Akava: A recent Akava Works report proposes long-term development of the business subsidy system
A recent Akava Works report examines the business subsidy system and the needs and possibilities for its renewal. The report emphasises long-term and consistent development of the system and comprehensive consideration during the renewal process. According to the report, more focus should be placed on social impact when granting the subsidies, and the system should be changed to be more loan-weighted. In addition, the report proposes changes to the State ownership policy by, for example, significantly reducing the State's shareholding as part of the business subsidy system renewal. The report has been drafted by Timo Kuosmanen, Professor of Economics, as commissioned by Akava Works.
Apply to the Akava Students’ Board 2026
The Akava Students’ Council will meet for the last time in its current composition on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. During this meeting, the Council will elect the President, Vice President, and four to eight Board Members for Akava Students for the year 2026.
Akava also supports and strengthens the rights of LGBTIQ minorities outside of designated theme days
The personnel of Akava and its affiliates are developing their LGBTIQ policy activities through workshops. The Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK are surveying the deficiencies of collective agreements in terms of gender, sexuality and diverse families.
The free Summer Job Helpline provides advice for summer employees throughout the summer season
The Summer Job Helpline, provided jointly by the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), Akava and the Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK) will once again be open for calls from Monday 5 May 2025 onwards. The service provides free advice to summer employees on all matters related to employment...
Terms of use of Akava’s Start to Finnish workspace
These terms of use pertain to your right to use the Start to Finnish workspace owned by Akava. These terms of use shall apply to all material in this Workspace regardless of which terminal device is used to access the Workspace. Please read these terms of use carefully before using the Workspace.
Akava membership grows slightly
The total number of members of Akava affiliates at the start of 2025 was 623,924. This signifies a slight increase of about 600 members from the previous year. The number of paying members amounted to about 1,300 more than last year for a total of 483,446. Student membership grew by about one hundred to 127,404 members in total. The biggest growth among Akava affiliates was seen in TEK, whose membership increased by 2,065 members.