esiselvittäviin
Esiselvittäviin is a Finnish term used in administrative and planning language to refer to activities, documents, or analyses that pertain to esiselvittäminen—the process of preliminary investigation intended to clarify feasibility, requirements, or options before a project or decision is made. The form esiselvittäviin is a participial adjective used to modify nouns in plural form, for example esiselvittäviin toimenpiteisiin or esiselvittäviin tutkimuksiin. In practice, it labels the early, non-decisive phase of planning in which stakeholders collect information, assess alternative approaches, and estimate costs and risks.
Common contexts for esiselvittäviin include infrastructure projects, land-use planning, environmental assessments, and public procurement. In these
Etymology and related terms: the word derives from esiselvittävä, meaning preliminary investigative, formed from esiselvittää, to
See also: esiselvitys, esiselvittäminen, feasibility study, ympäristövaikutusten arviointi (EIA).