| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S1100S2100S333S467S533 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 100 (adopted and in force on 31 Dec 2025)
The Strategy for Social Enterprises was adopted by the Government in its April 2021 mid-term policy review and was followed by the 'Yhteisötalouden ja yhteiskunnallisten yritysten strategia 2026-2030' (Publications of the Finnish Government 2025:116), published on 23 Dec 2025 after a consultation of 5-26 Nov 2025: 'adopted and in force on 31 Dec 2025'. · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 100 (dedicated national SE strategy or action plan)
Both the 2021 strategy and its 2026-2030 successor are stand-alone national strategies for social enterprises and the social economy: 'dedicated national SE strategy or action plan (adopted)'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 33 (objectives only, or measures without named responsible bodies)
Scored on the most advanced adopted text (2026-2030): seven target areas without quantified targets or budget; 'An action plan will define concrete measures'. The 2021 strategy set objectives (competence centre, impact finance, awareness, research) whose measures could not be read: 'objectives only'. · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 67 (monitoring body or indicator set in place)
The steering group of the national ESF+ coordination project for social enterprises 'coordinates implementation and monitoring' during the ESF+ period, and a monitoring framework is to be created; the 2021 strategy's goals 'have not been comprehensively evaluated', so no progress report exists: 'monitoring body or indicator set in place'. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 33 (public consultation only, or a general statement that stakeholders took part)
The 2026-2030 strategy (Valtioneuvoston julkaisuja 2025:116, 23 Dec 2025, p. 8) says its drafting was guided by the steering group of the ESF+ national theme on social enterprises, with events and interviews by the Centre of Expertise and a consultation (5-26 Nov 2025, 53 statements); the TEM appointment decision for that steering group (VN/31261/2021) lists only officials (TEM, OKM, STM, National Agency for Education, two ELY centres, Business Finland), and the same group monitors implementation: 'public consultation only, or a general statement that stakeholders took part'. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I167I2100I30I4100 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 67 (a ministry named responsible in a law, decree, adopted strategy or its statutory functions, within a broader unit)
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is author and owner of both strategies and funds and steers the Centre of Expertise; no dedicated SE unit exists: 'a ministry named as responsible in ... an adopted strategy ..., within a broader unit'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 100 (the social economy / SE broadly)
The mandate covers social enterprises in all legal forms and, since the 2026-2030 strategy, the social economy as defined by the 2023 EU Recommendation: 'the social economy / SE broadly'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 0 (none, or only in a draft)
The only standing body on social enterprises is the steering group of the ESF+ national theme 'Yhteiskunnallisten yritysten liiketoimintaedellytysten parantaminen' (TEM decision VN/31261/2021, term 1 Dec 2021-31 Dec 2027), whose members are all public officials; SE organisations (Arvo, Pellervo, Vates) are partners in the Centre of Expertise consortium, a delivery project, not a consultative body; the strategy's permanent cross-administrative body 'may' be set up after the ESF+ period, with no SE membership stated: 'none'. · source 1 - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 100 (standing mechanism that met in 2024–2025)
The steering group of the ESF+ national theme on social enterprises, which the appointment decision names as the ministry's social enterprises working group and the steering group of the Centre of Expertise, has members from TEM (chair), the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health plus agencies, with a term of 1 Dec 2021-31 Dec 2027; the strategy published on 23 Dec 2025 records that it guided the 2025 drafting and 'coordinates implementation and monitoring': 'standing mechanism that met in 2024-2025' (the 2025 record is the strategy text, not minutes). · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P167P267P367P467 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 67 (contracts reservable for a subset (sheltered workshops, WISE, disadvantaged workers; Directive 2014/24 Art. 20) or preferences for cooperatives/SMEs that include SE)
The procurement act (1397/2016) allows contracts reserved for sheltered workshops and operators integrating disabled or disadvantaged persons (Directive Art. 20); the strategy notes that reserved contracts 'are rarely used'; no transposition of Art. 77 or SE-specific reservation was found: 'contracts reservable for a subset'. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 67 (national socially responsible procurement guidance or plan)
The national procurement strategy Hankinta-Suomi (Ministry of Finance) has a social-sustainability theme group, and the government programme aimed at social employment conditions in public procurement, without a numerical target: 'national socially responsible procurement guidance or plan'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 67 (national figures on use for one year)
Hilma data for 2022 show 247 procurement notices with an employment clause (1.71% of all notices) and 5.6% of publishing organisations using it; no series for further years was found: 'national figures on use for one year'. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 67 (a government training programme or helpdesk documented to cover social clauses or reserved contracts, for contracting authorities or for SEs)
The Ministry's programme to speed up employment through procurement (1 Aug 2020-31 Mar 2023, coordinated by Kuntaliitto) ran a national and regional network, lectures and an e-guide for contracting authorities on the employment clause, continued in the Hankinta-Suomi theme group; no equivalent training for SEs found: 'a national (government) training programme ... for contracting authorities or for SEs'. · source 1
