Sami Pirkkala is career diplomat who has been working with the 2030 Agenda and its implementation since 2014, when the Agenda was under negotiation at the UN. Currently he works at Prime Minister's office and concentrates on the national and EU-level implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Mr. Pirkkala was in charge of the preparations of a national Agenda2030 evaluation, that was carried out in 2018-2019 by an independent evaluator, and acted as a chair of evaluation's steering group.