THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR DEFENCE INFORMATION (ABDI) - A PERMANENT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

Set up by the Government for the Parliament's term of office, the Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI) is a permanent parliamentary committee. Administratively, it is in the Ministry of Defence.

The work of the ABDI is based on a decree enacted in 1975 (1073/75). Its tasks include national defence information for normal and exceptional conditions and observing the development of Finns' opinions regarding matters closely related to national defence. The work is primarily carried out in the Work Branch, Research Branch, Media Branch, Education Branch and Organisation Branch.

The ABDI has its own Secretariat and close connections with corresponding organisations in other Nordic countries.