Rural Development Unit
The task of the Rural Development Unit is to promote the viability and renewal of the rural areas, economic conditions and competitiveness of business activities, action based on local self-initiative and care for the environment through measures under the EU part-funded Rural Development Programme and national action.
E-mail addresses are in the form forename.surname@gov.fi
Vesanto Taina
Head of Unit
tel. +358 2951 62405
Kiikkala Meri
Senior Specialist
tel. +358 2951 62042
Repo Mia
Administrative Assistant
tel. +358 2951 62201
Coordination of the Rural Development Programme
Hartman Tiina
Senior Specialist
tel. +358 2951 62271
Loikkanen Eeva
Senior Specialist
animal welfare
tel. +358 2951 62015
Malm Tiina
Ministerial Adviser
environment, animal welfare
tel. +358 2951 62428
Pehkonen Eero
Ministerial Adviser
assessment
tel. +358 2951 62217
Tapio-Biström Marja-Liisa
Ministerial Adviser
Climate and environmental impacts of the rural program
tel. +358 2951 62400
Terho Virva
Ministerial Adviser
monitoring
tel. +358 2951 62141
Regional development
Anttila Leena
Ministerial Adviser
technical assistance, international projects, Baltic Sea, EIP
tel. +358 2951 62240
Auri Elina
Chief Specialist
island policy
tel. +358 2951 62041
Husberg Antonia
Ministerial Adviser
Rural Policy Council (MANE), rural policy
tel. +358 2951 62033
Jänis Laura
Senior Specialist
Leader, local development, regional policy
tel. +358 2951 62090
Kalliokoski Juuso
Chief Specialist
enterprise support
tel. 358 2951 62470
Karlsson Joel
Senior Specialist
Risk management in agriculture and rural enterprises. Operating and financial plan. Budget preparation.
tel. +358 2951 62019
Latvakoski Laura
Specialist
Rural Policy Council (MANE), rural policy
tel. +358 2951 62054
McPartlin Maria
Administrative Assistant
sparsely populated areas
tel. +358 2951 62061
Selkäinaho Marianne
Senior Agricultural Officer
project support
tel. +358 2951 62218
Sihvola Auli
Senior Specialist
sparsely populated areas
tel. +358 2951 62442
Sihvola Sanna
Ministerial Adviser
regional development, steering of Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
tel. +358 2951 62264
Tantarimäki Sami
Planning Officer
rural policy and island policy
tel. +358 2951 62330
Rural structures
Hellstedt Maarit
Project manager
agricultural buildings and technologies
tel. +358 2951 62083
Koivumäki Sanna
Senior Agricultural Officer
investments
tel. +358 2951 62437
Lehtosalo Heini
specialist
structural support for agriculture and reindeer husbandry, Agriculture Knowledge and Information System (AKIS), smart agriculture
tel. +358 2951 62057
Meurasalo Saara
Rural Economist
assesment
tel. +358 2951 62035
Schulman Anna
Senior Officer
environment
tel. +358 2951 62199
Further information
Taina Vesanto, Senior Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Food Department, Unit for Rural Development Agriculture and Fisheries Council Telephone:0295162405 firstname.lastname@gov.fi