Joensuu government agency building
Joensuu government agency building serves as the centre of local government and provides a wide range of facilities and services for public administration actors.
Renovation transformed Kauppakatu 40 into a contemporary shared work environment for several central government agencies. The building was also converted into a shared service facility for several government agencies. Operations started in the building in February 2023.
The Finnish Government Shared Services Centre for Finance and HR (Palkeet), the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY) for North Karelia, Customs, the Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, the National Land Survey of Finland, the Finnish Tax Administration, the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Business Finland and the Finnish Consumer and Competition Authority use the renovated government agency building.
The government agency building in Joensuu was the first government agency building of regional councils of central cities to have a shared work environment and shared customer service point. The government agency building is part of the renewal of central government’s service and premises network which aims to bring together central government in-person services into joint customer service points by 2030.
Contact information
Kauppakatu 40
80100 Joensuu
1st floor, stairwell B
Reception services
Open 8am-4.15pm
tel. +358 40 158 8689
virastotalo.joensuu(at)securitas.fi
How to reach us and parking
The main entrance to the building is on the Kauppakatu side and is open 8am-4.15pm. The main entrance is accessible for persons with reduced mobility.
Visitors should primarily park in the public parking areas around the office building or in parking garages. There is no free visitor parking at the government agency building, the car park at the building is for staff use only.
Bicycle racks are near the outside doors. The bus stops Virastotalo E and Virastotalo P located close to the government agency building are served by several bus routes.
Customer service point
The shared customer service point in the government agency building brings together central government services to make them seamlessly available to citizens at a single address. Shared customer service seeks to improve customer experience by providing services promptly, effectively and effortlessly.
The shared service point on the first floor brings together the customer services of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, the National Land Survey of Finland and the Finnish Tax Administration at the same address.
Shared workspaces for central government actors
Coworking facilities and work stations are available only to central government actors for occasional work. Central government employees can visit the shared workspace at Kauppakatu 8am-4.15pm. External central government actors from outside the premises require a visitor card on the premises. Visitor cards and passes to be on the premises are available from reception on registration. Be prepared to show your ID card and the pass of your own organisation to the reception security guard. The reception is open daily 8am-4.15pm.
Registering as a visitor beforehand will speed up the visitor card process.
Meeting rooms for central government actors
Central government actors can reserve modifiable meeting rooms and catering services in the shared workspace and register their guests for meetings directly in the e-service facility reservation system. There is no restaurant in the building.