Contact information

The office of the Regional Council of Central Ostrobothnia is situated in Kokkola.

The office is open Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Its postal address is Rantakatu 14, 67100 Kokkola

Telephone: +358 40 160 5700.

The official e-mail address is kirjaamo(at)keski-pohjanmaa.fi.

Personnel’s e-mail addresses: firstname.lastname(at)keski-pohjanmaa.fi

Business ID: 0959806-1

Personnel

Executive Director

Kaiponen Jyrki

Executive Director

+358 40 140 8995

Administration

Lahnalampi Anssi

Administrative Director

+358 40 832 0083

Theme responsibility for administrative services
General, financial, HR and real property duties
Responsibility for administrative matters, the decision-making procedure and document management
Payment decisions and verifications for structural fund projects

Kopsala Susanne

Management Secretary

+358 40 523 7504

General secretarial duties
Secretarial duties in the Maakuntaviesti sports competition

Känsälä Kai-Eerik

Culture Coordinator

+358 40 138 9038

Preparation of matters related to culture

Hotakainen Heidi

Payment Inspector

+358 40 686 1162

Payment and verification in structural fund and national development projects
Case administrative duties and IT support
Financial administrative duties

Luokkala Leena

Office Secretary

+358 507 7636

General office duties
Archive services

Tuurinmaa Harriet

Financial- and Personell Secretary

+358 40 138 9048

Duties related to financial administration
Participation in payment inspections and project verifications in EU and national structural fund projects

Regional Development

Parkas Antti

Regional Development Planner

+358 40 504 6698

Preparation and supervision of structural fund projects

Rajala Riikka

Planner/International Affairs

+358 40 839 7601

internationalisation, international networks and coordination of funding from the EU's special programmes, Interreg programmes
coordination responsibility for the smart specialisation strategy, regional RDI cooperation
matters related to sport
association cooperation

Taskinen Hanna

Programme Coordinator

+358 400 260 688

Preparation and supervision of structural fund projects
Communications related to regional development and structural fund activities
Secretary of the Regional Cooperation Group and its secretariat
Information production for regional development programmes

Stefan Rannanpää

Regional Development Planner

+358 40 861 0063

financial and expert tasks related to EU Structural Funds activities and national projects
promoting the implementation of the Central Ostrobothnian Competence Strategy 2025 and the Operational Program for Skilled Workforce for Central Ostrobothnia, and coordinating the activities of the Advisory Board for Skilled Workforce for Central Ostrobothnia
coordination of the Monitoring and Situation Picture theme group of the Central Ostrobothnian Regional Program
statistical monitoring and forecasting tasks concerning regional development in Central Ostrobothnia

Honkala Ville

Development Manager

+358 40 138 9058

regional development
duties related to the business sector and employment
stakeholder cooperation
region’s spearhead goals
participation in innovation activities and interest represention cooperation
national development programmes and stuctural fund and cohesion funding

Land use

Kiviniemi Reijo

Regional Planning Manager

+358 40 138 9088

land use planning
regional land use planning
marine area planning
development of transport systems
maintenance and development of the geographical information system
administrative duties in structural fund projects

Interest representation

Rekilä Teppo

Director of Regional Vitality

+358 40 686 1163

RDI and sector research institute cooperation
Anticipation of training needs, digitalisation
Development of rural areas; the environment, natural resources and mineral extraction matters
Funding and specialist duties in structural fund projects

Communications

Johanna Kiviniemi

Planning Officer

+358 40 138 9031

Marketing and communication duties
Promoting tourism and the attractiveness of the region