Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
East and North Finland EU Office
EU Transparency Register
626247915526-71 First registered on 12 Jan 2015
Goals / Remit
The East and North Finland EU office represents the interest of the regions of Central Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, Lapland, North Karelia, Northern Ostrobothnia, North Savo and South Savo in Brussels. In close collaboration with the regional councils the Brussels office aims to improve the competitiveness and conditions of the businesses throughout the East and North of Finland.
The Brussels office closely follows the developments in EU policies relevant to East and North Finland and aims to influence them. Focus areas are regional policy, research, development and innovation policies, transport and energypolicies, external relations, demographic challenges, industrial policies and international co-operation between the regions.Main EU files targeted
Cohesion policy
Arctic policy
TEN-T
Horizon
other RDI programmes
Bio Economy
Natural Resources
ForestryAddress
Head Office
Pohjois-Karjalan maakuntaliitto Siltakatu 2
Joensuu 80100
FINLANDEU Office
East and North Finland EU Office Avenue Palmerston 24
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Staff of the East and North Finland EU Office
- Mr. Kari Aalto, Director
- Mr. Eerikki Vainio, Senior Advisor
- Veera Ylipieti, Senior Advisor (substitute 12.6.2023-29.2.2024)
- one or two trainees 6 months at the time (spring and autumn)
- Anni Koskela, trainee (1.11.2023-30.6.2024)Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Other organisations, public or mixed entities
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Networking
Affiliation
- Northern Sparsely Populated Areas NSPA
- informal Baltic Sea Group
- European Regions Research adn Innovation Network
- Arctic Investment Platform AIP
- Demographic Change Regions’ Network (DCRN)
- European Regions for Innovation in Agriculture, Food and Forestry ERIAFFMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Artificial intelligence and digital#Green new deal#Demographic challenges, family-work balance and youth transition#Biodiversity, hunting, countryside#Urban#SEARICA#Social economy#SME#Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development#Rural, mountainous and remote areas (RUMRA) and smart villages#Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment#Sky and space
Communication activities
Participation in Open Days as a partner or with side event
Events co-organised with our networks (NSPA, ERRIN)
EU newsletter published regurlarly on our web site
Annually several events and meetings with the Commission and the European Parliament.
Regular follow up/reactionc on public consultations on relevant policy fields (also together with NSPA)Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
9 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 07 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Economy, logistics and energy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Academic cooperation with Africa Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Nov 2019 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on CE Action Plan and potential for further development of CE agenda in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Higher education Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Jean-Philippe Gammel (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Preparation of the Finnish Council Presidency - the 2030 Sustainability Agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU research policy and financing opportunities Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Aura Salla (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Investments in bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Aura Salla (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Seminar on Circular economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Investment package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)