List of lobbying targets

All long-term and systematic lobbying and lobbying consultancy activities targeting Parliament and the ministries must be disclosed to the Transparency Register, regardless of the content, processing stage or form of the matter.

Information on lobbying targets is given in a disclosure of activities submitted to the Transparency Register twice a year.

The following lobbying targets are reported to the Finnish Transparency Register:

• a Member of Parliament

• a Member of Parliament's personal assistant

• a staff member of parliamentary groups

• a minister

• a special adviser to a minister

• a state secretary appointed for a minister's term of office

• a public official of the Parliamentary Office

• a public official of a ministry, or

• a rapporteur appointed by a ministry.

The lobbying target is named in the Transparency in the case of:

• a Member of Parliament

• a minister

• a special adviser to a minister

• a state secretary appointed for a minister's term of office

• the Secretary-General or Deputy Secretary-General of Parliament

• the Permanent Secretary or a director general of a ministry, or

• a rapporteur appointed by a ministry.

The following information is given for other public officials of the Parliamentary Office: the department, unit, committee or other corresponding part of the organisation. In the case of political assistants and the staff of the parliamentary groups, the parliamentary group they represent is disclosed.

For other public officials of the ministries, the organisation, department and unit are disclosed.

List of all lobbying targets

In order to make it easier for organisations to monitor the lobbying targets, the NAOF maintains a list of the targets and updates the list every three months (at the end of March, June, September and December). However, the same information on lobbying targets can also be found in the disclosure of activities submitted to the Transparency Register.

The organisation, department and unit of the lobbying targets are disclosed to the Transparency Register. All functions, groups or other forms of organisation cannot be found in the list. If the form of organisation is not found in the list, it is the department or ministry of the lobbying target that is disclosed. As a rule, the lobbying target is entered as accurately as possible. If the list also shows the name and title of the person, these must also be disclosed to the Finnish Transparency Register. Members of Parliament serving as ministers are found in the list as ministers, not as MPs.

We reserve the right to make changes to the list.

Download the list of lobbying targets:

List of lobbying targets 4/2024 (English version coming soon)