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20.10.2026

ISYY's delegation to the General Assembly of SYL on 13-14 October 2026

The Executive Board of the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY) has named the delegation to represent ISYY in the General Assembly of the National Union of Students in Finland (SYL) in Espoo Otaniemi 13.–14.11.2026. In the Meeting Notice of the National Assembly is e.g. the Action Plan and Budget for the year 2027 and also the SYL Board 2027 will be elected. ISYY has nominated two candidates for the SYL Board: Emilia Enroth for Chair of SYL and Emilia Kivikoski for Board Member.

Formation of the delegation

The National Union of the University Students in Finland is a student organisation that represents approximately 150 000 university students in Finland. All the Student Unions in Finland are members of SYL. The General Assembly makes all the big decisions considering the unions actions and it is held once a year. Every Student Union has their own delegation according to the amount of members in the Student Union, each student union has one representative for each beginning 1000 members, meaning that e.g. ISYY has approximately 15 000 members and we have 16 representatives in our delegation. Additionally, ISYY will send 7 substitute representatives to the General Assembly.

ISYY's Representative Council has decided to form the delegation during their term 2026–2027 in a way, that each Representative Council group can name representatives to the delegation according to the distribution of the ISYY Representative Council and also in a way that possible disproportions will be justified in next year's delegation. In other words, the more the group has places in our Representative Council, the more they have places in the delegation. Nevertheless, all the groups are represented in the actual 16 representatives at least in one delegation of their two year term 2026–2027.

The representative groups submitted their proposals for members of the delegation, and the ISYY Board filled the remaining vacant delegation positions (4) and substitute positions (2) in its meeting. This year, the representative groups were allowed to nominate individuals to the delegation as follows:

• Deeku: 4 representatives
• Itä-Suomen Vihreä Vasemmisto: 2 representatives
• Terveystieteilijät: 2 representatives
• Kylterit: 1 representative, 1 substitute
• Spektri: 1 representative, 2 substitutes
• Vihreä lista: 2 representatives
• ISYYn Demariopiskelijat: 1 representative, 1 substitute
• Judistit: 1 representative, 1 substitute
• Keskeiset: 1 representative, 1 substitute
• Opiskelevat kokoomuslaiset: 1 representative

Remaining substitute positions are named for the ISYY's SYL Board candidate, and other persons decided by the ISYY Board.

ISYY's General Assembly delegation 2026

ISYY's General Assembly consists of 16 actual and 7 substitute representatives. Chairperson of the Delegation is Ville-Pekka Timonen. If you have any questions considering the General Assembly or the actions of the delegation, you can contact Ville-Pekka.

Representatives (in alphabetical order):

1. Aaro Koivuranta
2. Aino Aromaa
3. Aliisa Tammi
4. Elviira Soljala
5. Ezzat Najafi
6. Fanny Hansen
7. Inkeri Kourujärvi
8. Jasmin Närhi
9. Jenna Kaarnalehto
10. Julia Tenhunen
11. Julia Toivanen
12. Mikko Miettinen
13. Nea Hurskainen
14. Nikolas Puhakka
15. Silja Järvinen
16. Ville-Pekka Timonen

Substitutes (in order):

1. Minerva Leinonen
2. Piritta Pennanen
3. Matias Akiala
4. Sofia Lindström
5. Nicodemus Virtanen
6. Jaana Sivula
7. Emilia Kivikoski

Student Union’s Secretary General Hannele Mirola attends the General Assembly as observer.

Contact person:

Ville-Pekka Timonen, Chair of the Delegation, The Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), vp.timonen(at)isyy.fi