A Safe and Secure Life Government Resolution on the Internal Security Strategy 5 October 2017

The Internal Security Strategy is a road map for ensuring that Finland will be the safest country in the world for living, working and entrepreneurship, as envisaged in the Government Programme of 29 May 2015. In the Strategy, internal security refers to those aspects of society that ensure everyone can enjoy the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the rule of law without fear or insecurity caused by crime, disorder, accidents or national or international events. The Strategy also includes a foresight section describing the forces of change that are likely to influence internal security in Finland in the near future. The Strategy’s action plan has eight sets of measures and a total of 39 actions for managing these forces of change and thus enabling the objective of the Strategy to be achieved. Good internal security consists of numerous different elements. The Strategy is a government resolution intended to complement the previous decisions and policy outlines on security, ensuring that these sufficiently address the forces of change recognised in the strategy work. Therefore, the Strategy does not cover all internal security issues. The Strategy will be implemented as part of the operational and financial planning and performance management of the various administrative branches of central government. In respect of other parties involved, the implementation will take place on partnership basis through networked cooperatio