South Savo Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
The personnel’s email addresses are in the format [email protected] (ä=a, ö=o).
National advisory service: Funding for SMEs – Ask experts for advice
The advisory service offers help to small and medium-sized enterprises in questions concerning funding, internationalisation and competence development. The service is available weekdays from 9.00 to 15.00.
* Call +358 295 024 800 or
* Use the form to submit a request for contact: Request for contact (team.finland.fi)
We will contact you within two working days.
Business development aid and operating environment development aid (ERDF)
• Tiina Arpola, tel. +358 295 026 131, Kuopio
• Katja Anderton-Tyers, tel. +358 29 502 4169, Mikkeli
• Kaisa Hakala, tel. +358 29 502 6553, Kuopio
• Marko Hämäläinen, tel. +358 29 501 6534, Kuopio
• Outi Kaihola, tel. +358 29 502 4047, Mikkeli
• Kristiina Laatikainen, tel. +358 29 502 4261, Mikkeli
• Tuula Lehtonen, tel. +358 29 502 6072, Joensuu
• Sari Marttila, tel. +358 29 502 6693, Kuopio
• Eija Pihlaja, tel. +358 29 502 6610, Kuopio
• Sari Pikkarainen, tel. +358 29 502 6089, Joensuu
• Jarkko Rautio, tel. +358 29 502 4164, Mikkeli
• Antti Räsänen, tel. +358 29 502 4143, Mikkeli
• Päivi Vaarala, tel. +358 29 502 6020, Joensuu
Miia Ylitalo, tel. +358 29 502 4282
Business development services
• Päivi Vaarala, tel. +358 29 502 6020, Joensuu
• Jari Vitikainen, tel. +358 29 502 6644, Kuopio
Project funding, European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)
• Kirsi Komppa, tel. +358 29 502 4154, Mikkeli
• Sari Lappi, tel. +358 29 502 4003, Mikkeli
Sari Marttila, tel. +358 29 502 6693, Kuopio
• Anne-Marie Mutanen, tel. +358 29 502 6157, Joensuu
• Pia Pirskanen, tel. +358 29 502 4160, Mikkeli
• Kimmo Kettunen, tel. +358 29 502 6161, Joensuu
• Sirpa Raassina, tel. +358 29 502 6159, Joensuu
• Niina Suorsa, tel. +358 29 502 6606, Kuopio
Project funding, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
• Kimmo Kettunen, tel. +358 29 502 6161, Joensuu
• Niina Suorsa, tel. +358 29 502 6606, Kuopio
Service advice
• Riitta Pasanen, tel. +358 29 502 4071
Communications
• Sirpa Leikas, tel. +358 29 502 4197
• Tiina Arpola, tel. +358 295 026 131
Payment and audits of granted funding
• Jaana Iivanainen, rural area funding, tel. +358 29 502 4108
Aslak Partanen, project funding, tel. +358 29 502 6679
• Matti Paksu, rural area funding, tel. +358 29 502 4111
• Hannu Lappalainen, business, project and rural area funding, tel. +358 29 502 4117
• Heli Kauppinen, business funding, tel. +358 295 026 171
• Mika Tolvanen, business funding, tel. +358 29 502 4134
• Jaana Martikainen, project funding, tel. +358 29 502 6676
• Taija Nurmi, project funding, tel. +358 29 502 6141
• Samuli Salo, project funding, tel. +358 29 502 4110
• Nina Vuorisalo, project funding, tel. +358 50 380 6561
Management
• Kalevi Pölönen, Head of the Structural Fund Services Unit, tel. +358 29 502 6091
• Timo Ollila, Head of Finance, Project Funding, tel. +358 29 502 6695
• Pekka Pelkonen, Head of Finance, tel. +358 29 502 6086
• SME funding – Ask a specialist, guidance service: Kirsi Wendelin-Arponen,
Head of Unit, Customer Relationship Manager, tel. +358 29 502 2689
• Sirpa Lavikainen, Head of Unit, Payment and Auditing Services, tel. +358 29 501 6225
Street addresses and address for submitting electronic documents:
• Joensuu, Torikatu 36 A, 2nd floor, PO Box 69, 80100 Joensuu
• Kuopio, Kallanranta 11, PO Box 2000, 70100 Kuopio
• Mikkeli, Jääkärinkatu 14, PO Box 164, 50101 Mikkeli
• Address for submitting electronic documents: [email protected]