Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia deals with issues concerning the following countries:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
The Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is responsible for the following issues:
- monitoring of developments in these countries
- bilateral relations between Finland and these countries, including economic relations
- external relations of the European Union in respect of these countries
- questions related to these countries that are dealt with in international organisations
- national coordination of Finland’s support to Ukraine
- national coordination of the European Neigbourhood Policy and its financial instruments in respect of the partner countries
- administration and supervision of bilateral development cooperation in the region
Countries
- Armenia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Azerbaijan(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Belarus(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Georgia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Kazakhstan(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Kyrgyzstan(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Moldova(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Tajikistan(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Turkmenistan(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Ukraine(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Uzbekistan(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- ITA-20@gov.fi
Fax
- +358 9 160 556 21
Personnel
Sirpa Oksanen
Director
- +358 295 350 472
Ukraine, political affairs
Jussi Soini
Team Leader
Ukraine, the EU's Eastern Partnership, European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)
- +358 295 350 580
Laura Hassinen
Desk Officer
Ukraine
- +358 295 351 105
Henri Riihimäki
Senior Specialist
- +358 295 350 080
Maria Ruuskanen
Assistant Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 183
Ukraine, development cooperation
Matti Väänänen
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
Team leader
- +358 295 350 702
Tanja Rajamäki
Desk Officer
development cooperation
Development cooperation projects, Ukraine
- +358 295 350 376
Sirpa Rajasärkkä
Desk Officer
- +358 295 351 574
Satu Elo
Administrator
Development Cooperation, Ukraine
- +358 295 350 556
Eastern Partnership
Jaana Teckenberg
Ambassador for EU’s Eastern Partnership
- +358 295 350 170
Anni Mäkeläinen
Desk Officer
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
- +358 295 351 007
Maija Yrjä
Desk Officer
Belarus, Moldova
- +358 295 350 826
Central Asia
Santeri Eriksson
Team Leader
Central Asia
- +358 295 350 944
Mari Vidgrén
Assistant Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 090
Arja Miller
Assistant Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 560
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.