Following the unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Finland’s recovery and resilience plan has responded to the urgent need to foster a strong recovery, while making Finland’s economy and society more resilient and future ready. In response to the energy market disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Commission launched the REPowerEU Plan. The Recovery and Resilience Facility is at the heart of its implementation and its funding. Under REPowerEU, EU countries are updating their recovery and resilience plans with new measures to save energy and diversify the EU’s energy supplies.

Green transition
Focusing on green technologies and capacities - sustainable mobility, energy efficiency and renewables, climate change adaptation; circular economy; and biodiversity.
Policies for the next generation
Improving access to and the quality of general, vocational, and higher education; focusing on digital education, early childhood education and care; supporting youth employment.
Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth
promoting entrepreneurship, competitiveness, industrialisation; improving the business environment; fostering research, development and innovation, supporting small- and medium-sized businesses.
Digital transformation
Promoting the roll-out of very high-capacity networks, the digitalisation of public services, government processes, and businesses, in particular SMEs; developing basic and advanced digital skills; supporting digital-related R&D and the deployment of advanced technologies.
Social and territorial cohesion
Improving social and territorial infrastructure and services, including social protection and welfare systems, the inclusion of disadvantaged groups; supporting employment and skills development; creating high-quality, stable jobs.
Health and economic, social and institutional resilience
Improving the resilience, accessibility and quality of health and long-term care, including measures to advance their digitalisation; increasing the effectiveness of public administration systems.
The map exclusively serves information purposes and is not an exhaustive database of projects supported by the Recovery and Resilience Facility. It does not reflect the distribution of the projects funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility across the European Union, nor across different geographical areas or sectors within EU Member States. The RRF funding amounts shown for measures are based on the initial cost estimates included in the recovery and resilience plans.
Furthermore, the projects showcased are without prejudice to any future assessment by the Commission in the context of verifying the satisfactory fulfilment of milestones and targets under Regulation (EU) 2021/241 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
Country snapshot

The country snapshot illustrates some of the most iconic and impactful projects included in the Finnish Recovery and Resilience Plan that will bring positive change for EU citizens, businesses and the EU at large.
The reforms and investments in Finland's plan are helping it to become more sustainable, resilient and better prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the green transition and digital transition. Following Council approval of Finland’s plan on 29 October 2021, as amended on 14 March 2023, Finland’s recovery and resilience plan was updated on 8 December 2023 introduce measures that address REPowerEU objectives.
- 40 investment streams and 19 reforms
- 52.3% of the plan will support climate objectives
- 28.9% of the plan will foster the digital transition.
The transformative impact of Finland’s plan is the result of a strong combination of reforms and investment which address the country’s specific challenges. The reforms address bottlenecks to lasting and sustainable growth, while the investments aim to accelerate the digital transformation, research and investment in the green transition, to promote employment and skills improvement, and to improve access to health care and social services across the country.
All measures have to be implemented within a tight time frame, as the Regulation establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility requires all milestones and targets within the national plans to be completed by August 2026.
REPowerEU measures in Finland’s plan
Finland’s plan now includes one reform and three investments to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, in line with one of the REPowerEU Plan's objectives.
To finance this increased ambition, Finland has asked for a share of its Brexit Adjustment Reserve to be transferred to the plan, amounting to €14.2 million. These funds would be added to Finland’s REPowerEU grant of €113 million.
Key measures for REPowerEU
The REPowerEU Chapter further strengthens the green dimension of the Finnish plan. The reform included in the chapter aims at establishing a single review procedure and a new single national authority for processing environmental permit applications. The three new investments focus on new clean technologies for energy production and use, as well as research and development activities to promote renewable energy solutions. The preparatory phase of an offshore wind power project in the Åland autonomous region will also be supported. These measures are expected to contribute to achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets, Finland’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2035, as well as the goal of increasing the share of renewable energy sources in Finland’s energy mix.
Finland aims to reduce processing times of environmental permitting procedures for renewable energy investments by a two-fold approach reform. First, the reform will set up a one-stop shop model by combining environmental permit procedures - covering all renewable energy-related procedures - to a single official decision and review procedure. Second, the new streamlined procedures for processing environmental permit applications will be centralised in a new single national authority.
Green transition
Finland has set an ambitious target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2035. Substantial reforms and investments are required to put the country on track towards the achievement of this goal. This concerns in particular the sectors that currently have the highest emissions including energy, housing, transport and industry.
Key measures for the green transition
- Finland's recovery and resilience plan includes an amendment to the Climate Act, which will anchor the country's ambitious 2035 target into law.
- A reform of the Waste Act will increase the targets for recycling and reuse.
- The phase out of coal use in energy and a reform of energy taxation will contribute to promoting cleaner technologies.
- The plan supports the green transition through investments of €319 million in decarbonisation of the energy sector, namely in energy transmission and distribution and in new energy technologies.
- €136 million will be invested in low-carbon hydrogen along the hydrogen value chain as well as in carbon capture, storage and recovery.
- On green transportation, €13.6 million will be invested in supporting private and public charging points for electric cars, gas charging and refuelling infrastructure.
The modified plan, including the REPowerEU chapter, has further strengthened the focus on the plan on the green transition, devoting 52.3% of the available funds to measures that support climate objectives (up from 50.3% in the original plan).

