The Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration contains a provision on the Government Integration Programme. In accordance with it, the Government will decide how the promotion of integration will be developed at national level by formulating a programme that includes the objectives and measures for the duration of the Government term (Government Integration Programme, VALKO).
The first Government Resolution on a Government Integration Programme (VALKO I) was made on 7 June 2012. That programme described the cross-administrative policy package aiming to promote immigrant integration and good ethnic relations.
During the term of Prime Minister Marin’s Government, VALKO was be replaced by a report on the need to reform the promotion of integration, which was submitted to Parliament in spring 2021. The next VALKO will be prepared in accordance with the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's Government and will cover the period 2024-2027.
Read more:
Report on the need for a reform in integration promotion services (In Finnish)
Promoting integration at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
