President Tarja Halonen is a member of many organizations and networks in Finland and abroad. She has particularly close contacts with the UN and she also works with the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

National duties

Finnish National Gallery, Chairperson 2015–

Making an Impact with Equality Acts High-Level Forum, Chairperson 2018–

Sitra, Member 2020–

The Stadium Foundation, Chair of the Advisory Board 2018–

University of Helsinki, Chairperson 2018–2021

WWF Finland, Chairperson of Supervisory Board 2013–

International duties

Alpbach-Laxenburg Group, Member 2014–

Aspen Ministers Forum, Member

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina,Board of Trustees, Member 2015–

Club de Madrid, Member 2012-

Club of Rome, Member 2012-

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), Member 2019–

Council of Women World Leaders, Member 2014–

Earth Day Network Advisory Group, Member 2016–

The Empress Theophano Prize, Member 2020–

Europe Delivers Initiative, Member of the Advisory Board 2017–

Global Leaders’ Council for Reproductive Health, Member 2010–

Harvard Kennedy School, The Arctic Initiative, Member 2020–

High-Level Advisory Group for Every Woman Every Child and the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health, Alternate Co-chair 2016–2021

InterAction Council, Member

Lancet-SIGHT Commission, Chairperson 2019–

Nizami Ganjavi International Center, Member of Board 2013–

Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, Member of the Supervisory Board (Chair of the Board 2018–2019, Member of the Board 2006–2009)

Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Member of Leadership Council 2014–

Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company, Member of Board 2016–

UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Drylands Ambassador 2013–

United Nations Global Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015–

UN  Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation, Member 2017–

WHO Euro’s Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development, Member 2020–2021