications appointed a working group to identify needs to amend the legislation on cooperation between the key authorities in cyber security incidents and to support the legislative drafting.

12.4.2021 | The Annual General Meeting of the Traffic Management Company Fintraffic Ltd elected a new Board of Directors for the company on 25 March 2021. Doctor of Engineering Tero Ojanperä, Professor of Practice at the Aalto University and board professional, was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

3.3.2020 | The preparation for Finland's first National Transport System Plan continues. A parliamentary steering group has outlined three targets for the Plan. An action programme for the Plan will be drawn up on the basis of the targets:

24.1.2022 | An assessment memorandum on emissions trading in the national road transport sector prepared by a cross-sectoral working group of the Ministry of Transport and Communications was published on 24 January 2022.

31.1.2022 | On 28 January 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Communications appointed a working group to identify needs to amend the legislation on cooperation between the key authorities in cyber security incidents and to support the legislative drafting.

8.4.2020 | In its second supplementary budget, the Government proposes EUR 300,000 of additional funding for the National Cyber Security Centre under the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency. The aim is to step up the operations of the Centre during the coronavirus epidemic.

21.12.2021 | On 21 December 2021, the Ministry of Transport and Communications invited comments on draft government resolution on Transport Safety Strategy. "We are searching for ways to improve the situation in broad-based cooperation. The aim is for people in Finland to feel that transport is safe," says Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka.