Latest funding decisions


26.3.2019

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Finland's membership fee

UNIDO is a UN specializd agency that promotes inclusive and sustainable development particularly in developing countris. Finland has been a member of UNIDO since its establishment in 1966. Responsibili...
20.3.2019

Bangladesh, UNHCR: humanitarian aid

The stateless rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar have become one of the fastest growing refugee crises in the world. Cox's Bazar in neighboring Bangladesh hosts currently the world's largest refugee ...
20.3.2019

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); UNHCR/ Humanitarian aid

1.5 million euros is suggested to UNHCR operation in the Democratic Republic of Kongo (DRC). The humanitarian situation in DRC worsened in 2018 as a result of new violent clashes and an ebola outbreak ...
20.3.2019

Humanitarian aid/UNHCR/Southwest Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran)

The refugee situation in Afghanistan has continued for forty years, and Afghans make up the the second largest refugee population in the world. Uncertain security situation continues to drive both inte...
20.3.2019

Humanitarian assistance monitoring visits and advocacy

In order to monitor the delivery and effectiveness of humanitarian assistance, the Unit for Humanitarian Assistance and Policy KEO-70 participates in monitoring visits organized by UN Agencies and Inte...
20.3.2019

Humanitarian assistance, Syria (UNHCR)

The situation in Syria is among the largest humanitarian crises in the world. In 2019, 11.7 million Syrians will need humanitarian aid. The eight-year-long war has also caused one of the largest refuge...
20.3.2019

Humanitarian assistance; UNHCR; Yemen

The worst humanitarian crisis in the world continues in Yemen. In 2019, approximately 22-24 million people will need humanitarian aid. A third of the population is on the brink of famine, and 18 millio...
20.3.2019

INT/Finland's support to UN's Central Emergency Response Fund, CERF

United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a rapid and strategic humanitarian instrument that funds both sudden and forgotten crises. It ensures more rapid response to humanitarian crisis...
20.3.2019

OCHA/Core contribution

Finland's core funding to OCHA total 10 million euros (annually 2,5 million euros). OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) is part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for...
20.3.2019

Syria crisis; humanitarian aid; UNHCR's regional operation in response to the Syrian crisis

The eight-year-long war in Syria has caused the biggest refugee crisis in the world. About 93 percent of the refugees live in neighboring countries to Syria in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt....
20.3.2019

UNHCR/Core contribution

Finland's core contribution to the UN refugee agency UNHCR in 2019-2022, a total of 28 million euros (7 million euros annually). UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is g...
20.3.2019

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

Despite some positive developments the situation in Nigeria and the Lake Chad region remains challenging. Because of the Boko Haram insurgency more than 2.5 million people have been forced to leave thi...
20.3.2019

UNRWA/Core contribution

Finland's core contribution to UNRWA in 2019-2022, a total of 20 million euros (5 million euros annually). UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) is ...
15.3.2019

Support to UNFPA for humanitarian activities in Syria

EUR 1.5 million of this year's humanitarian aid allocation is proposed to be allocated to UNFPA for Syria and cross-border programs. Syria's humanitarian situation continues to be difficult. The nee...
14.3.2019

Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa

The Trust Fund will help to address the crises in the regions of the Sahel and Lake Chad, the Horn of Africa, and the North of Africa. It aims to help foster stability in the regions and to contribute ...
14.3.2019

Fida humanitarian operations in 2019

Fida International is implementing operations in DPRK, syria and DR Congo with MFA funding. The operation in DPRK addresses food insecurity by producing about 5 million kilos of potatos for 152 000 peo...
14.3.2019

Finnish Red Cross humanitarian operations in 2019

MFA supports FRC's disaster response with 500 000 euros in 2019. In the past ten years, FRC has participated in several Red Cross Red Crescent Movement emergency operations through Emergency Response /...
14.3.2019

Higher Education Institutions - Institutional Cooperation Programme 2020-24

The long-term objective of the HEI ICI programme is to strengthen the performance of higher education institutions in the global south and to support their ability to provide well-functioning and acces...
14.3.2019

Humanitarian aid; support to WFP operations in Yemen 2019

Over 80 % of the population in Yemen is in need of humanitarian assistance. Yemen is facing the world's largest food security crisis and 24 million people require humanitarian aid. Over 18 million peop...
14.3.2019

