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Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland
We cover the regions of Pirkanmaa, Central Finland, South Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia.
Our head office is in Vaasa, and we have branches in Tampere and Jyväskylä. We also employ staff in Seinäjoki, Kokkola, Turku and Helsinki.
The Director-General of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland is Mr Marko Pukkinen. We employ a total of approximately 260 people in various locations.
Please make an appointment with the person you wish to see in advance.
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Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland – head office
Visiting address: Wolffintie 35
Postal address: PO Box 200, 65101 Vaasa, Finland
[email protected]
Telephone: +358 (0)29 501 8450
Fax: +358 (0)6 317 4817
Office hours: Monday–Friday, 8.00 am – 4.15 pm
- Administrative matters (e.g. enquiries, complaints, appeals): please contact our registry at [email protected] to submit official documents, have them entered into our case management system and find out about the competent authority in each case.
- Occupational Safety and Health: [email protected]
- Communications: [email protected]
Please only send documents containing confidential or otherwise sensitive information via secure email. The maximum size of email attachments is 20 MB. Larger files should be compressed or sent in multiple emails. Please remember that any information sent to us by email is at the sender’s risk.
Tampere office
Visiting address: Yliopistonkatu 38, Tampere
Postal address: PO Box 272, 33101 Tampere, Finland
Fax: +358 (0)3 389 1820
Jyväskylä office
Visiting address: Hannikaisenkatu 47, Jyväskylä
Postal address: PO Box 41, 40101 Jyväskylä, Finland
Please make an appointment with the person you wish to see in advance.
Occupational Safety and Health
For the full contact details of occupational safety and health authorities, visit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s website.
Our email format is [email protected] For general enquiries, please use our generic email addresses. Your email will then be forwarded to the competent person in our organisation.
Director-General Marko Pukkinen
Secretary to the Director-General Elisabet Heinrich, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8511
Health and Social Services, Legality and Licensing
- Director Leena Laajala, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8549
- Head of Trade Enforcement Kristian Dahl, tfn 0295 018 528
- Head of Legality Päivi Lahtinen, tfn 0295 018 533
- Head of Social Welfare and Health Care Niina Siirilä, tfn 0295 018 563
- Head of Environmental Health Matti Nyberg, tfn 0295 018 572
Education and Culture
- Director Marja-Liisa Keski-Rauska, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8815
Swedish-language education
- Director Marianne West-Ståhl, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8623
Emergency Services
- Director Tarja Wiikinkoski, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8800
Occupational Safety and Health
- Director Jouni Kallioluoma
Environmental Permits
- Director Tarja Savea-Nukala, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8777
Communications
You can use the personnel search to find the contact information of our staff.
Personnel search
All our incoming invoices are processed and filed electronically. Please send your invoices via the central government’s e-invoicing operator OpusCapita Group Ltd. Please include the business unit ID and your contact person’s name in your invoice. You can also upload supporting documents with your invoice. Our preferred file format for attachments is PDF.
EDI ID: 00372284140936401
Business ID: 2284140-9
VAT number: FI22841409
Operator ID (OpusCapita Solutions Oy): E204503
We are unfortunately unable to process invoices sent by post or email. Any paper invoices that we receive are returned to the sender unpaid. If you do not have your own e-invoicing system, you can use the central government’s Basware Supplier Portal to draw up and send invoices. The service is currently provided free of charge.
Instructions for creating an account and using the portal on the State Treasury’s website.
The Finnish Government’s Shared Services Centre for Finance and HR (Palkeet) also answers questions relating to the use of the e-invoicing service. The telephone number is +358 (0)29 556 3700 and the email address is [email protected]