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Central Finland
Regional Council of Central Finland
Sepänkatu 4
FIN - 40100 Jyväskylä
Tel: ++ 358/ 14 652 220
Fax: ++ 358/ 14 652 277
E-mail: martti.ahokas@keskisuomi.fi
Web-site:
http://www.keskisuomi.fi
Vice-President: Rolf
Nyholm
Director: Martti Ahokas
The Regional Council of Central Finland is responsible for establishing broad regional
development programs containing specific programs (objective 2, 5b and 6 areas) that are
submitted to the European Union. The Regional Council of Central Finland is the official
representative of its region to intergovernmental organisations.
In the energy & environment sectors, the Regional Council of Central Finland works in
close co-operation with the Mid Nordic Committee, and the Council has made agreements with
the Republic of Karelia (Russian Federation) and Region of Tarto (Estonia) for developing
especially local renewable energy sources (RES).
The Regional Council of Central Finland has played a major role in promoting new methods
to produce heat and power from renewable energy sources in the province. The use of RES
from wood & liqueurs in 1995 was 3.2 TWh (= 22% out of total consumption of energy).
The target is to increase the use of these sources by 0.5 TWh/a by the end of year 2000.
The first two year period of this program has been successful.
At the same time, Central Finland can support also EU’s policy for economic stability
and growth in the CIS countries by developing new technologies for RES using e.g.
EU’s ALTENER, FAIR, SAVE, INTERREG, PHARE.
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