Humanitarian assistance; FinnChurchAid (FCA) operations in 2019

FinnChurchAid FCA is implementing operations in 2019 in Syria, Jordan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Central African Republic CAR. In South Sudan and Myanmar the focus is in pro...
14.3.2019

IFRC and FRC humanitarian operations 2019

Finnish Red Cross FRC is implementing operations with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies IFRC in Syria, Uganda and Niger in 2019. MFA funding for the operations is ...
14.3.2019

International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC/ Finnish Red Cross FRC humanitarian operaions 2019

International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC is implementing operations with Finnish Red Cross in six countries in 2019: South Sudan (2,3 MEUR), Somalia (1,7 MEUR), Syria (2,7 MEUR), Iraq (0,5 MEUR), ...
14.3.2019

Plan International Finland humanitarian operations 2019

Plan International Finland is implementing humanitarian operations with MFA funding in Ethiopia and Nigeria in 2019. In Ethiopia, the overall goal of the project is to contribute to the reduction of ch...
14.3.2019

Save the Children Finland Humanitarian operations 2019

Save the Children Finland is implementing MFA funded operations in Somalia and Yemen in 2019. In Somalia, SCF will support the most vulnerable families in drought and conflict affected IDP camps and ho...
14.3.2019

Support to WFP's humanitarian operation in South Sudan 2019

South Sudan is a fragile state suffering from over five years of conflict.Humanitarian needs have decreased 13 % form last year. There are 2 million IDPs in South Sudan and 7,1 million people in need o...
14.3.2019

WFP Syrian crisis, regional support

The Syrian humanitarian crisis affects a growing number of the country's 21.4 million population. There are 13 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The number of Syrian refugees amounts ...
14.3.2019

World Vision Finland humanitarian assistance to Uganda and Rwanda 2019

World Vision Finland has specialized in disability inclusive humanitarian assistance and is implementing operations in Uganda and Rwanda in 2019 with MFA funding. Both projects aim to construct disabi...
12.3.2019

The Fourth Conference on National Dialogues 2019

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Finn Church Aid and Crisis Management Initiative, will organise the fourth international conference on na...
11.3.2019

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Financial Investment - Concessional Partner Loan

IFAD was established in 1977 as a United Nations special agency to develop and finance programs and projects aiming at improving food security and nutrition and reducing poverty in developing countries...
11.3.2019

Strengthening of impact of multilateral development cooperation

Strengthening of impact of multilateral development cooperation, with specific focus on the UN Reforms is one of the key functions and tasks of the Unit for Sustainable Development and Climate Policy....
8.3.2019

Developing countries' participation to international environmental negotiations and conferences

This support enables experts, officials and civil society representatives from developing countries to participate in international environmental meetings, agreement negotiations and expert seminars. P...
8.3.2019

UN Women Enhance women’s roles in influencing the political process and contribution to peacebuilding

Women are experiencing resistance to their participation in politics in Libya and women are under-represented in political positions. The dominant perceptions of women's limited role in leadership and ...
8.3.2019

Vocational education support in Iraq

The MFA's Unit for the Middle East supports Iraqi authorities' TVET capacity building. The planning phase of the project starts in January 2019, during which the Finnish National Agency for Education (...
5.3.2019

Development cooperation: MFA’s organizational development

The objective is to improve the quality and effectiveness of MFA's internal processes and systems for planning and executing Finland's ODA. The project covers: 1) operational planning and guidance, ...
5.3.2019

Development of the quality and effectiveness of development cooperation

The appropriation aims to support the development of the quality and effectiveness of development cooperation in the Department for Africa and the Middle East.
4.3.2019

UNAMA, Salaam

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan UNAMA, Salam Support Group (SSG) supports the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. The SSG II programme 2019 - 2020 has five main focus...
28.2.2019

Evaluation of country stragies 2019

Unit for Development Evaluation commissions an external evaluation of five country strategies that have not been previously assessed. The fragility of the context is a common feature that sets special ...
15.2.2019

Improving administration and effectiveness of development cooperation

Funds will be used for improving administration and effectiveness of development cooperation by enhancing the competence of staff.
15.2.2019

