Tarja Riihimäki works as Counsellor of Education in the Finnish Ministry of Education in the Department for Education and Science Policy, VET Division. Tarja Riihimäki is a former software analyst and teacher in a commercial college. She has also worked as a head of unit and principal in commercial college. Her main responsibilities in the Ministry are European Vet Policy and Quality Management in VET. She is the coordinator of  Copenhagen process in Finland. Tarja Riihimäki represents Finland in meetings of Advisory Committee for VET (ACVT), Education and Training Coordination Group (ETCG), Lifelong Learning Program and Education Committee. She is also member of the Cedefop GB and Bureau and the ETF GB.