Maa- ja metsätaloustuottajain Keskusliitto – Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners
Budget
€300 — €0
EP Access
6
accredited persons
Staff
6
3 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
MTK is an independent association. It represents Finnish farmers, forest owners and rural entrepreneurs, the members of MTK. MTK´s task is to improve the economical and social wellbeing of its members and the sustainable and economical use of the resources in Finnish rural areas. MTK represents it´s members towards Finnish government, ministries, industries and other stakeholders and internationally towards EU institutions and other international bodies. MTK has an office in Brussels together with the central union of Swedish-speaking agricultural producers in Finland SLC and The Pellervo Confederation of Finnish Cooperatives and Finnish dairy, meat and egg cooperatives. Brussels office gathers information from different sources, analyses it and communicates towards the organisations in Finland. Brussels office also takes actively part in the work of the European farmers and agri-cooperatives organisation Copa-Cogeca. It also organises programmes for the visitors represent (...)
EU Legislative Interests
CAP, MFF, deforestration, Food Chain, F2F, Budget, Trade, Environment, Biodiversity, Energy, Climate change, Forestry, Sustainable Financing
Communication Activities
12.12.2025 https://www.mtk.fi/web/en/-/nordic-and-baltic-farmers-call-for-real-simplification-in-upcoming-eu-omnibus-packages 9.7.2025 https://www.mtk.fi/web/en/-/eu-roadmap-accelerates-the-development-of-nature-credits-mtk-offers-a-helping-hand-to-the-commission%C2%A0-1 30.6.2025 https://www.mtk.fi/web/en/-/mtk-nature-credit-saatio 9.12.2024 News https://www.mtk.fi/web/en/-/safeguarding-northern-livestock-production 7.11.2024 News https://www.mtk.fi/web/en/-/mtk-summarizes-the-challenges-of-deforestation-regulation 2024 MTK's Low-Carbon Roadmap for Agriculture: https://www.mtk.fi/documents/d/en/mtk_low_carbon-roadmap-for-agriculture-eng 2024 MTK's and SLC's Biodiversity Road Map: https://www.mtk.fi/documents/d/en/mtk_kirja_a5_eng_nettiin 2024 MTK's and SLC's Biodiversity Road Maps: Mission, Goals and Measures: https://www.mtk.fi/documents/d/mtk/bd_roadmap_399_414-eng 2023 https://www.mtk.fi/documents/51894/349745/Fit+for+55+MTK+position+paper_en.pdf/baba0f84-6072-b663-9567-a79bd0e2d4d6?t=1635929107897 https://www.mtk.fi/web/en/-/start-discuss-cap https://www.mtk.fi/web/en/-/mtk-s-perspectives-on-the-eu-election-debates-and-on-the-new-commission-s-work-programme https://www.mtk.fi/web/en/-/mtk%60s-response-on-consultation-of-the-commission-on-further-taxonomy-work
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
MTK is a member of European farmers´ umbrella organisation Copa: www.copa-cogeca.eu Confédération Européenne des Propriétaires Forestiers :www.cepf-eu.org
Organisation Members
www.pellervo.fi www.slc.fi https://www.nordicforestry.org/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.