The activities of the Regional State Administrative Agencies will end at the end the year 2025. Most of our tasks will be transferred to the new Finnish Supervisory Agency, which will launch its operations on 1 January 2026. Tasks related to animal health and welfare and to food will be transferred to the Finnish Food Authority. Competition and consumer administration tasks will be transferred to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority.
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The Regional State Administrative Agency oversee services under the Ministry of Education and Culture related to education, early childhood education, library, sports and youth services. Local authorities are responsible for providing these services in their areas.
The Regional State Administrative Agencies have a Swedish-speaking educational services unit, Svenska enheten för bildingsväsendet. Our unit oversees the provision of early childhood education, education and library services in Swedish in mainland Finland. In addition, our unit also acts as the expert in educational matters under the authority of Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment when they concern the education of the Swedish-speaking population.
