At its annual autumn meeting, the Delegates Council appoints the SAFA Executive Board, which consists of 10 members.
Architects from elsewhere outside the Nordic countries must furthermore have lived in Finland for at least 2 years and know sufficient Finnish or Swedish in order to be able to adhere to the SAFA rules and the guidelines issued to members.
SAFA deals with questions related to benefits in the job market via AKAVA (A confederation of trade unions for academic professionals).
The Employment Issues' Committee also keeps contacts with the Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers TEK, with which it has a cooperation agreement.
For questions regarding agreements and the setting of fees within the private sector, SAFA has a Board Committee for Professional Practice, which on behalf of clients or SAFA members issues expert statements regarding the content of assignment agreements, and the validity of the architect’s fees.