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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

… steers the policy on sustainable use of [renewable] natural resources. Legislative work is carried out as part of the Finnish Government and the EU institutions and decision-making.

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MINISTER

Kimmo Tiilikainen

Departments and units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

PERMANENT SECRETARY

Jaana Husu-Kallio

INTERNAL AUDIT

Sari Anttila

SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE MINISTER Jukka-Pekka Kataja

EU Coordination Kari Valonen Bioeconomy Liisa Saarenmaa Research Mikko Peltonen

FOOD DEPARTMENT

Risto Artjoki Finance Team Esa Hiiva Food Safety Marjatta Rahkio Animal and Plant Health Taina Aaltonen Rural Development Taina Vesanto Agriculture Arja-Leena Kirvesniemi Markets Veli-Pekka Talvela Legal Affairs Tanja Viljanen

NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

Juha S. Niemelä Finance Team Heikki Piiparinen Fisheries Industry Risto Lampinen Recreational Use of Nature Christian Krogell Natural Resources and Water Management Kai Kaatra Forests and Bioenergy Marja Kokkonen Legal Affairs Vilppu Talvitie

ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT

Pentti Lähteenoja Bioeconomy and Research Team Human Resources and Administration Eeva Pystynen International Affairs Aulikki Hulmi Steering and Information Management Raimo Vajavaara Finances Jukka Nummikoski Media and Communications Pekka Väisänen

Mission statement and vision

• Mission statement: We will secure domestic food

production and sustainable use of renewable natural resources and create the preconditions for economic activities and well-being derived from these.

• Vision: Finland is a pioneer and competitive

pacemaker of a responsible food chain and sustainable bioeconomy.

Main policy sectors

• Rural development
• Agriculture and food
• Natural resources management

– incl. forest, game, fisheries, water

• Land survey and spatial information

– incl. coordinate system, mapping, cadastral system

Organizations in the administrative sector

Agencies and institutes

• Finnish Agency for Rural Affairs Mavi
• Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira
• The Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke
• National Land Survey of Finland
• Finnish Wildlife Agency
• Metsähallitus (State Forest Enterprise)
• Finnish Forestry Centre
• Finnish Environment Institute SYKE

Implementation of the Government Programme (2015-2018) – Key Projects

• Employment and competitivenes
• Knowledge and education
• Wellbeing and health
• Bioeconomy and clean solutions
• Digitalisation, experimentation and deregulation
• Structural reforms

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Implementation of the Government Programme (2015-2018) – Key Projects

Bioeconomy and clean solutions

1. Towards carbon-free, clean and renewable energy cost- efficiently 2. Wood on the move and new products from forests 3. Breakthrough of a circular economy, getting waters into good condition 4. Finnish food production will be profitable, trade balance on the rise 5. Nature policy based on trust and fair means

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Thank you!