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
  • 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.

Email

  • KEO-10@gov.fi

Fax

  • +358 9 160 564 70

Visiting address

Laivastokatu 22
G-talo 3. krs
00160
HELSINKI
FINLAND

Personnel

Salla Sammalkivi
Director
  • +358 295 350 020
Zamzam Elmi
Trainee
  • +358 295 350 079
Eija Elvo
Administrative Officer
  • +358 295 351 916
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
Terhi Paikkala
  • +358 295 350 881
Johanna Rasimus
Desk Officer
  • +358 50 598 6437
Noora Rikalainen
Team Leader
  • +358 295 351 310
Suvi Turja
Senior Officer
  • +358 295 350 936
  • +358 50 310 9950

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