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Taike has three separate boards that decide on the awarding of statutory grants.

We regularly evaluate the impact of our own activities.

Taike currently has seven expert panels.

The national arts councils make decisions regarding the awarding of grants and awards.

According to the Government’s draft legislation, the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI) would merge to form the Culture Agency of Finland (Kulttuurivirasto) at the beginning of 2026. At the same time, the structure of the arts councils would change. The consultation round on the draft legislation is open until 31 January 2025. Taike will organise an open webinar on the draft legislation. The participation link will be published here on this events page.

Clarification of how the grant was used must be submitted at the end of the grant period.

On Friday 24 January at 10am, Taike is organising a webinar for professional writers and translators about this years call for applications for library grants. The online webinar will discuss basic principles and provide tips on how to apply.

Read the call for applications carefully and reserve sufficient time to fill in the application. Applications should be submitted online using our e-services, access to which requires a mandate that can be granted and managed using the Suomi.fi e-Authorization service.

On this page, you can find basic information about the activities of our arts councils and the appointment process.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) will be hosting an English-language webinar on grant structures for the arts in Finland on Wednesday 5 March from 1pm to 2pm. The webinar will discuss the nature of these grants, decision-making, application types, and the evaluation process. In addition, the webinar will separately discuss the special characteristics of Taike grants as part of the overall funding of the arts in Finland.

Taike will host a webinar on Thursday 13 March starting at 3pm covering this spring’s calls for applications for artist grants and regional grants. The webinar will go through the changes that have been made to this year’s calls for applications and provide tips for how to apply.

Taike will host a webinar on Thursday 13 March starting at 1:30pm covering this spring’s calls for applications for artist grants and regional grants. The webinar will go through the changes that have been made to this year’s calls for applications and provide tips for how to apply.