Irmeli Myllymäki
Well-being and Education
+358 9 771 2053, +358 46 921 4443
Contact information
Jaana Halonen
on leave of absence
Customer Relationships, Networks and International Affairs, Customer Relationships Team
+358 9 771 2126, +358 50 452 7035
+358 9 771 2257
+358 9 771 2303, +358 50 359 2023
Responsibilities
- special services for people with intellectual disabilities
- disability services
- social welfare qualifications and education structures
- international cooperation in social welfare
+358 9 771 2278, +358 50 433 6550
Responsibilities
- The tasks of the Secretariat of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities that support the AKUSTI forum for cooperation between local and regional authorities in healthcare and social welfare information management.
+358 9 771 2200, +358 50 436 0829
Jari Lindström
Vitality and Economy, Alueet ja elinkeinot
+358 9 771 2164, +358 50 443 1174
+358 9 771 2018, +358 50 562 7687
+358 9 771 2683, +358 50 572 9820
Jarkko Huovinen
Vitality and Economy
+358 9 771 2550, +358 40 531 6655
Jarkko Lahtinen
Well-being and Education
Jarkko Majava
Strategy, Local Government Management, Democracy and Sustainable Development
+358 50 438 7152
Responsibilities
- the Association’s EU lobbying
- development of the Association’s internal EU work
- communication on EU affairs and development of communications
- promotion of local government interests in the international arena
Jenny Vuorenlinna
Asiakkuudet, verkostot ja kv-asiat
+32 474 540851
Responsibilities
- EU lobbying
- advocacy in Brussels
+358 9 771 2067, +358 50 472 1378
Responsibilities
- change support related to the health and social services reform and the establishment of wellbeing services counties
+358 9 771 2104
Responsibilities
- transport policy
- community transport planning and control
- passenger traffic
+358 9 771 2454, +358 40 834 3036
Responsibilities
- contract law
- tort law
- recovery and expiry of claims
- company law
- agreements on copyright remuneration
+358 9 771 2008, +358 50 523 1116
Responsibilities
- overall responsibility for the preparation of the Association's lobbying work
- management of the Association’s international work
- preparation of urban policy
+358 9 771 2193, +358 50 408 4392
Responsibilities
- Finnish Local Government Act
- structural reforms
- administrative development
+9 771 2254, +358 50 441 0554
Responsibilities
- Finnish Local Government Act and general municipal law
- decision-making and appeal
- land use and building
+358 9 771 2115, +358 50 4077 920
Responsibilities
- Municipally-owned facilities development; guidance for real estate management
+358 9 771 2088, +358 40 865 6498
Responsibilities
- Finnish Local Government Act
- decision-making and appeal
- openness
- land use and building
+358 9 771 2139, +358 40 703 6475
Responsibilities
- Advances the interests and development of municipalities and offers them expert services in the area of environmental health care.
- Maintains and coordinates an interactive email list for environmental health managers in municipalities.
- Participates in national projects that support local authorities’ work on indoor air quality.
Kaisa-Maria Kimmel
Legal Affairs, Sote-tiimi
+358 9 771 2061, +358 50 467 3442
Responsibilities
- Legal matters related to healthcare and social welfare
Karin Ihalainen
Ruotsinkielisten asioiden yksikkö, Swedish team
+358 9 771 2208, +358 50 462 7799
+358 9 771 2436, +358 50 595 2957
+358 9 771 2135, +358 50 566 4327
Responsibilities
- public procurement
- local authorities and the market
- EU regulation on state aid and SGEI
- the action plan for effective public procurement
Responsibilities
- social media
- media communications
- communication on urban development and the environment
+358 9 771 2178, +358 46 922 0216
Responsibilities
- Finnish Local Government Act and general municipal law
- decision-making and appeal
- openness
- municipal elections
+358 9 771 2647, +358 50 430 9782
Responsibilities
- information systems
- electronic health records
- data protection
- classifications
+9 771 2250, +358 50 420 5679
Responsibilities
- Finnish Local Government Act and general municipal law
- decision-making and appeal
- Act on the Openness of Government Activities
- legal matters related to education services
+358 9 771 2240, +358 40 508 7395
+358 50 372 6697
Kristina Salminen
Talous ja hallinto
+358 50 537 8631
+358 9 771 2264, +358 50 562 7665
Responsibilities
- housing in municipalities
- local services in housing issues
- influence on national housing policy and legislation
+358 9 771 2221, +358 50 439 5068
Responsibilities
- Klash municipal innovation competition
- monitoring the state of digitalisation
- preparation of digitalisation projects
Laura Parsama
International Affairs Manager
Asiakkuudet, verkostot ja kv-asiat, International Affairs Team
+358 9 771 2046, +358 50 478 2170
Responsibilities
- leadership of the International Affairs Team and goal setting
- international networks (UCLG, CEMR and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe)
- EU and international affairs network of municipalities and regions
Leena Hoppu-Mäenpää
Senior Legal Counsel
Työvapaalla 30.4.2022 asti. | Tjänstledig t.o.m. 30.4.2022.
Legal Affairs, Legal Affairs
+358 9 771 2376, +358 50 576 1084
+358 9 771 2732
+358 9 771 2403, +358 50 301 9167
+358 9 771 2297, +358 50 479 6835
Responsibilities
- Intersection of functions between local authorities and wellbeing services counties
Linn Wilhelmsson
Ruotsinkielisten asioiden yksikkö
+358 9 771 2223
+358 9 771 2431, +358 500 703 115
Lotta Mallinen
Vitality and Economy, Alueet ja elinkeinot
+358 9 771 2207, +358 50 409 8817
Maarit Kallio-Savela
Well-being and Education
+358 9 771 2089, +358 50 382 6945
Responsibilities
- secretarial services