Appointments and contact info for Osaamiskeskus or the "Know-how-center"

How to book an appointment for one of our advisors

You can book your appointment for an advisor either through Welcome desk at Monitori or by contacting our advisors directly.  The possibility to book your appointment with an advisor through Monitori booking system is under construction.

Business advisors

The business advisor helps you when you are thinking of starting a business or if your new business needs help with a specific problem.

Teemu Saarenpää
Service Languages:  Finnish, English, Swedish       
Phone number: 040 1953 941  
Email: teemu.saarenpaa@turku.fi 

Advisors

Advisors will guide you in finding a job or starting your studies. They offer advice and guidance in several different languages regarding such things as employment, family life (applications for kindergarten, preschool/school registration) or filling in various applications (such as the citizenship application).

At the moment advisor services are available by distance or by appointment.

AdvisorService LanguagesPhoneEmail
Kirsi Arvila Finnish, English040 6175 682 kirsi.arvila@turku.fi
Chia AbdullahpourFinnish, Dari, Kurdish, Persian040 6617 524  chia.abdullahpour@turku.fi
Abdinasir Arab Finnish, Somali040 1953 968  abdinasir.arab@turku.fi
Roza PambukhchyanFinnish, English, Armenian, Russian 040 1954 790 roza.pambukhchyan@turku.fi
Parisa JokinenFinnish, English, Thai, Indonesian040 1955 594parisa.jokinen@turku.fi
Teemu Saarenpää  Finnish, English, Swedish040 1953 941teemu.saarenpaa@turku.fi
Yulia ReyngoldFinnish, Russian040 6126 506yulia.reyngold@turku.fi

Hossam Ibrahim

Finnish, English, Arabic 040 1759 589

hossam.ibrahim@turku.fi

Abdul Haq Mangal

Finnish, English, Pashto, Dari, Urdu, Persian

044 9075 960

abdul.mangal@turku.fi 

    

Services by appointment made by advisors only

Social guidance

The social advisor is there to help you to decide if starting a new job or studying will be an economically sound decision. 

Hero Palani   
Service languages: Finnish and Kurdish    
Phone number: 040 1590 847    
Email: hero.palani@turku.fi

Law advisor

Law advisor helps you with different kinds of problems that have to do with Finnish law, such as work permits, work contracts, and citizenship applications.

Tuukka Saarela            
Service languages: Finnish, English, Swedish
Phone number: 040 6205 613    
Email: tuukka.1.saarela@turku.fi