Strategy Unit

The Unit for Policy Planning and Research is responsible for:

  • policy planning, development of strategic foresight and analysis that fall under the administration of the Ministry;
  • participation in the preparation of key foreign policy guidelines in cooperation with the responsible organisational units;
  • support and development of evidence-based policy-making carried out in the Ministry, including sectoral research

Email

  • STR-00@gov.fi

Post address

Strategy Unit
PO Box 176
00023
GOVERNMENT
FINLAND

Visiting address

Laivastokatu 22 A, 4. krs
00160
HELSINKI
FINLAND

Personnel

Antti Helanterä
Strategy Director
  • +358 295 350 165
CV
Maria Ågren
Desk Officer
policy planning and research
  • +358 295 350 211
Jukka Pesola
Senior Adviser
  • +358 295 350 476
Pia Rantala-Engberg
Ambassador
Chief teacher of the national defense course
  • +358 295 350 771
CV
Klaus Korhonen
Ambassador
policy planning
  • Klaus.Korhonen@gov.fi
  • +358 50 308 6846
  • +358 295 350 250
CV
Sven Kilemet
Adviser to President Niinistö
  • +358 295 350 027
Kaisa Oksanen
Senior Researcher
  • +358 295 351 090
  • +358 50 432 9945
Veera Laine
Senior Researcher
  • +358 295 351 116
  • +358 50 569 5934
Jussi Pekkarinen
Researcher
History of Foreign Service
  • +358 295 351 268
Merja Silvennoinen
Research Assistant
  • +358 295 350 167
Risto Rantala
Administrative Officer

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