Institutional cooperation instrument: technical assistance consultancy

The task of the Facilitation consultant is to support Finnish governmental institution with technical assistance in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the Institutional Cooperation Instrume...
8.2.2019

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...
8.2.2019

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. It works closely with UNHCR (United Nations High Comissi...
8.2.2019

Organisational support for UN Association of Finland

The UN Association of Finland (UNA Finland) is a Non-Governmental Organization that promotes and supports the actions and principles of the United Nations. It was founded in 1954. The Association provi...
8.2.2019

Organisational Support for UN Women Finland

Finland National Committee for UN Women is a non-governmental organisation with consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The national committee supports the mi...
8.2.2019

Regional Security and Cooperation Conference - University of California Los Angeles

Support to the Regional Security and Cooperation Conference organised by University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). The conference offers a confidential and informal multilateral forum to discuss the...
28.1.2019

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); 11th Replenishment

IFAD was established in 1977 as a United Nations special agency to develop and finance programs and projects aiming at improving food security and nutrition and reducing poverty in developing countries...
25.1.2019

Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-21

Council of Europe (CoE) Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2021 continues earlier work of CoE in Ukraine (Action Plan 2015-17). Through this action Plan the CoE together with Ukrainian government and other s...
19.12.2018

World Bank; Afganistan Reconstruction Trust Fund

The Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) manages donor contributions for the payment of civil servants' salaries, recurring budgetary expenditures of the Government and priority projects to reb...
16.12.2018

The Local Councils are Ours: TADWEIN

Tackling governance, leadership and political participation from a gender transforming perspective involves considering women as responsible individuals, capable of taking decisions and indispensable f...
14.12.2018

Appraisal of concessional credit projects

Project finances monitoring and evaluation of the Concessional Credit projects as well as the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of projects funded by the Public Sector Investment Facility (PIF) -i...
14.12.2018

Consolidating gains and deepening devolution in Kenya

UNDP administered (in co-ordination with UN Women and UNICEF) support for devolution in Kenya. The aim of the programme is to develop and deepen the results of the constitution mandated devolution proc...
14.12.2018

MYA/Support to the Myanmar Peace Fund - Phase Two

The Myanmar Joint Peace Fund is a joint fund of ten countries and the EU to support Myanmar's efforts to achieve lasting and inclusive peace. The internal conflicts in Myanmar have lasted for over 70 y...
14.12.2018

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

In the year 2018 Finland gives additional funding of 150.000euros to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Co-operation in the Field of Human Rights (VFTC). The total funding for 2018 will th...
13.12.2018

Health and Education Sector Development through Skills and Knowledge Transfer in South Central Somalia

The project aims at improving the capacity of public sector health and education institutions to provide quality services with special focus on vulnerable groups: women, children and youth through skil...
13.12.2018

INT/Global Women Deliver 2019 Conference; support to developing countries' participation and other activities

Women Deliver (WD) is a leading global advocate for health, rights and wellbeing of girls and women, with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights. WD organizes global conference...
13.12.2018

Strengthening Prevention and Response to gender based violence in Kenya

The objective of the bilateral programme is to prevent and reduce gender-based violence (GBV) against women and children in Kenya and to ensure first-response services for victims especially at county ...
13.12.2018

Syrian Voices: Exploring inclusive solutions for peace in Syria by European Institute of Peace (EIP). Phase II, 2016-2018

Project aims at contributing to peace process in Syria by facilitating regular dialogues between relevant national and regional stakeholders and supporting the work of UN Special Envoy. Finland has...
13.12.2018

UN Women Women, Peace and Security in the Arab States - Phase II

UN Women's programme bolsters implementation capacity on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and ensures that the needs and priorities of women and girls affected by conflicts are met and addressed. At...
13.12.2018

UNOPS: Construction of Headquarters for the Immigration & Naturalisation Directorate of the Federal Government of Somalia

The construction of the Headquarters for the Immigration & Naturalisation Directorate (IND) aims at supporting Somalia in developing its administration and strengthening the capacity of its institution...
12.12.2018

Afghanistan; UNDP; Law and Order Trust Fund (LOTFA)

Finland provides financial support to the Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA) established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2002. LOTFA has a new Terms of Reference, an...
12.12.2018

