Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia deals with issues concerning the following countries:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
The Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is responsible for the following issues:
- monitoring of developments in these countries
- bilateral relations between Finland and these countries
- external relations of the European Union in respect of these countries
- national coordination of the European Neighbourhood Policy and its funding instrument (ENI) in respect of the partner countries
- questions related to these countries that are dealt with in international organisations
- preparation, presentation and handling of development cooperation projects in the ministry's internal coordination system and management and supervision of their implementation
- Economic and Joint Commissions between Finland and Kazakhstan, Finland and Ukraine, and Finland and Uzbekistan.
Countries
- ArmeniaLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- AzerbaijanLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- BelarusLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- GeorgiaLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- KazakhstanLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- KyrgyzstanLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- MoldovaLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- TajikistanLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- TurkmenistanLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- UkraineLink to another website.(Opens New Window),
- UzbekistanLink to another website.(Opens New Window)
- ITA-20@formin.fi
Fax
- +358 9 160 556 21
Post address
Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
PO Box 176
00023
GOVERNMENT
FINLAND
Visiting address
Kanavakatu 3 B
00160
HELSINKI
FINLAND
Personnel

Sirpa Oksanen
Director
- +358 295 350 472
Tanja Otava
Trainee
Eastern Partnership
Päivi Nevala
Team Leader, Ukraine, European Neighbourhood Policy and Eastern Partnership
- +358 295 350 085
Jaana Teckenberg
Ambassador; Senior Adviser
European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Eastern Partnership (EaP)
- +358 295 350 170
Minna-Mari Mourujärvi
Desk Officer
Belarus, Moldova
- +358 295 350 615

Sven Kilemet
Desk Officer
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Adviser
- +358 295 350 027
Reetta Palojoensuu
Assistant Desk Officer
Ukraine
- +358 295 350 354
- +358 50 462 9714
Central Asia

Anssi Leino
Team Leader
Central Asia
- +358 295 350 638
Anu Rämä
Assistant Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 675
Development cooperation
Jouko Eskelinen
Desk Officer, development cooperation projects
- +358 295 352 034
Marjo Ahvenainen
Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 153
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@formin.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.