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| Official SE definition 3.1 D167D2100 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 67 (in an adopted national strategy or policy document)
No SE law exists (Act 1351/2003 repealed); the Government publication 'Yhteisötalouden ja yhteiskunnallisten yritysten strategia 2026-2030' (2025:116, 23 Dec 2025, pp. 11-12) defines the social economy and social enterprise, following the 2021 strategy: 'in an adopted national strategy or policy document'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 100 (all three)
The strategy's three core features of a social enterprise (p. 12): the primary aim is a social purpose; most profits are used to advance it; participation and democracy are emphasised in governance: 'all three'. · source 1
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Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 0 of 3None in force (Act on Social Enterprises 1351/2003 in force until 30 Jun 2023; repealed by Act 372/2023) · sources 1 2 3L10L20L30L40L50 Criteria and evidence- L1 · Adoption stage: 0 (none, announced, or consultation draft)
- L2 · Scope: 0 (none)
- L3 · Implementing rules: 0 (none adopted, or law not in force)
- L4 · Status or register: 0 (foreseen with no entity recognised, or law not in force)
- L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 0 (foreseen, not set up, or law not in force)
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| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E167E267E333E467E5100 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 67 (national SME/start-up programme with an SE strand, or a government-run SE programme funded mainly by donors)
The Centre of Expertise for Social Enterprises (autumn 2021) was set up, funded and guided by the Ministry in 2021-2023 and since 2023 runs as a national ESF+ coordination project (EUR 12.2 m, EUR 10.6 m EU) led by Silta-Valmennusyhdistys with ten partners: 'a government-run SE programme funded mainly by donors' rather than one run by a public agency. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 67 (several regions)
The Centre of Expertise is one national service run by an 11-partner consortium with 'regional staff'; its 2021-2023 final report shows advice given in 14 wellbeing services counties and incubator pilots in Pohjois-Savo, Vaasa and the Helsinki region, without a network of regional centres: 'several regions'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 33 (mainly donor or EU funded)
National ministry funding (2021-2023) was replaced by an ESF+ project in which EUR 10.6 m of EUR 12.2 m is EU money, funded to end-2027: 'mainly donor or EU funded'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 67 (two to four years)
Operating since autumn 2021 without interruption (ministry phase, then ESF+ project 2023-2027): about four years to 31 Dec 2025, 'two to four years'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 100 (three or more)
The Centre's service list documents personal advice 'for establishing and developing a social enterprise' (its FAQ covers the choice of company form and statutes), 'Funding Advice' and 'Impact Measurement: Tools and methods for measuring and verifying social impact'; the 2021-2023 final report adds incubation and accelerator programmes: 'three or more'. · source 1
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| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F1100F267F3100F433 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 100 (a dedicated SE measure or priority with an allocated budget)
The ESF+ programme funds a dedicated national coordination project 'Improving the Business Conditions for Social Enterprises' (2023-2027) with EUR 12.2 m: 'a dedicated SE measure or priority with an allocated budget'. · source 1 - F2 · Calls and instruments: 67 (at least one call dedicated to SE in 2021–2025)
The ESF+ programme has a national theme dedicated to social enterprises; its steering group may propose projects and supplementary selection criteria for the theme's 'hankehaku' (project call), and the coordination project (EUR 12.17 m, EUR 10.59 m EU, 2023-2027) is funded under it; no recurring dedicated calls or EU-funded SE financial instrument were found (the strategy notes there is no InvestEU intermediary for social economy actors in Finland): 'at least one call dedicated to SE in the period'. The call notice itself was not opened. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 100 (managed by national or regional authorities as part of national SE policy)
The project is steered by the Ministry as the implementation vehicle of the national strategy ('the steering group ... coordinates implementation and monitoring'): 'managed by national ... authorities as part of national SE policy'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 33 (anecdotal)
The strategy reports no count of SE beneficiaries of EU funds and says ESF+ funding for social economy actors has been hard to use (p. 25); the Centre's pages give the project budget but no beneficiary counts: 'anecdotal'. · source 1
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| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N1100N233N30N467 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 100 (dedicated line for SE broadly)
The Ministry's call of 2 Jul-31 Aug 2021 offered a EUR 3 m discretionary government grant for 2021-2023 to set up the Centre of Expertise for Social Enterprises, implementing the strategy adopted in the Government's April 2021 mid-term review (one-off calls count): 'dedicated line for SE broadly'. · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 33 (one type)
Grant only: 'one type'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 0 (none)
The TEM grant to the Centre of Expertise (EUR 3 m, VN/16844/2021) ran 7 Oct 2021-31 Dec 2023; since 2023 the Centre is funded by ESF+, so no national line was budgeted or called in 2024-2025: 'none' (no consecutive years to 2025). · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 67 (disbursement reported (awards announced, beneficiaries named))
The award to the Silta-Valmennusyhdistys consortium and the Centre's 2021-2023 ministry funding are public, but no national amounts for 2024 or 2025: 'disbursement reported (awards announced, beneficiaries named)'. · source 1
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