Funding of the Sponsor Funded Staff Programme of Asian Development Bank

With this intervention, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland funds the Sponsor Funded Staff Programme of the Asian Development Bank. The funds cover the secondment of two FInnish experts for two...
12.12.2018

Research, advisory services for the strenghtening of the HRBA in private sector support

Consultancy and research services are provided by Shift (Shift ltd), the leading Centre of Expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The aim is to strengthen the human rights...
11.12.2018

Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF)

The LDCF is a voluntary trust fund established under the UNFCCC, and managed by the GEF, to address the special needs of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) that are especially vulnerable to the adver...
10.12.2018

Energy and Environment Partnership Programme with the Mekong Region

Energy and environment partnership with Mekong region (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam) to improve access and promote more efficient use of renewable energy and energy efficiency of rural househol...
10.12.2018

Facility for Refugees in Turkey

In order to implement the EU-Turkey statement of 2016 the EU and its Member States established a Facility for Refugees in Turkey. The aim of the support is to respond to the humanitarian and developmen...
10.12.2018

MYA/Strenghtening of the Myanmar Peace Process

Myanmar has been suffering from civil wars for the last 70 years. The project aims to contribute to the creation of a more favourable security policy environment by focusing on the previously unresolve...
10.12.2018

No Lost Generation Lebabon: Wellbeing of Syrian children in Lebanon

Around 13 million people are displaced due to Syrian crisis. Lebanon is hosting the highest load of Syrian refugees compared to its size. The country of six million habitants host some 1.5 million Syri...
10.12.2018

Voluntary Quality System for the Sustainable Cold-Water Fish Food Chain

Cold-water fish aquaculture has become a source of livelihood in isolated areas of North Vietnam and in regions, where many ethnic minorities live. On the other hand, cold-water fish aquaculture has es...
5.12.2018

Capacity Building for Responding to Climate Change in Urban Development in Vietnam

Vietnam is one of the countries most affected by the climate change, as storms, floods and droughts become more common. Moreover, fast urban development, especially on coastal areas of Vietnam has intr...
4.12.2018

Community-Led Accelerated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Ethiopia, phase III

COWASH (Community-led Accelerated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ProjectI) increases the availability of safe water and sanitation in rural areas of Ethiopia. The aimed long term impact is to improve th...
4.12.2018

Multi-Partner Fund for Somalia (MPF)

World Bank's Multi-Partner Fund (MPF) supports Somalia's stabilization and peacebuilding by strengthening Somalia's governance and the management of the state's revenues (including taxation), as well a...
4.12.2018

Support of Joint Financing arrangement of IGAD (extension)

Finland has supported Inter-Governmental Authority on Development since its establishment in late 1980s. Between 2011-2014 Finland supported strengthening the institutional and project management capac...
4.12.2018

Support to the Peace Process in Myanmar

Myanmar has been suffering from civil war for the past 70 years. The Finnish Evangelic Lutheran Mission's (FELM) and Euro-Burma Office's (EBO) project aims to support Myanmar in finding a lasting solu...
4.12.2018

UNWOMEN: Leaving no one behind: Women's equal access to justice and inclusive governance

The UN Women implemented project “Leaving no one Behind”, is part of the UNWomen Nepal Country Strategy for the years 2018-2021. The total budget is 4 million euros. The project is divided into two ...
3.12.2018

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...
3.12.2018

Trade and Development / UN Global Compact; Contribution to the Global Compact trust Fund in 2018-2020 (5th contribution)

UN Global Compact (UNGC) is a global corporate leaders’ initiative, launched by the UN Secretary-General in 2000, which aims at transforming the business world to operate, both in developed and develop...
30.11.2018

Evaluation on the Multilateral Policy and Influencing Plans

Over time, Finland has established long-term partnerships with various multilateral organizations. Multilateral organizations include 1) United Nations (UN) development funds, programmes and special or...
30.11.2018

Financial support to the Finnish Environment Institute for preparing the Global Sustainable Development Report

To promote the 2030 Agenda is one of Finland's national priorities both domestically, on EU-level and internationally. The central forum for assessing progress on implementation is the High Level Pol...
29.11.2018

