The MFA promotes the security and welfare of Finland and the Finns and works for a secure and fair world. It concentrates on foreign and security policy, trade policy and development policy as well as on significant foreign policy issues and international relations in general. The Ministry also assists other branches of government in the coordination of international affairs.

Within the MFA, overall responsibility for the formulation of Finland’s international development policy and development cooperation policy falls under the Department for Development Policy, while responsibility for advancing policy coherence between trade policy and development policy is within the Department for Development Policy and the Department for External Economic Relations. Development cooperation issues related to bilateral relations and regional initiatives come under the responsibility of regional departments: the Departments for Europe; for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia; for the Americas and Asia; and for Africa and the Middle East. The Department for Development Policy administers development assistance through multilateral organizations, except for certain specialized agencies focusing on trade and development matters, whose aid is administered by the Department for External Economic Relations.

The Centre for Metrology and Accreditation supports the competitiveness of Finnish trade and industry, and promotes the quality and reliability of national testing and inspection services. It provides internationally recognized accreditation and calibration services. FINAS: A national accreditation body, FINAS is an operationally and economically independent department within the organization of the Centre for Metrology and Accreditation (MIKES).

Finnfund is a Finnish development finance institute that offers long-term risk capital to profitable projects in ODA-eligible developing countries and countries in transition outside the EU, including Russia. It funds commercially viable private sector projects. Finnfund’s projects have an important development objective, specifically to increase the production capacity of developing countries.

Finnvera a specialized financing company owned by the State of Finland is an official Export Credit Agency (ECA) that provides its clients with loans, guarantees, venture capital investments and export credit guarantees. The State of Finland is responsible for all the guarantees it issues, and its operations are steered by the industrial and ownership policy goals laid down by the State. Among these are: (i) increasing the number of starting enterprises; (ii) enabling financing for changes encountered by SMEs; and (iii) promoting enterprise growth, internationalization, and exports. In its operations, Finnvera is expected to adhere to the principle of economic self-sustainability.

Finpro helps Finnish SMEs go international, encourages foreign direct investment in Finland and promotes travel to Finland. Finpro is a public organization consisting of Export Finland, Visit Finland and Invest in Finland. Finpro’s almost 300 professionals work in 36 Trade Centers in 31 countries and 6 offices in Finland.

Is specialized in providing training services to Finnish companies that are either starting global business or are already active in this field. Since 1919 Fintra has helped thousands of companies to grow in the international market.

The Team Finland network promotes Finland and boosts the success of Finnish companies abroad. The Team Finland network brings together all state-funded actors and the services they offer to support the internationalization of Finnish companies, to attract foreign investments to Finland, and to promote Finland’s country brand.

Team Finland offers information, tools, and networks to support the international success of Finnish companies. The network-based approach intensifies the use of public resources promoting export and attracting investments to Finland and enhances the quality of services offered to companies.

The Tekes (the Finnish funding agency for innovation) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' joint programme BEAM – Business with Impact, aims to generate new, sustainable business in developing countries. BEAM assists Finnish enterprises and other actors in using innovations to address global development challenges, by converting such innovations into successful and sustainable business in both Finland and developing countries.

The Ministry of Employment and the Economy bears the overall responsibility for the business environment and industrial policy of Finland, as well as the promotion of exports and the internationalization of enterprises as part of the policy. The Ministry’s export promotion policy aims to ensure that Finnish enterprises have at least equal internationalization conditions and operating possibilities in the market compared to the companies of competitor countries. Public export promotion services are primarily provided for small and medium enterprises. The Ministry strives, with public services and subsidies, to encourage enterprises operating in the home market to internationalize their business, as well as to accelerate the internationalization process of enterprises that have already started exporting. The MEE also has the overall responsibility for advancing the corporate social responsibility of Finnish firms.

The NBPR advances technological and economic progress, both in Finland and internationally. It participates actively in international activities in its field and closely monitors how they develop. The NBPR has a wide network of international contacts, including the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and other institutions. Finland has acceded to several intellectual property treaties and organizations relating to the NBPR.

SFS is an independent, non-profit making association and a member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). SFS co-ordinates standardization in Finland; produces and approves SFS standards; sells SFS and foreign standards; maintains databases of standards; provides general information on standards and standardization; and manages environmental labeling systems. It also manages the WTO information Centre in Finland.