Unit for Civil Society

The Unit for Civil Society is responsible for the following issues:

  • preparation, development and coordination of issues concerning development policy in relation to Finnish Non-Governmental Organizations
  • preparation and coordination of development policy issues related to the work of international Non-Governmental Organizations, including cooperation within the EU
  • support for the development cooperation projects and programmes of Finnish Non-Governmental Organizations
  • support for international Non-Governmental Organizations in certain specific sectors (e.g. health, education, conflict prevention).

Email

  • KEO-30@gov.fi

Personnel

Eevamari Laaksonen
Director
  • +358 295 351 383
Miia Haavisto-Koskinen
Project Officer
CSOs' development cooperation
  • +358 295 350 338
Merit Hietanen
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
Development Policy
  • +358 295 350 381
Pekka Hukka
Senior Adviser
  • +358 295 350 617
  • +358 50 306 5574
CV
Minni Hyrkkänen
Senior Specialist
Development Policy
  • +358 295 351 464
Elina Iso-Markku
Senior Specialist
Development Policy
  • +358 295 350993
Tiina Kajakoski
Senior Specialist
Development Policy
  • +358 295 351 570
Jussi Kanner
Senior Specialist
Development Policy
  • +358 50 430 7532
Anu Lehtinen
Project Officer
CSOs' development cooperation
  • +358 295 351 321
Miia Niemi
Desk Officer
CSOs' development cooperation
  • +358 295 350 161
Krista Orama
Senior Specialist
Development Policy
  • +358 295 350 066
Leea Rautanen-Muhli
Senior Officer
  • +358 295 350 112

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