The Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo

The Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo operates in three main areas:

1. Co-operation and protection of the region's interests

expressing the region's needs
promoting projects that are important to the region
increasing co-operation among the municipalities and the sub-regional units
co-operating with state authorities, the business community, labour market organizations and other organizations
promoting large-scale regional co-operation between the regions
building and promoting international networks

2. Regional development duties (statutory)

handling general planning of regional policy
preparing both national and regional development programmes as well as the European Union's Objective regional programmes and pertinent decision-making
drawing up programme agreements and co-ordinating development funds for the area
allocating regional development funds
co-ordinating the functions of the state regional government
maintaining contact with the European Union and ensuring co-operation with neighbouring areas

3. Planning of the use of areas (statutory)

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