Unit for South-Eastern Europe and EU Enlargement

The Unit handles issues related to the following countries:

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Holy See, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Türkiye.

Additionally, all countries covered by the Twinning and TAIEX instruments.

The Unit is responsible for the following issues:

1) political, trade policy, commercial, economic and development cooperation issues related to the bilateral relations between Finland and the countries within the unit’s remit and to EU and multilateral institutions;

2) performance guidance of Finnish missions in the countries within the unit’s remit and support from the Ministry’s other departments for matters related to the region;

3) EU accession negotiations and other tasks related to the enlargement process, including the coordination of the EU’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA);

4) national coordination of EU-funded administrative development programmes (the Twinning, TAIEX and TSI instruments); and

5) regional cooperation arrangements in Southeast Europe

National Twinning, TAIEX and TSI Team coordinates EU-funded Twinning, TAIEX, and TSI instruments in Finland. You can contact us whenever you need more information on Twinning, TAIEX or TSI.