Latest funding decisions


8.12.2017

Appraisal of concessional credit projects

Assessments and monitoring of concessional credit projects and the projects which will be started based on the new replaicing instrument. The objective is to enhance uniform structure and the methodolo...
8.12.2017

Private Forestry and Forest Enterprise Support in Kenya

"Private Forestry and Forest Enterprise support in Kenya" programme aims to support the private sector in forestry and to strengthen good governance, enabling efficient and competitive entrepreneurship...
8.12.2017

Programme planning, Sub-Saharan Africa

Allocation for Regional Programme Planning will be used for project preparation, conducting of studies and evaluation, audits, seminar arrangements, travel costs related to programme monitoring and se...
5.12.2017

General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity

Ethiopia allocates a significant part of the government's budget (approximately 25%) to education sector. Under the enormous pressure to expand the education, Ethiopia needs support to ensure quality o...
5.12.2017

INT/Support to Small Arms Surveyn

The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project. It serves as the principal international source of public information on all aspects of small arms and as a resource for governments, policy-ma...
4.12.2017

Assisting victims of international crimes through ICC Trust Fund for Victims; victims of sexual and other forms of gender-based violence

The treaty-based International Criminal Court (ICC) and Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) were established by the Rome Statute that entered into force in 2002. The TFV provides support to victims of crimes ...
4.12.2017

Evaluability assessments and meta-analysis

The evaluability assessments and meta-analysis will be used for the planning and preparation of the forthcoming impact evaluations, enabling their quick, focused and efficient execution. The tasks ...
4.12.2017

Fostering health and protection to vulnerable migrants transiting through Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen

IOM's (International Organization for Migration) project aims to support and fill the gaps of the national and local actors of Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya in migration management with a fo...
4.12.2017

Technical Assistance to the General Education Quality Improvement Programmme for Equity

The project provides technical assistance for the implementation of the General Education Quality Improvement Programmme for Equity (GEQIP-E) in Ethiopia. In the long term, the project's aim is to supp...
4.12.2017

The support of Finland to the International Peace Institute (IPI) in resolving and managing conflicts

The support of Finland to the International Peace Institute (IPI) in resolving and managing conflicts. The aim is to enhance multilateral capacity in areas of international peace and security. IPI is a...
4.12.2017

The Way Forward after the Revolution: Decent Work for Women in Egypt and Tunisia - Phase II

The gender employment gap is still large in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Egypt and Tunisia. Female labour force participation rates in the region are not only the lowest in the wor...
4.12.2017

Trust Fund in Support of Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse / voluntary contribution 2017

In 2016 the Secretary-General established a Trust Fund (Trust Fund in Support of Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) in order to support the provision of services to support and assist victims of...
4.12.2017

UN Team of Experts on Sexual Violence in Conflicts Guinea Project

The UN Team of Experts on Rule of Law/Sexual Violence in Conflict is a body created to assist governments in conflict and post-conflict situations to address impunity for sexual violence. The mandate o...
1.12.2017

Energy and Environment Partnership Southern and East Africa Multidonor Trust Fund

The proposed multidonor trust fund for the Energy and Environment Partnership in Southern and East Africa is designed to promote the use of renewable energy solutions in the target region in order to i...
1.12.2017

Green Climate Fund (GCF)

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The purpose of the GCF is to make a significant and...
1.12.2017

IUCN-Finland Framework agreement

IUCN is a globally unique actor in the conservation of biodiversity and in enhancing nature-based solutions and good environmental management. The Framework agreement for years 2017-2020 between Finlan...
1.12.2017

UN Alliance of Civilizations; Youth Solidarity Fund 2017-2018

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Youth Solidarity Fund (YSF) was established in 2008 to support the work of youth organizations in developing countries and to advance the mission of...
1.12.2017

UNICEF (WASH)

UNICEF WASH-Programme (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in Afghanistan aims to enhance the access and use of improved drinking water supply and sanitation facilities. It promotes also hygiene behavior. P...
1.12.2017

UNU WIDER-Institute annual contribution

Research of the global development issues, obligations of the Host Government Agreement and support for the research programme. The role of the UNU WIDER is to generate new knowledge, enhance individ...
30.11.2017

FAO/Towards Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries Development in the Kyrgyz Republic

