Government Session Unit

Ms Marika Paavilainen, Senior Government Adviser, Legal Affairs

Tel. +358 9 160 24026

- head of unit, law drafting of the unit, regulation of the ministries’ mandates, Government sessions, Government decision-making, presentations, training and tutoring

 

Mr Arno Liukko, Senior Officer for Legal Affairs

Tel. +358 9 160 24027

- law drafting of the unit, training and tutoring, first deputy for the head of unit

 

Ms Ulla Kaipainen, Senior Specialist

Tel. +358 9 1602 2498

- administrator of the electronic decision-making system (PTJ), maintenance and development of PTJ document templates, development of the unit’s IT support, connections to other Government-level IT systems

 

Ms Riikka Karjalainen, Secretary to Government Sessions

Tel. +358 9 160 22065

- minutes of Government plenary sessions and presidential sessions, Government proposals and communications to Parliament, extracts from minutes, tutoring for Government rapporteurs, assistance in law drafting processes, description of the deliberation of written questions and Parliament resolutions, assistance in updating the rapporteurs’ guide and Senaattori, the ministries’ joint intranet

 

Ms Pirkko-Liisa Laitala, Secretary to Government Sessions

Tel. +358 9 160 22043

- minutes of Government plenary sessions and presidential sessions, Government proposals and communications to Parliament, extracts from minutes

 

Ms Katriina Mäkipää, Notary

Tel. +358 9 160 22005

- parliamentary questions and question times, procedures related to change of Government, parliamentary questions presented to the Prime Minister, assistance related to the electronic decision-making system (PTJ), list of Government proposals to Parliament

 

Ms Pirkko Pulli, Notary

Tel. +358 9 160 22049

- preparation of the Government’s annual report, assistance related to the electronic decision-making system (PTJ), Government Act, Government Rules of Procedure, summaries to ministers, their aides and state secretaries

 

Fax +358 9 160 22099

 

Mr Timo Koskela, Aide to Government Sessions

Tel. +358 9 160 22090, +358 9 160 22021 (inquiries concerning sessions)

- arrangements related to plenary sessions, meetings of the cabinet committees, informal cabinet meetings and evening sessions, printing material related to the decision-making system, tours of the session halls

 

Mr Mika Sinervä, Aide to Government Sessions

Tel. +358 9 160 22495, +358 9 160 22021 (inquiries concerning sessions)

- arrangements related to plenary sessions, meetings of the cabinet committees, informal cabinet meetings and evening sessions, printing material related to the decision-making system, tours of the session halls