Good lobbying practice

The recommendations for good lobbying practice are as follows:

1. We respect the democratic decision-making process.

2. We act in an honest and respectful manner.

3. We openly disclose for whom we are working and which interests we are promoting.

4. We openly disclose our interests.

5. We respect confidentiality.

6. We observe the rules of hospitality.

Get to know the recommendations for good lobbying practice in their entirety (PDF).

Commit to responsible lobbying

The recommendations for good lobbying practice are based on the principles of self-regulation, and they encourage actors carrying out lobbying to adhere to responsible practices. An organisation registered in the Finnish Transparency Register may commit to the recommendations by logging in to the service portal and activating the checkbox ‘We follow good lobbying practice’ on the basic information page. You can unmark the box by clicking it again.

Committing to the recommendations does not require registration in the Finnish Transparency Register, which means that an unregistered organisation can submit a free-form notification of its commitment to the registrar (National Audit Office of Finland) to avoimuusrekisteri@vtv.fi. The full name of the organisation in Finnish or Swedish and any translations of the name must be given in the notification.

Registered organisations that have committed to the recommendations will have a ‘We follow good lobbying practice’ label added to their registration profile in the Transparency Register. All committed organisations may also use the label in their own communications.

Download the label in PNG format in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Download the label in SVG format in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Find out more about the organisations committed to responsible lobbying

You can filter the organisations committed to the recommendations in the list of registrations by clicking the search bar in the ‘Notifications’ column and selecting ‘Follows good lobbying practice’ as the filter.

We are also committed to the recommendations for good lobbying practice

Organisations not registered in the Finnish Transparency Register that are committed to responsible lobbying:

• ProCom – Viestinnän ammattilaiset ry, ProCom – The Finnish Association of Communication Professionals

• Sirkuksen ja tanssin tiedotuskeskus ry

• Suomen Vakuutusmeklariliitto ry, Finlands Försäkringsmäklarförbund rf