JA GHI Finland – EU Global Health Strategy awareness survey dashboard, interactive
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Respondents
0
Know the EU strategy
very well (60%)
0%
Support alignment national - EU strategy
0%
Want national strategy
0%
Favour wider dissemination
0%
Responding stakeholders
Awareness of the EU Global Health Strategy
Is your institution aware of the existence of the EU Global Health Strategy and of its content?
Yes, very well 60%
Yes, partially 40%
How respondents became aware of the EU strategy
How did your institution become aware of it?
National global health strategy in Finland
Are you aware of whether your country has a National Strategy for Global Health?
Yes (embedded) 20%
No 60%
Don't know 20%
Awareness of Finland's Global Health Ambassador
Are you aware if your country has a Global Health Ambassador?
Yes 20%
No 60%
Don't know 20%
Target audiences for EU strategy communication
To which stakeholders should the communication on the EU Global Health Strategy be addressed?
Recommended communication channels
Which communication channels should be used to further disseminate information about the EU Global Health Strategy and its contents?
Approaches to strengthen implementation
How can the EU Global Health Strategy implementation be strengthened?
Coordination among key actors
Is there a formal or informal coordination mechanism among these actors?
Yes, formal 40%
Yes, informal 40%
No 20%
Key messages
This is a summary of the key messages emerging from the open-ended responses of the Finnish stakeholders surveyed, organized by theme.
01
Need for alignment
National strategy ↔ EU strategy
- Respondents emphasize that the EU cannot speak with one voice unless national and EU strategies are aligned.
- Since Finland is a small country, it can be influential only together with others — hence alignment is seen as key to amplifying its voice on the global stage.
- 80% of respondents consider it important that national and EU Global Health strategies are aligned, confirming broad support for a coordinated approach.
02
Communication and implementation
Disseminate, engage, implement
- Appropriate communication channels depend on the stakeholder group: academia is more interested in research and scientific aspects (articles, conferences), government favours more formal channels such as intra- and intersectoral discussions and planning meetings, but also informal networks and webinars, while CSOs rely on the national coordination mechanism and social media.
- Respondents call for easy-to-read knowledge transfer tools such as executive summaries and infographics, close coordination in different fora and between fora (EU, Brussels, New York), and coordination within Member States' capitals.
- Open and active dissemination of information and dialogue with stakeholders at different levels is considered essential, together with monitoring and evaluation of the strategy's implementation: knowing what is actually being done and how success is measured (indicators) is seen as crucial to revising actions.
- There is still a lot to be done at national and local level to raise awareness of the Global Health Strategy; given current political changes, it is seen as important to directly influence and defend Global Health, keeping it high on the agenda and in financial frameworks.
- 100% of respondents agree on the need to further disseminate information about the EU Global Health Strategy, primarily to governments/ministries, mainly through social media.
03
National strategy
A definition that is still unclear
- The majority of respondents (60%) state that Finland does not have a proper National Strategy for Global Health.
- One respondent notes that Global Health is embedded in another policy (the National Health Plan/Strategy), but there is no cross-sectoral political commitment for Global Health, only weak policy priority sustained by committed individual officials.
- Among those who answer "no" or "don't know", 75% believe it would be useful and important to have a dedicated National Strategy for Global Health.
04
National coordination and key actors
Who does what, and how they talk to each other
- The main Global Health actors in Finland include the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry of Finance, and the Finnish Red Cross.
- A long-standing cooperation structure on Global Health is coordinated by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, involving the MFA, THL, the Finnish Institute for Occupational Health (TTL), KELA, and SOSTE (an umbrella organization of 200 Social Affairs and Health NGOs).
- Among respondents who report a coordination mechanism, this is mostly described as coordination, followed by collaboration and other forms.
- Civil society actors receive their (competitive) public project funding from ministries other than MSAH, which may explain the limited coordination with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health; civil society maintains its own informal meeting channels.
