Unit for Sectoral Policy

The Unit for Sectoral Policy is responsible for the following issues:

  • preparation and application of sectoral and thematic policies and strategies, and participation in such international cooperation as does not fall under the competence of other units of the Ministry
  • provision of expert services to departments and units in charge of development cooperation issues
  • monitoring of the quality of development cooperation, upgrading of development cooperation instruments and provision of advice
  • improvement of the regulations, instructions, methods and administration of development cooperation related to sectoral policies
  • the development policy dimensions of trade and
    development, and Aid for Trade matters
  • coordination of the work of the Quality Assurance Board.

Email

  • KEO-20@gov.fi

Personnel

Sami Pirkkala
Director
  • +358 295 350 907
Timo Voipio
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
development policy

Senior advisers for development policy

Katja Tiilikainen
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
equality questions
Senior Adviser, Development policy, Gender Equality
  • +358 295 350 632
  • +358 50 575 1760
Krista Orama
Senior Adviser, Development policy, Gender Equality
  • +358 295 350 066
Iina Älli
  • +358 295 350 230
  • +358 50 314 5285
Lotta Valtonen
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
Democracy and Governance
  • +358 295 350 423
Jussi Karakoski
  • +358 50 407 6338
  • +358 295 350 248
Mika Vehnämäki
  • +358 295 350 984
Silja Leinonen
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
Innovation and digital development
  • +358 295 350 302
Annamari Tornikoski
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
  • +358 29 535 0105
Outi Myatt-Hirvonen
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
  • +358 295 350 317
Vesa Kaarakka
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
forest questions
  • +358 295 350 963
Jukka Ilomäki
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
  • +358 295 350 093
Jouko Eskelinen
Food security, energy, inclusion of people with disabilities
  • +358 295 352 034

E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.