This table here below aims at providing an overview of all the initiatives, such as the political communications, guidelines, and legislation, related to interoperability that have been put in place in Finland.
National Interoperability Framework
The National Interoperability Framework (NIF) is a set of standards, policies, and guidelines that ensure that information and communication technology (ICT) systems can communicate and share data seamlessly. It promotes the development of interoperable systems that facilitate data exchange and collaboration between different organizations and levels of government. The NIF provides a common language and a framework for ensuring that ICT solutions are compatible, secure, and reliable, which enhances the efficiency of public services and improves citizen outcomes.
Other Initiatives
The Public Administration API Principles promote the provision and use of public sector information and functionalities primarily through APIs. The goal of the principles is to increase customer orientation, cooperation, semantic and technical interoperability, reusability, attention to information security and data protection, and quality in API development.
Year: 2022
The strategic objectives of opening up and using public data concretise Finland’s national information policy with jointly agreed goals and measures. These strategic objectives guide and direct the actions of the different participants in opening up and using public data, ensuring they are all working towards the jointly agreed national goals.
Year: 2020-2022
The Act on Information Management in Public Administration (906/2019) includes a requirement for government agencies to utilise datasets of other government agencies whenever possible, if they have access to such data via electronic interfaces. Regular exchange of data between agencies has to be organised via electronic interfaces. The Act also prescribes to the Ministry of Finance a general coordination task of interoperability of public sector data sets.
Year: 2020
The overall architecture of the Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s Board of Directors’ programme was developed and monitored at the national level to ensure interoperability of the national service path.
Year: 2015
The Act was adopted to improve the efficiency, quality and interoperability of the common ICT service in government offices.
Year: 2013