Unit for South-Eastern Europe and EU Enlargement
The Unit covers with issues concerning the following countries:
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Holy See, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Türkiye.
Twinning and TAIEX activities also include: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Moldova, Palestine, Syria, Tunis, Ukraine and Russia.
The Unit is responsible for the following issues:
- negotiations concerning EU enlargement and related issues
- coordination of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) in respect of the Western Balkans
- national coordination, guidance and advice related to EU Twinning and TAIEX activities
- political, trade political, economic and development cooperation issues related to bilateral relations and EU relations within the competence of the unit
- guidance of the Finnish missions based in the countries of the region
- coordination of Finnish development policy and project cooperation in the Western Balkans and Türkiye
- the Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) and the Peace Process in the Western Balkans
- the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe (SP SEE)
Countries
- Albania(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Bosnia and Herzegovina(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Bulgaria(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Croatia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Cyprus(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Greece(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Kosovo(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Montenegro(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- North Macedonia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Romania(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Serbia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Slovenia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Türkiye(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Vatican City(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- EUR-40@gov.fi
Fax
- +358 9 160 555 650
Personnel

- +358 295 350 543
- +358 50 338 5647
- +358 29 535 0283
Western-Balkans, EU Enlargement, Romania, Bulgaria Team

- +358 295 350 082
- +358 295 350 805
Türkiye, Greece, Cyprus Team
- +358 295 351 371

- +358 295 350 541
National Twinning and Taiex Coordination Team
The Twinning Team of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs helps agencies with the preparation and implementation of projects. You can contact us whenever you need more information on Twinning.
Website
- www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4572728(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- twitter.com/Twinning_FI(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- eu-n-laajentumiseen-ja-naapuruushankkeisiin-liittyvat-tuet(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- um.fi/twinning-ohjeet (Opens New Window)
- um.fi/taiex-ohjeet (Opens New Window)
- twinning@formin.fi
- +358 295 351 555
- +358 295350 669
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.