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

Email

  • 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
Antti Vänskä
Ambassador
Reconstruction and support of Ukraine
  • +358 295 350 319
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Laura Hassinen
Desk Officer
Ukraine
  • +358 295 351 105
Esteri Hukka
Assistant Desk Officer
  • +358 295 350 575
Henri Riihimäki
Senior Specialist
  • +358 295 350 080

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.