Civic Space Scan of Finland

Annex A. List of interviewees and substantive inputs

Government

Ministries

• Ministry of Education and Culture

• Ministry of Environment

• Ministry of Finance on civic space; access to information and open data; civic space at the local level; and open government

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Ministry of Interior

• Ministry of Justice on hate speech and intolerance; a legal perspective on civic space; ongoing legislative reforms; and legal aid

• Ministry of Justice

• Ministry of Local Government

• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

• Ministry of Transport and Communications

Advisory boards

• Advisory Board for Civil Society Policy (KANE)

• Advisory Board for Ethnic Relations (ETNO)

• Digitalisation for Everyday Life Board (Digi Arkeen)

Oversight institutions

• Chancellor of Justice

• Data Protection Ombudsman

• Ombudsman for Equality

Other public bodies

• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

• City of Tampere on ethical frameworks at the local level; and participation at the local level

• Finnish Immigration Service

• Finnish National Agency for Education

• Finnish Register of Associations

• Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organisations (STEA)

• National Audit Office

• National Police Board

• Sámi Parliament

• Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund

• State Youth Council

• Yle National Public Service Broadcasting on press freedom issues; and survey data

Civil society

Civil society organisations

• Central Union for Child Welfare

• Disability Partnership Finland

• Electronic Frontier Finland

• Finnish Development NGOs (Fingo)

• Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health (SOSTE) on the enabling environment for civil society; and impact of COVID-19

• Finnish Red Cross

• Finnwatch

• Fourth-sector activist

• Freelance journalist

• Occupational health expert

• Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR Finland)

• The Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland

• Timeout Foundation

• Sámi Council

Human rights organisations

• Amnesty International (Finnish section)

• Finnish Human Rights Centre

• Finnish League for Human Rights

Journalism associations

• Council for Mass Media

• Union of Journalists in Finland

Think tanks

• Demos Helsinki on the enabling environment for civil society organisations; and participation in COVID-19 planning

Research and academia

• Åbo Akademi University

• Finnish Homicide Monitor (maintained by the Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy – University of Helsinki, the National Police Board, and the Police College Research Unit)

• Library of Congress

• Researcher on the non-parliamentary far right

• University of Helsinki

• University of Jyväskylä