The aquaculture and fisheries development project implemented by FAO (2009-2017) has been granted extension funding of € 700.000 for years 2018 - 2019. The project is carried out in cooperation with th...
30.11.2017

Support to the programme of work of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (1992) creates a framework for regional transboundary water cooperation. UNECE Water Convention aims to pr...
30.11.2017

Widening Access to Justice for Legal Empowerment in the Kyrgyz Republic, phase II

Rule of Law Project of the UNDP is continuation for the phase I project that was implemented in 2014-2017. Main achievements of the phase one are opening of Government free legal aid centers covering a...
23.11.2017

Evaluation capacity development

The Finnish government emphasises effectiveness, impact and measurement of results in its development policy. Agenda203 and the SDGs provide an overall framework for development policy and cooperation,...
22.11.2017

International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)

The International Aid Transparency Initiative aims to deliver a step shift in public availability and accessibility of information on aid flows and activities, globally. It does this by bringing togeth...
20.11.2017

Kehys; Bridge 47 – Building Global Citizenship

The overall objective of the project is that global civil society is mobilized to contribute effectively to global justice and eradication of poverty through global citizenship. Global Citizenship Educ...
15.11.2017

11. European Development Fund

The European Development Fund (EDF) is the main instrument for providing the EU's development aid in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs)...
13.11.2017

Evaluation on improvement of women’s and girls' rights in Finland's development co-operation

Improvement of women’s and girls' rights has been a priority in Finland's development co-operation for a long time. However, the evaluability assessment reveals, that there are insufficient monitorin...
13.11.2017

Programme planning

Planning of the Kenyan development co-operation concerning bilateral collaboration in the framework of Kenya country Strategy.
8.11.2017

Academy of Finland, Development Research, call for proposals 2013 and 2014

Development research administered by the Academy of Finland. Enables the maintenance of high-quality development research capacity in Finland and enhances cooperation with institutions from the South....
8.11.2017

Finland's Support to the Ukrainian School Reform

The cooperation programme between Ukraine and Finland in the education sector supports the realization of the concept of the New Ukrainian School. There is a need to develop the outdated school system ...
8.11.2017

INT/WTO Trade-related technical assistance

The World Trade Centre (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates multilateral trade. Trade-related Technical Assistance (TRTA) is a core function of the WTO. Its purpose is to enhance t...
8.11.2017

Kepa ry, FRAME, VOICE, REPORT!

Overall objective of the project is to strengthen the engagement among the general public towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As a result, at least 5% of reached EU citizens will chang...
8.11.2017

UNDP: Building Resilience in Response to the Syrian Crisis

The UN response to the conflict in Syria has since 2015 been a joint plan for humanitarian aid and resilience building. The Syria Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan...
7.11.2017

Training programme on development policy and cooperation

Training on development policy and development cooperation consists of face-to-face learning, online studying and other learning opportunities such as peer learning, Development Policy Days and related...
2.11.2017

UNESCO Capacity Development for Education Programme

UNESCO, created in 1945, is the UN organization responsible for education, science and culture. UNESCO's mandate is to build peace and sustainable development, deminish poverty and confirm human rights...
1.11.2017

Humanitarian assistance; UNHCR; Yemen

In Yemen, about 80 % of the population is in need of humanitarian aid, in total 18,8 million people. Conflict has displaced 2 million persons within the country and has forced 188 327 persons to flee i...
1.11.2017

SFC; Resilience project of poor and very poor households facing food and nutritional insecurity in northern provinces in Burkina Faso

The food and nutrition security assessments conducted in recent years in the Kossi and Sourou provinces indicate that this region is subject to recurring deprivations, resulting from adverse climate, e...
1.11.2017

Strengthening Rule of Law and Human Rights to Empower People in Tajikistan, Phase II

UNDP Tajikistan’s “Strengthening Rule of Law and Human Rights to Empower People in Tajikistan – Phase Two” project is the follow-on to the earlier project, which was implemented from January 2014 to Ju...
1.11.2017

UNHCR; humanitarian aid; regional response to Nigeria Situation (Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad)

The Boko Haram insurgency has displaced over 2.4 million people in the Lake Chad Basin. The crisis has been exacerbated by conflict-induced hunger and malnutrition. Over 1.75 million people have been i...
26.10.2017

UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication

UNESCO, created in 1945, is the UN organization responsible for education, science and culture. UNESCO's mandate is to build peace and sustainable development, deminish poverty and confirm human rights...
24.10.2017

Advisory Center for WTO Law, ACWL

Voluntary contribution for financing activities of the ACWL. Advisory Centre on WTO Law is an intergovernmental organisation based in Geneva. The agreement establishing the ACWL was signed in 1999. The...
24.10.2017

NEFCO/Support to energy efficiency, renewable energy and alternative type of energy sources in Ukraine, Finland's Trust Fund

Finland will establish at Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) a bilateral Trust Fund (TF) to support energy efficiency as well as use of renewable energy and alternative types of energy sour...
24.10.2017

SEEMA - Human Rights Approach for Prevention and Response to GBV

As the issue of gender based violence (GBV) is very critical, and sensitive a lot of efforts have been exerted to break the silence around it including the social, cultural factors. The scope of the pr...
23.10.2017

ECESR - Battling Inequality through the Empowerment of the Marginalized

This project will focus on the Delta Region, and the activities will be carried out in the governorates of Monofeya and Daqahliyya. A. egal Empowerment of the Margnizalized: Litigating against Inequa...
23.10.2017

EG - ECES - Social Justice Promotion Project SJPP

As indicated in the SO’s, the projects aims in the first place at creating a structured set of indicators, in the form of an index, to measure the social justice situation in Egypt with the intention t...
23.10.2017

VetCare - North Kordofan State Mother and Child Health Care Project

This project aims to reduce the number of deaths among mothers, newborns, and young children by improving the health services in two Administration Units (El Obeid & Abu Haraz), Shiekan locality, North...
22.10.2017

ACO - Expert House for Female Members of Parliment (FMP)

The proposal is completing our goal to improve women's political participation and continue our cooperation with the Finland Embassy which entitled "Political Participation for Women". The project focu...
22.10.2017

ACO - Women’s Political Participation

This project aims at creating a political environment that contributes in generating a new generation of young women political leaders, strengthening the women's committees within political parties, an...
22.10.2017

Almanar - Reducing the Risk of Gender Based Violence by Empowering Vulnerable, Conflict Affected Women

The overall goal of the project is to contribute in improving the livelihoods status of 210 women (women cooperative members) and their families from among the most disadvantaged communities in IDPs si...
22.10.2017

CEOSS - Sustainable Livelihood and Food Security

Project aims at poverty alleviation and socio-economic development for small farmers that represent one of Egypt's poorest and most vulnerable categories. The project will target small farmers (owning ...
22.10.2017

NM - Nawya - Baladini

The program will aim to empower a broad group of 75 low-income women with the skills, knowledge, and resources to produce and sell high value-added clean, healthy, and traditional food products. By off...
22.10.2017

SORD - Women Claiming their Rights through Education

Sudanese women are faced with many challenges most of which are inherent to the very structural inequalities within the Sudanese society. Yet, leaning on a strong history of women movement and activism...
20.10.2017

Voluntary contribution for OECD horizontal work on Policy Coherence for Development

General support of 120 000 euros to OECD’s horizontal work on policy coherence for sustainable development during the Programme of Work and Budget for the biennium 2017-18. Support will be paid in two ...
19.10.2017

Empowering New Young Feminist Groups

female and male activists have sought to form new feminist groups to confront fundamentalist streams and political systems, which aim to exclude women from participating in public life. However, due to...
17.10.2017

CEWLA - Women's Legal Rights and Gender Equality

The overall objective of the project: end the discrimination against women within the different laws, especially within the personal status law. Specific objectives: 1- Activating the articles of the ...
17.10.2017

EDA - Strengthen Political Parties Outreach to the Society

In Egypt most of the newly formed parties have very limited outreach in civil society. The main objective of the project is to strengthen political parties' role in enhancing pluralism reaching out to ...
17.10.2017

EGY FLC/Administrative costs

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17.10.2017

ESA - Empowering Women Local Council Candidates for Inclusive Local Governance

The project will foster inclusive governance and development at the local level by empowering marginalized voices in local governance as competent local officials and advocates for political pluralism ...
17.10.2017

LVD - Agricultural Support Centers for Women

Agricultural Service Centers is a 24-months long intervention to improve the socio-economic well-being of women in the rural Egyptian Governorate of el-Minya. The action is built upon a tried and teste...
17.10.2017

