Finland
General Country Information
Capital: Helsinki
Population: 5,255,068 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Parliamentary Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 1.65 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 6.83 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 4.205 million (2009)
Internet users: 4.383 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.69
World Rank 2005/2006: 11
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
National Disability Action Plan
Finland’s Disability Policy Programme (2010–2015)
http://www.stm.fi/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=1087414&name=DLFE-12157.pdf
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
ABILIS Foundation
Haapaniemenkatu 7-9
00530 Helsinki
Finland
Tel: +358-9-682-1725
Fax: +358-9-6124-0333
Employment Network
Nakskovinkatu 9
Varkaus 78200
Finland
Finnish Association of People with Mobility Disabilities (FMD)
c/o Invalidilitt ry/SIU
Kumpulantie 1A
Helsinki, F-00520
Finland
Tel: +358-9-61-3191
Fax: +358-9-146-1443
Finnish Association of the Deaf
P.O. Box 57
Helsinki 04001
Finland
Tel: +358-95-8031
TTY: +358-95-8031
Fax: +358-9-580-3770
Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired (FFVI)
Marjaniementie 74
FIN-00030 IIRIS Finland
Helsinki, 00510
Finland
Tel: +358-939-6041
Fax: +358-9-3960-4625
Kynnys ry - Threshold - Independent Living Center in Helsinki
Siltasaarenkatu 4, 5th floor
00530 Helsinki
Finland
Tel: +358-9-6850-110 / +358-9-6850-110
Rehabilitation International Finnish Committee
Kumpulantie 1A
Helsinki 00520
Finland
Tel: +358-9-613-191
Fax: +358-9-146-1443
Service Foundation for the Deaf
Ilkantie 4
P.O. Box 62
Helsinki 00401
Finland
Tel: +358-9-580-3860
TTY: +358-9-580-3651
Fax: +358-9-580-3657
World Federation of the Deaf
P.O. Box 65
Helsinki 00401
Finland
TTY: +358-9-850-3573
Fax: +358-9-580-3572