The key objective of the new Climate Act is to ensure that Finland will achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 at the latest.
- Project locations
- Finland
Digital transition
Promoting the digital transition is a cross-cutting theme across the Finnish plan. Digital challenges for Finland focus on the need to realise the transformative potential of digitalisation. This includes upgrading rail traffic management system, extending the coverage of broadband connections, digitalising healthcare and employment services, increasing the level of digitalisation and automation in business, and raising the level of investment in research, development and innovation.
Key measures for the digital transition
- Finland’s recovery and resilience plan supports the digital transition with investments and reforms amounting to €32 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure across Finland.
- The plan supports with €85 million the Digirail project to introduce the European Rail Traffic Management System on the entire national railway network by 2040, along with the 4G and 5G-based Future Railway Mobile Communication System.
- Digital innovations for social welfare and health care services are supported with €100 million, investments in continuous learning with €32 million and investments in accelerating key technologies (microelectronics, 6G, artificial intelligence and quantum computing) with €25 million.
- The plan envisages a €20 million support for streamlining work- and education-based immigration and facilitating international recruitment.
The modified plan has further strengthened the focus on the plan on the digital transition, devoting 28.9% of the available funds to measures that support digital objectives (up from 27.5% in the original plan).

The Virtual Finland service platform will improve Finland's competitiveness, enabling the delivery of seamless digital services from the public and private sector for different target groups coming to Finland.
- Project locations
- Finland
Economic and social resilience
Key challenges for Finland’s economy include raising the country’s employment rate, addressing structural long-term unemployment, and enhancing skills to match market demands. Higher levels of investment in research and innovation and digitalisation are needed to increase productivity and competitiveness. Improving access to health and long-term care services, including promotion of e-health, is key to strengthening social resilience.
Key measures in reinforcing economic and social resilience
- The plan reinforces economic and social resilience by allocating €90 million to the reform of the Public Employment Services to increase the employment rate.
- Through its recovery and resilience plan (RRP), Finland plans to invest EUR 371.8 million (20.4% of the RRP’s total budget) to clear the backlog in social and health services due to COVID-19 and to foster equal access, strengthen primary healthcare, overhaul service delivery models and increase digitalisation of the health system.
- The plan allocates €254 million to research, development and innovation related to the green and digital transition.

The objective of this investment is to reduce the backlog in the provision of health and long-term care treatments, at the core of which are the 21 self-governing wellbeing services counties in Finland.
- Project locations
- Finland
ANNUAL EVENTS
Annual events facilitate the exchange of views on the state of implementation of the Recovery and resilience plans, while ensuring close cooperation between all stakeholders and providing a platform to discuss interlinks between the Plans and other Union programmes.
More information on Annual events held in Finland can be found here
EUROPEAN SEMESTER
Finland’s plan is consistent with the challenges and priorities identified in the European Semester, the annual cycle of coordination and monitoring of each EU country’s economic policies. For a detailed explanation of the European Semester see the following link: The European Semester explained | European Commission (europa.eu)
National recovery and resilience website
Original Recovery and Resilience Plan (October 2021)
Original Recovery and Resilience Plan (October 2021)
Documents
Commission Staff Working Document: Analysis of the recovery and resilience plan of Finland
Press Material
Press release: "European Commission endorses Finland's plan"
Factsheet: Finland’s recovery and resilience plan
Questions and answers: European Commission endorses Finland's plan
Further Information
Summary of the assessment of the Finnish recovery and resilience plan
Presentation to the Council of Finland’s recovery and resilience plan
Updated Recovery and Resilience Plan (March 2023)
Documents
Council Implementing Decision amending the Council Implementing Decision of 29 October 2021 and Annex
Press Material
Daily News: Commission approves revised recovery and resilience plan for Finland
Updated Recovery and Resilience Plan (December 2023)
Documents
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending the Implementing Decision of 29 October 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Finland and Annex
Press Material
Updated Recovery and Resilience Plan (June 2024)
Documents
Press Material
Daily News: La Finlande soumet une demande de révision ciblée de son plan de relance
Daily News: Commission endorses Finland's request for a targeted revision of its recovery plan
Pre-financing
First Payment Request
Documents
Preliminary assessment of the first payment request of Finland
Press Material
Second Payment Request
Documents
Preliminary assessment of the second payment request of Finland