Sitra’s evaluation framework

Sitra renewed its strategy in June 2024. According to the strategy, the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra is a Future Fund that helps Finland renew itself by anticipating the future and working with partners to find solutions to grand challenges. Sitra’s core mission is to promote Finland’s well-being and accelerate economic growth within the limits of nature’s carrying capacity.

In line with the new operating model outlined in the strategy, Sitra identifies and anticipates societal challenges, experiments, and develops solutions for positive societal impact. As a fund under the authority of the Parliament, our work is funded by investment income generated from the endowment capital we originally received from the State.

Sitra’s statutory mission is to promote Finland’s stable and balanced development, quantitative and qualitative economic growth, as well as international competitiveness and co-operation. We work responsibly and independently for the good of Finland. Our work aims to have a national and international impact, including in terms of our evaluation work.

Sitra has a long tradition of evaluation activities. The oldest external and independent evaluations by Sitra date back to the early 1970s. Over the decades, the development of Sitra’s evaluation activities has closely followed the developments and debates surrounding national and international evaluation. Recently, Sitra’s forward-looking evaluation has been internationally well recognized.

The mission of Sitra’s evaluation has been and continues to be to provide reliable, high-quality, and independent information on results and impact to both governing bodies and the wider public and to support Sitra’s strategic management, operational development and learning