Financial Risk:
Low
Score:
78/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
67/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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Act on State Budget, chpt 3, section 24: A state agency or institution may sell, unless otherwise indicated in law or budget, chattel under…
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Information on asset disposals is available here and there. The Ministry of Defence publishes on its website e.g. framework agreements like the one on…
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The financial results of asset disposals are available here and there. SA-store sales and auction revenue is stated in the final state accounts under…
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Q25
92/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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According to a written response of the Headquarters of the Defence Forces, asset disposals in the Defence Forces are documented accordingly and this documentation…
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According to a written response of the Headquarters of the Defence Forces, asset disposals in the Defence Forces are documented accordingly and this documentation…
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Changes in the assets of the Defence Forces are documented in financial accounts inspected by the National Audit Office. According to its website, NAO…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The state budget and financial statement provide figures for operational expenses separately for (1) the Ministry of Defence, (2) Military Defence, (3) Military Crisis…
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Q27
75/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Both the Parliamentary Defence Committee and the Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee are obliged to classify their documents when they deal with classified military and…
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Q28
88/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Auditing of the annual accounts of the security sector take place similarly to other sectors. The State Treasury collects the central state accounts from…
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At the time of writing, the final central state accounts for 2019 are in the parliamentary process. The predeeding fiscal years’ (2018, 2017, 2016…
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Q29
88/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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There are no off-budget funds for military expenditure but both income and expenses are accepted by the Parliament in the annual budget processes and…
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This indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’ as there are no reports on off-budget military expenditure over the past five years.
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There are no reports on off-budget military expenditure over the past five years. As per 29A, the Constitution allows extra-budgetary measures if needed. However,…
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Q30
75/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Act on the Publicity of the Activities of Authorities, chpt 1, section 1: Unless otherwise stated in this act or in another act, the…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. The Decree on Security Classification of Documents in State Administration provides a framework for…
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General information is available of the webiste of the Ministry of Defence and on the website of the Defence Forces. [1] Website tietopyynto.fi provides…
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Q31
100/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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Defence and security institutions do not own commercial businesses; the Ministry of Defence does not govern any of the businesses of which the state…
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This indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’ as defence and security institutions do not own commercial businesses; the Ministry of Defence does not govern any…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Q33
88/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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Decree on the Defence Forces, Chpt 4, Section 25: If a sideline requires the use of working hours, a permission for it is given…
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Small-scale misconduct unlikely hits the headlines, as notices to, suspension of office of, or dismissal of minor civil servants are not of media interest,…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
88/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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State Treasury publishes monthly a report on the State revenue and expenses. However, every branch of administration is desribed by only an aggregated figure…
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Defence spending is disclosed to the public in an aggregated form, but according to the law. [1] There are effective oversight mechanisms within the…
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Financial statement of the Ministry of Defence’s branch of administration is published annually approximately 2-3 months after the end of the financial year. It…
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The financial statement includes comparisons with the budget, but also with the two previous fiscal years. Both potential variances between the budget and budget…
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