Unit for General Development Policy
The Unit for General Development Policy is responsible for:
- developing the effectiveness, results-based management, and monitoring of development policy, including coordination of reporting on results
- cooperating with the European Union and the OECD in development policy matters, including the coordination of development policy done in Finland, in the EU and in the OECD.
- Other international development policy questions unless the task falls under the competence of other units.
- strengthening the quality of development cooperation and the implementation of the international focus-on-results principle
- coordinating and developing the guidelines and methods and instruments used in development cooperation and provision of related advice
- planning and monitoring cooperation with universities and researchers, funded from Finland's development cooperation appropriations, including cooperation with UNWIDER
- improving knowledge and competence related to development policy and development cooperation, and coordinating related training
- coordinating the work of the Quality Assurance Group and provision of advice.
Fax
- +358 9 160 564 70
- KEO-10@formin.fi
Post address
Unit for General Development Policy
PO Box 26
00023
GOVERNMENT
FINLAND
Visiting address
Kirkkokatu 12
00170
HELSINKI
FINLAND

Katja Ahlfors
Director
- +358 295 350 191
- +358 50 571 7313
Salla Sammalkivi
Team Leader
- +358 295 350 023
Janna Heikkinen-Hindrén
Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 631
Annika Kaipola
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
- +358 295 350 406
- +358 504 364 577
Hannele Karppinen
Administrative Officer
development policy and development cooperation training
- +358 295 350 938
Anna Manninen
Administrative Officer
Quality Assurance Group
- +358 295 351 337
Johanna Rasimus
Desk Officer
- +358 50 598 6437
Pekka Seppälä
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
- +358 295 350 999
Suvi Turja
Senior Officer
- +358 295 350 936
- +358 50 310 9950
Suvi Virkkunen
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
- +358 295 351 895
- +358 50 449 3055
Development Policy Committee
Post address
Development Policy Committee
PO Box 519
00023
GOVERNMENT
FINLAND
Visiting address
Kanavakatu 3 A
00160
HELSINKI
FINLAND
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@formin.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.