Minna Joronen Email and Phone Number

I work as project manager in the "Innovation Network of Carbon Neutral Construction" project which brings together companies, public sector operatives, universities and research organizations in the Päijät-Häme region (Finland) to work on sustainable construction. The Innovation Network for Carbon Neutral Construction will work as a regional platform for knowledge sharing, cooperation and development. The network can help you find new partnerships, business and solutions, offering you the chance to join development projects and pilots to further carbon neutral construction. We invite all the regional actors, especially companies and representatives of the public sector and research institutions to join us in creating a sustainable and innovative future!

The Six City Strategy Office is in charge of the national and city-specific coordination, activation and communication of the Six City Strategy. As Programme Manager my tasks included e.g. planning and developing the overall implementation of the strategy, furthering and supporting the cooperation between the Six City Coordinators and organising different networking and peer learning events for the different stakeholders of the strategy. Together with the team, I also planned and prepared the participation of the strategy in different international events. The Six City Strategy, 6Aika, is a joint strategy of six largest cities in Finland: Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Oulu and Turku. The cities tackle together the challenges of urbanisation and evolve towards smarter and inherently human-centric cities. The strategy is a part of the implementation of Finland’s structural fund programme for sustainable growth and jobs 2014–2020.Forum Virium Helsinki is the City of Helsinki innovation company. It co-creates urban futures with companies, universities, other public sector organizations and Helsinki residents. Forum Virium Helsinki’s mission is to make Helsinki the most functional smart city in the world.

As Programme Coordinator, I was part of the Six City Strategy Office coordinating the cooperation between Finland's six biggest cities in the Six City Strategy. My responsibilities included e.g. internal communication tasks, financial management, organising events and supporting the continuous development of the Six City Strategy implementation.

Responsible for the financial management (reporting, budgeting, payments etc.), event organisation and communication of the EU-funded BSR InnoShip project.

International project management in mainly EU-financed projects which enhance cooperation between the countries around the Baltic Sea Region and throughout Europe. Main tasks in the BSR InnoShip project (administrative tasks, reporting, communication, event organization etc.).

EU-funded project management (BSR InnoShip, BSR InnoReg, Sillanrakentajat etc.), event organization, translations, updating web-pages