Friendship groups and cooperation groups
The purpose of friendship groups is to maintain ties with parliaments in other countries and regions and to learn more about their cultures and social systems. Friendship groups supplement Parliament's official international relations. They are especially important when, for one reason or another, there is no official contact with some countries. Friendship groups are set up by MPs.
The networks and cooperation groups set up by MPs bring together parliamentarians with an interest in a specific theme and aim is to complement the parliamentary debate on various social issues. Some of the cooperation groups focus especially on international and global issues, and their activities are coordinated by the International Department of Parliament:
Finnish Parliament Network on Human Rights
Chair Veronika Honkasalo (Left Alliance Parliamentary Group)
Vice Chair Elina Valtonen (National Coalition Party Parliamentary Group)
Vice Chair Inka Hopsu (Green Parliamentary Group)
Finnish Parliament Group on Global Issues
Chair Hussein al-Taee (Social Democratic Parliamentary Group)
Vice Chair Inka Hopsu (Green Parliamentary Group)
Vice Chair Suldaan Said Ahmed (Left Alliance Parliamentary Group)
International Network of Young Parliamentarians of the Parliament of Finland
Chair Eveliina Heinäluoma (Social Democratic Parliamentary Group)
Vice Chair Sebastian Tynkkynen (The Finns Party Parliamentary Group)
Vice Chair Heikki Autto (National Coalition Party Parliamentary Group)
Finnish Parliament Network on Peace Mediation
Vice Chair Erkki Tuomioja (Social Democratic Parliamentary Group)
Finnish Parliamentary Friends of the United Nations
Chair Saara-Sofia Sirén (National Coalition Party Parliamentary Group)
Vice Chair Mai Kivelä (Left Alliance Parliamentary Group)