The national system for monitoring discrimination

VNK005:00/2025 Development

The key tasks of the system were to produce and compile information on discrimination in Finnish society, to increase cooperation between professionals working with discrimination-related matters and to promote the utilisation of information on discrimination in the official decision-making. Awareness of the need for information on discrimination has increased in society, and information is being produced by several parties.

Basic information In progress

Project number VNK005:00/2025

Case numbers VN/1446/2025

Set by Prime Minister’s Office

Term/schedule 4.2.2025 – 31.3.2027

Date of appointment 4.2.2025

Contact person
Sanna Malkki, Erityisasiantuntija
tel. +358 295 160 312
[email protected]

Goals and results

The key objective of the monitoring system for the term 2025–2027 is to strengthen the stra-tegic development of the knowledge on racism and discrimination. During the term, a long-term roadmap will be drawn up for the development of the equality data base, an impact as-sessment of the anti-racism policy work will be carried out and the nexus between research on racism and discrimination and decision-making will be strengthened. Reports can be or-dered and published on the basis of other information needs identified by the expert group of the Discrimination Monitoring System during the term.
Over the years, the coordinating and cooperating role of the monitoring group has been iden-tified to be the key strength of the monitoring system. The monitoring system brings together actors working on the collection of discrimination information and experts in anti-discrimination work a) to identify current information gaps, b) to create a common under-standing of the needs and direction of data collection and c) to reflect on the overall picture of Finnish society formed by the discrimination information. Systematic and continuous co-operation is an integral part of the awareness-raising efforts both within the Government and beyond. Dialogue with the research community will be strengthened in the coming term on the basis of the assessment of the 2020–2023 term.

Summary

The key tasks of the system were to produce and compile information on discrimination in Finnish society, to increase cooperation between professionals working with discrimination-related matters and to promote the utilisation of information on discrimination in the official decision-making. Awareness of the need for information on discrimination has increased in society, and information is being produced by several parties.

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