Trade promotion services and experts in Kazakhstan

Our services 

The services of our missions abroad are available to your company. We provide up-to-date market information, facilitate establishing contacts and help in market access issues. 

The services provided by the missions are part of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ business services. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is a member of Team Finland, a network of public sector actors providing internationalisation services to Finnish companies.

Team Finland assists Finnish companies in gaining knowledge on Kazakh markets and networking with local companies and institutions. In Kazakhstan, around 50 Finnish businesses operate in the Kazakh market directly or through a distributor, partner or sales representative.

Globally, Team Finland network promotes:

  • internationalisation of Finnish enterprises

  • investments in Finland

  • Finland's country brand abroad

The core of the network consists of the publicly funded organisations operating in these fields, such as the ministries, Finland’s network of diplomatic missions, Business Finland, national culture and science institutes, Finnvera, Finnfund and the regional internationalisation services, built upon the ELY Centres.

Market information

 

 

Read more about the free Team Finland Market Opportunities online service, which provides information on sales leads, business opportunities and future trends, along with country reviews. New content is added to the service almost daily. Companies need to sign in with a business ID to use the service. 

Our experts

Janne Heiskanen
Head of Mission
CV
Linda Kärkkäinen
Deputy Head of Mission

E-mail addresses are in the form: [email protected]. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.

Other Team Finland actors in Kazakhstan

EastCham, Almaty 

Ms. Altyn Shakirkhanova, Senior Business Advisor and Head of Office 
[email protected]
EastCham, Kazakstan 

Finnish honorary consulates

Honorary consulates complement Finland’s network of missions abroad, which consists of embassies, consulates general, consulates and liaison offices. Honorary consuls are private individuals who carry out consular functions on a part-time basis without remuneration. An honorary consul can advise Finnish companies on how to get information on local business culture and find business partners, among other matters.