OHF - Sharaka

Overall objective is to promote a more vibrant, inclusive and representative civil society with the aim of improving community's quality of life in Aswan Governorate. Facilitating the dialogue between ...
17.10.2017

Omgalaji Women Empowerment Project (OWEP)

Improve income and food security situation of women in Omgalaji area through capacity building and improved inputs.
17.10.2017

Strengthening Access to Justice and Confidence Building in Eastern Sudan

Improving the living conditions of female prisoners in Kassala, Gedaref and Red Sea States with a view to easing their social reintegration after release.
17.10.2017

SUD FLC/Administrative costs

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16.10.2017

Project planning and evaluation

Finland's bilateral development cooperation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is implemented through the Wider Europe Initiative (WEI) of the Development Policy Program. Central Asia finances projects...
13.10.2017

Project preparation in South Asian countries

Preparation and follow-up of projects in Nepal, Myanmar and Afghanistan. Also preparation and follow-up of regional and thematic programmes.
11.10.2017

INT/Organizational support for the Finnish Committee for UNICEF

The association is the national committee of the United Nations Children's Fund. UNICEF is the guardian of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention forms the basis for the pro...
11.10.2017

Organisational Support for the Finnish Refugee Council

The Finnish Refugee Council is a specialist in international refugee work. Its mission is to improve the basic rights of refugees and returnees. As an associate of the UNHCR in Finland, the Council is ...
11.10.2017

Organisational support for UN Association of Finland

The UN Association of Finland is a Non-Governmental Organization that promotes and supports the actions and principles of the United Nations. UNA Finland was founded in 1954. The Association provides e...
11.10.2017

Organisational Support for UN Women Finland

Finland National Committee for UN Women is a non-governmental organization with consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The national committee supports the mi...
9.10.2017

INT/Aid for Trade in Central Asia

Aid for Trade programme being implemented by UNDP commenced in v. 2009 covering in the beginning nine countries in Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia. During 2009-2013 (phases I-II) th...
9.10.2017

UN Women/core funding

Voluntary core contribution to UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. UN Women was founded in July 2010 and launched in early 2011 by combing four existin...
5.10.2017

Capacity Building in the Field of Meteorology

The Finnish Meteorological Institute has implemented a meteorological project with the national institute Tajikhydromet in Tajikistan since 2014. The project is implemented as an inter-institutional co...
5.10.2017

Capacity Building in the Field of Meteorology

The Finnish Meteorological Institute has implemented a meteorological project in Kyrgyz Republic with the National Institute of Kyrgyzhydromet since 2014. The project is implemented as an inter-institu...
4.10.2017

FREE: Ng'ombe Community Centre Skills Training, Product Development and Marketing Program

The project will provide skills training in multiple disciplines, some of which will be immediate income generating activities. This will take place at the Ng'ombe Community Centre, Lusaka. The skills ...
25.9.2017

FRC/IFRC, humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh

Finnish Red Cross (FRC) is granted humanitarian funding for IFRC operation in Bangladesh. The Finnish Red Cross contributes to the operation by provision of health services through a medical Emergency ...
22.9.2017

State aid for Human Rights training

The Ministry awards state aid for the purpose of supporting at least 8 participants from development countries to participate in human rights training in Finland on a yearly basis. This training shoul...
15.9.2017

KV.RAH.LAIT/Multilateral Debt Relief Iniative (MDRI) in IDA and AfDF

The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, MDRI, is based on the proposal of the G8 Summit in July 2005. According to the proposal, the International Development Association (IDA), the African Developme...
11.9.2017

New Voices New Leaders

Egyptian Women face multiple challenges that hinder their full participation in the domestic and public spheres. This project aims at advancing young women’s leadership roles to become ’tools of trans...
6.9.2017

Sudan & South Sudan ICI: Promoting Adaptation to Climate Change Through Improved Services, Phase II

The majority of Sudanese and South Sudanese rely their livelihoods on sectors that are dependent on climate and weather related changes (such as subsistence farming). Climate change and extreme weather...
28.8.2017

INT/Consultancy services

The purpose of the financing is to give support services to the unit of sectoral policy for example in the health and social sectors as well as in forestry, water and environmental cooperation and educ...
28.8.2017

