Toivakka is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finlandregion. The municipality has a population of 2,390 (2003) and covers an area of 413.94 km² of which 50.44 km² is water. The population density is 6.6 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Central Finland is a region (maakunta / landskap) in the province of Western Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Mr Toivakka opened the meeting by welcoming the participants to Finland and stated that COTSOES has never before held its Assembly so far in the north and so far in the east.
Mr Toivakka presented a short summary of the activities of COTSOES during the Finnish Presidency 2002-2004.
Mr Toivakka concluded the meeting by saying that he was happy that so many Member Services had attended the meeting and contributed to the success of the 13th Assembly of COTSOES in Helsinki.