Regional Council of Ostrobothnia

The Regional Council of Ostrobothnia is one of the eighteen regional councils in Finland. We are a joint municipal authority formed by the fifteen municipalities in the region of Ostrobothnia.

The Regional Council of Ostrobothnia has two primary functions: regional development and spatial planning, which both form the basis for supporting regional interests. We also promote the interests of our member municipalities in various fields and are responsible for the cultural issues concerning the Finnish-speaking population.

Our work has a strong international dimension. We are responsible for a wide range of international issues and contacts in the Nordic countries, the Baltic Sea region, the EU and Europe. Together with three regional councils in Western Finland we run the common West Finland European Office, which is the most important base for promoting our interests at EU level.