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STS461 Jukka H.
Compilation of existing data and metadata was followed by translation of
indicator names into Finnish. The translation was seen highly important as
English language and terminology are common to Finnish people. Finally, an
internet based national reporting platform was established and published in
early 2019. (Statistics Finland 2019) The Finnish NPR is internet –based
database was realized by Px-web software.

Figure 2. Seven phases of establishing Finnish NPR for SDG –indicators

3. Results
During the project it was possible to define responsible provider
organisation for over 90 per cent of the SDG indicators. The biggest provider
was Statistics Finland responsible for 85 indicators of which data is available
for 59 indicators. The Finnish Environment Institute could provide 12 out of 24
indicators, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 9 out of 12, National Institute for Health
and Welfare 6 out of 12, Natural Resource Institute 1 out of 9 and Ministry of
Social Affairs and Health 2 out of 4 indicators. Other important providers
include The Finnish National Agency for Education, Prime Minister’s Office,
Finnish Immigration Service, Finnish association to promote sustainable
business and Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry.
The Finnish national reporting platform (NPR) of Agenda 2030 Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) –indicators was published on February 12th, 2019.
At the moment database contains national data for 131 global indicators of
the total of internationally agreed set of 243 indicators i.e. some 53 per cent

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