Minna-Maria Sinkkonen
Name: Minna-Maria Sinkkonen
Born: 1966
Title: Development Manager, Advisor
Tel.: + 358 29 524 7032
E-mail: [email protected]
Expertise
- Project/process planning, management and coordination, monitoring and evaluation especially in international multicultural settings
- Facilitation of dialogues and use of dialogue methods in management and development processes
- Excellent training, presentation and communication skills including editing and writing of publications and blogging
- Participatory needs-based design of integrated services in multiprofessional settings
- Experience and knowledge of developing social policies and strategies using human rights approach and mainstreaming vulnerable groups such as children at risk, people with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS, gender issues, victims of violence, drug users
Primary duties
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Project manager of the Finnish Presidency Project of the Nordic Council of Ministers “Achieving the World's Smoothest Cross-Border Mobility and Daily Life Through Digitalisation”, health care work package 2021–2023
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Advise and support to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in international cooperation: Nordic Cooperation, Council of Baltic Sea States, Arctic Council, Barents Euro-Arctic Cooperation
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External consulting to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in social sector issues
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International expert assignments in EU Twinning, EU technical assistance and Finnish Government funded projects in health and social sector
Education
- 1992, MSc Political Science, social policy, University of Helsinki
- 2012 Specialist Qualification in Product Development/Service Design in social and health sectors, Finnish Innovation Community of Social and Health Care Providers
Work experience
- Project Coordinator, International Development Collaboration at STAKES
- Project Assistant, International Development Collaboration at STAKES
Language skills
- Finnish (native)
- Swedish (good)
- English (excellent)
- French (satisfactory)
