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
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)
- EUA-40@gov.fi
Fax
- +358 9 160 555 650
Personnel

- +358 295 350 543
Western-Balkans, EU Enlargement, Romania, Bulgaria Team

- +358 295 350 354

- +358 295 350 926
- +358 295 350 823
Türkiye, Greece, Cyprus Team
- +358 295 350 333
National Twinning, TAIEX and TSI Coordination Team
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.
Website

- Sanna.Silventoinen@gov.fi
- +358 295 350 094
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.