Toimialakohtainen kehittämistyö

The funds will be used for the planning and development of sector policies, the development of new instruments and methodologies, advisory and expert services, seminars, conferences and travel, interna...
21.8.2017

Evaluation of the Finnfund Special Risk Financing Instrument

Evaluation of the implementation of the Finnfund Special Risk Instrument 2012-15 in order to inform a possible Cabinet decision on continuing the instrument
17.8.2017

Exploratory study on Myanmar peace process

Myanmar has suffered from ethnic conflicts since its independence in 1948. In October 2015, a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement was signed between the Government and 8 ethnic armed organizations, but numb...
6.7.2017

Forest & Farm Facility

Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) is a partnership programme, launched in 2012, between Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the...
6.7.2017

UN Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the field of human rights

In the year 2017 Finland supports with a sum of 800.000 euro the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Co-operation in the Field of Human Rights (VFTC). Through the fund most of OHCHR's support a...
28.6.2017

AgriCord vzw, The International Alliance of agri-agencies

Agricord is an initiative of professional farmers’ organisations and their cooperative businesses from countries in Europe, Canada; Africa and Asia, bundling their efforts for strengthening their colle...
28.6.2017

CIVICUS:World Alliance for Citizen Participation/DataShift 3.0: Using citizen-generated data to drive people-powered accountability

DataShift is a global, multi-stakeholder initiative that leverages the potential of new technologies for more creative and effective social accountability. It does this by helping civil society organis...
28.6.2017

Geneva Call: Generating and fostering ownership of International Humanitarian Norms in Lebanon (2nd phase)

The aim of this Geneva Call project is generating and fostering ownership of international humanitarian norms in Lebanon through an engagement with influential actors in Lebanon on the protection of ci...
28.6.2017

Global Environment Facility (GEF); 6th Replenishment (2017 support)

The Global Environment Facility was established in October 1991 as a pilot program in the World Bank to assist in the protection of the global environment. In 1994, at the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF was...
28.6.2017

High-level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes

The High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes (GIM) is a UN training aimed at advancing the participation of women in mediation and enhancing the capacity to implement gender sensi...
28.6.2017

International Planned Parenthood Federation / core funding

It is estimated that 225 million women in developing countries have an unmet need for family planning. Investing in family planning will lower unintended pregnancies and avert unsafe abortions, thereby...
28.6.2017

Ipas / core funding

Ipas’s comprehensive approach to addressing unsafe abortion—honed throughout our successful 43-year history working in Africa, Asia, and LAC—can add tremendous value to the Government of Finland’s SRHR...
28.6.2017

Syria Accountability mechanism, support to the UN International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM)

The UN General Assembly passed on December 2016 the resolution 71/248 establishing the "International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Resp...
28.6.2017

Transparency International. Proposal to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland for Core Support in 2017 and 2018

Transparency International (TI) is a global movement with one vision: a world in which government, business, civil society and the daily lives of people are free of corruption. Through more than 100 ch...
26.6.2017

Support to women's political participation in Tanzania 2nd phase

The main objective of the project is to promote women's rights especially in regard to societal equality and political empowerment. The means to reach this goal are i.a. legislative reforms, strengthen...
26.6.2017

TAN/Tax Modernisation Programme

With good tax policies and efficient tax collection countries can improve the equality of their country and citizens. In Tanzania the recent economic growth has enabled the tax administration to collec...
26.6.2017

Uongozi Institute, III phase

The Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development (Uongozi Institute) was founded in 2010 as a joint initiative by Finland and Tanzania as a part of the Helsinki process to meet the chall...
22.6.2017

Meta-evaluation of project and programme evaluations 2015-2017

EVA-11 commissions regularly meta-evaluations that assess quality of project and programme evaluations on one hand and aggregate information about Finnish development cooperation based on these evaluat...
21.6.2017

Evaluation on improvement of women’s and girls' rights in Finland's development co-operation

Improvement of women’s and girls' rights has been a priority in Finland's development co-operation for a long time. However, the evaluability assessment reveals, that there are insufficient monitorin...
21.6.2017

Facility for Refugees in Turkey

As part of the EU-Turkey cooperation on migration management EU and its Member States have established a Facility for Refugees in Turkey. The aim of the support is to respond to the immediate humanitar...
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