Effective crisis management : Recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on Crisis Management on developing Finland’s crisis management

Abstract

In March 2020, a Parliamentary Committee was set up to further develop Finland’s crisis management policy and draft a comprehensive policy outline, extending over government terms. The Committee was tasked to make crisis management activities more effective and to ensure better use of resources and sufficient participation volumes.

The aim of the Parliamentary Committee's work was to create an up-to-date overview of the development and needs of international crisis management and the overall operating environment in which Finland's participation in crisis management takes place.

In its report, the Committee makes recommendations on Finland's participation in crisis management as part of foreign and security policy, the development of defence capacity and capabilities, the promotion of internal and external security, the quantitative and qualitative objectives of crisis management, and the improvement of comprehensive and effective crisis management.