Kustannushankkeiden

Kustannushankkeiden is the genitive plural form of kustannushanke, a Finnish compound noun created from kustannus (cost) and hanke (project, initiative). As a grammatical form, kustannushankkeiden signals possession or association and is typically translated as “of the cost projects” or “cost-related projects” in English. The term is used in contexts where several projects are discussed with regard to their costs or cost management.

In practice, kustannushankkeiden appears in Finnish public administration, corporate budgeting, and project management documentation, where the costs, budgeting, or financing of a group of initiatives are described. Examples of usage include phrases such as kustannushankkeiden hallinta (management of cost projects), kustannushankkeiden arviointi (evaluation of cost projects), and kustannushankkeiden rahoitus (financing of cost projects).

Etymology and form: kustannushanke is formed from kustannus and hanke, with the suffix -hanke denoting a project. The genitive plural -iden marks the form used to indicate “of” or possession for multiple projects. The form is common in formal Finnish prose dealing with budgets and investment planning.

Notes: The word is principally used in financial and administrative discourse within Finland and in texts concerned with project-based funding and evaluation. See also kustannushanke, kustannusarvio, investointi, budjetointi.