Communications of the Ministry

The Department shall be responsible for promoting the objectives of the Foreign Service by means of communications and public diplomacy. The Department shall plan, develop and implement communications of the administrative sector and, more broadly, Finland’s public diplomacy in cooperation with the Ministry’s management, departments, service areas and missions.

The functions of the Department for Communications and Public Diplomacy shall include the following matters:

1. external and internal communications of the Foreign Service; 
2. strategic communications supporting Finland’s foreign policy objectives and advocacy;
3. public diplomacy; 
4. supporting and guiding the communications and public diplomacy of missions abroad; and 
5. managing and developing communications tools and systems.

The communications of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are handled by a communications team, which administratively is part of the Government Communications Department.