The Government Resolution of 16.12.2010 on the Security Strategy for Society is now available for download in English.

The resolution on the Security Strategy for Society provides the guidelines to ministries and also to regional and local administration for safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Strategy is based on a comprehensive concept of security and covers the preparedness of society and crisis management.  It also aims to secure basic values such as promoting the population’s security and well-being and maintaining the functioning of society.

The strategy has been compiled from the viewpoint of safeguarding functions that are vital to society in all situations. The following are defined:

-the functions vital to society and their desired end states

-the threat scenarios that jeopardize vital functions, including the possible disturbances within each scenario

-the strategic tasks of the ministries to secure and guarantee the continuation of the functions

-the criteria for crisis management as required by the management of disturbances

-the principles of the monitoring and development of the strategy’s implementation

-the principles of exercises in preparedness and crisis management

The Resolution on the Security Strategy for Society replaces the previous Government Resolution on Securing the Functions Vital to Society, adopted on 23.11.2006.

For more information, or to download the strategy, please visit www.yhteiskunnanturvallisuus.fi/en.