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
- Armenia(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Azerbaijan(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Belarus(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Georgia(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Kazakhstan(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Kyrgyzstan(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Moldova(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Tajikistan(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Turkmenistan(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Ukraine(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window),
- Uzbekistan(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
- ITA-20@formin.fi
Fax
- +358 9 160 556 21
Personnel
Sirpa Oksanen
Director
- +358 295 350 472
Eastern Partnership
Joonas Heiskanen
Team Leader
Ukraine, the EU's Eastern Partnership, European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)
- +358 295 350 535
Jaana Teckenberg
Ambassador; Senior Adviser
European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Eastern Partnership (EaP)
- +358 295 350 170
Sven Kilemet
Desk Officer
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Adviser
- +358 295 350 027
Saara Nikkinen
Desk Officer
Ukraine
- +358 295 350 747
Central Asia
Olli Nurmi
Team Leader
Central Asia
- +358 295 350 981
Mari Vidgrén
Assistant Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 090
Juho Pitkänen
Trainee
- +358 50 526 4655
Development cooperation
Matti Väänänen
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
Team leader
- +358 295 350 702
Marjo Ahvenainen
Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 153
Elli Keränen
Desk Officer
development cooperation projects
- +358 295 350 447
Oskari Laukkanen
Senior Specialist
- +358 50 594 6010