EBRD Syrian Refugee Response Programme

EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) aims at establishing democratic and market economies in transit countries. Finland has contributed to EBRD's SEMED MDA (South-Eastern Mediterr...
29.11.2018

Finland's support to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), 4th contribution

Support (funds-in-trust) to UNDESA project Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to implement articles 72-80 of the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society (World Summit on the Information Society, WSIS). T...
29.11.2018

IDEA MyConstitution

The 2008 Constitution remains one of the key aspects of negotiation within the peace process and future reforms will be necessary to transition from military to democratic rule. Through MyConstitution ...
29.11.2018

TAN/Strengthening accountability

The Strengthening Accountability -project shall aim at supporting Tanzanian civil society in citizen participation and accountability in Tanzania. The project will be implemented by a Tanzanian Non-gov...
27.11.2018

Second phase of biosafety and biosecurity project; prevention of spread of infectious diseases

Biosafety and biosecurity related projects aim at building capacity in developing countries to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. This project aims at preventing unintentional and intentional s...
27.11.2018

UNODC; Sustainable livelihoods and forest governance, phase 2

Myanmar is the second largest opium poppy growing country. Poppy cultivation weakens the environment by increasing deforestation and soil degradation, as well as causing economic and social instability...
26.11.2018

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...
23.11.2018

VÄLIME/Planning and assessment

Planning and developing of the regional development co-operation according to the Strategy for Development Cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa; monitoring and assessing ongoing development ...
21.11.2018

Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilization in Iraq (FFIS), UNDP

Iraq is struggling with a multitude of challenges, needing long-term support by the international community. Security situation is challenging due to presence of ISIL and due to tensions between ethnic...
21.11.2018

INT/International Trade Centre

International Trade Centre (ITC) is a joint international organization created by UNCTAD and WTO and offering trade-related technical assistance. Its mission is to enhance inclusive and sustainable gro...
16.11.2018

Congolese situation; UNHCR; humanitarian assistance to regional operation

The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the world’s most protracted yet forgotten crises. There are 4.5 million IDPs in the country and over 782,000 Congolese refugees in ...
16.11.2018

GEF-7; Global Environment Facility (GEF), 7th Replenishment

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...
16.11.2018

Geological Survey of Finland's support to AGS

Afghanistan has potentially very large mineral resources. The exploitation of these resources in the future would increase the economic growth and positively support the development of the society. Ge...
16.11.2018

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

The conflict caused by radical Islamist group Boko Haram has entered its fifth year in North-Eastern Nigeria and neighboring countries to Nigeria. Acts of violence have forced nearly 2.4 million people...
16.11.2018

UNHCR; humanitarian assistance to the South Sudan regional situation

The civil war in South Sudan has continued since 2013 despite several attempted ceasefires. The number of refugees increased in 2017 as one million people fled the country. This takes the total number ...
15.11.2018

Training programme on development policy and cooperation

Effectiveness and efficiency of development policy and cooperation require that personnel dealing with the related issues has the knowledge and skills needed in each task. The objective of training is...
8.11.2018

Electoral support to Mozambique 2018-2020

The main focus of this project is to improve transparency, credibility and inclusiveness in Mozambique's local and general elections in 2018 and 2019. The project offers training, support and new tools...
8.11.2018

Forest & Farm Facility (second phase)

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), the In...
8.11.2018

Reinvigorated UN Resident Coordinators System; Support to the Trust Fund

Contribution to the implementation of the Reinvigorated United Nations Resident Coordinator System Trust Fund. The Trust Fund is administered by UNDOCO (UN Development Operations Coordination Office). ...
8.11.2018

UNODC, Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries 2016-2019

Finland supports UNODC Regional Programme for Afghanistan & Neighbouring Countries (2016-2019). The Programme promotes cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbors namely Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzs...
6.11.2018

ICRC/FRC humanitarian aid 2018

In 2018 the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC together with the Finnish Red Cross will implement operations in Ethiopia. The amount granted is 870 000 euros. The ICRC supports following...
10.10.2018

Continued support to the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development

Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) is a network of 38 bilateral and multilateral donors, international financing institutions, international organizations and research centers. The n...
10.10.2018

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. The purpose of this evaluation is to generate learning that will help Finland to fur...
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