Finnish Committee for the Future + Sitra

The Finnish Committee for the Future is a permanent parliamentary committee established in 1993, making it the world's first and only dedicated parliamentary futures committee. It operates within the Finnish Parliament to conduct long-term strategic foresight and policy analysis on emerging trends, technological change, and societal challenges. Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, is an independent public fund that works on futures research and innovation policy, often collaborating with the Committee on foresight initiatives. Together, they form a unique institutional pairing that combines parliamentary oversight with independent research capacity to shape Finland's long-term policy direction and position the country as a leader in futures thinking and innovation governance.