Anne Karjalainen

Member of the Committee of the Regions

Mrs. Anne Karjalainen  (born 1970) is graduated in Master of Science in Mathematics at the University of Helsinki.

She was elected for the first time for the City Council in 1993. Since the last local elections she has been the First Vice-Chairman of the City Council in the City of Kerava.  Since 2013 she has been the Chairman of the Board of Uusimaa Region of The Finnish Social Democratic Party.

In 2009 Mrs. Karjalainen became Member of the Committee of the Regions. She is a member of the SEDEC Commission and she is an expert in educational and ICT affairs.

The European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) launched a joint platform to help high-speed broadband reach all European regions, including rural and sparsely populated areas where there is not enough market-driven development. Mrs. Karjalainen is Member of the Broadband Platform.

Committee functions:

• Member of the Committee of the Regions (CoR)
• Member of the Bureau of the CoR
• Member of Commission for Territorial Cohesion policy (COTER)
• Member of Commission for Social policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture (SEDEC)
• Political Coordinator for SEDEC
• Member of the Broadband Platform (DG CONNECT and CoR)

Committee Rapporteur:

• “European Cloud Initiative and ICT Standardisation Priorities for the Digital Single Market”, 2016
• “The importance of a more interconnected Europe, focusing on the potential of the ICT sector as a source of growth”, 2014
• “Review of the Directive on re-use of public sector information and open data”, 2012