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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

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

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...

21.6.2017

The Network of Religious and Traditional Peacemakers

Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, as an informal structure, brings together actors from grassroots level religious and traditional peacemakers to international and intergovernmental or...

16.6.2017

Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, AIHRC

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commision is the most important actor in the country in the field of human rights.The structure, duties and mandates of the AIHRC have been defined in a special...

16.6.2017

African Tax Administration Forum - ATAF

African Tax Administration Forum - ATAF (http://www.ataftax.net/en/) is an organisation of Tax Administrations of 38 African countries. It was established in 2009 to promote efficient and effective ta...

16.6.2017

OECD Tax and Development Programme

OECD started in 2013 a large international project to prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) BEPS-package (http://www.oecd.org/tax/beps/) was finalized in 2015 (autumn). The Inclusive Framewor...

15.6.2017

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

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

15.6.2017

International Crisis Group (ICG)

International Crisis Group is generally recognized as the world’s leading independent non-partisan source of analysis and advice to policymakers on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict. The...

15.6.2017

Promotion of Good Governance to Strengthen Integrity and Accountability in Kenya

The objective of the Programme is: service delivery at the national and county level is improved according to principles of good governance (incorruptibility, fairness, efficiency).In order to achieve ...

13.6.2017

Evaluation of Business with Impact (BEAM)-programme

The aim of BEAM, the joint programme of Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation – and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, is to assist Finnish enterprises and other actors in addressing global ...

12.6.2017

Support of Finland to Control Arms

In developing countries, especially in Africa, regional and local conflicts hamper development. Illegal and uncontrolled flows of arms negatively impact security and stability on regional and local lev...

12.6.2017

UNDP's 5. National Evaluation Capacity Conference (NEC5)

The NEC Conference series is part of UNDP/IEO strategy to support the development of national evaluation capacity, but distinguishes itself in that it focuses on supporting the governments with which U...

9.6.2017

INT/UNIDO's trust fund for strengthening of the trade capacity of deve

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a UN specialized agency that promotes inclusive and sustainable industrial development particularly in developing countries. The Organi...

9.6.2017

Project planning Yangon 2017

Implementing development cooperation in Myanmar requires the identification and preparation of new projects as well as managing, monitoring and evaluating ongoing projects. An important part of the Emb...

8.6.2017

INT/Annual payment to the United nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimens...

8.6.2017

Marie Stopes International

The integrated Reproductive and Maternal Health project will improve the availability, accessibility, quality and acceptability of sexual and reproductive health information and services for vulnerable...

8.6.2017

Support to Finnish Water Forum

The Finnish Water Forum (FWF) brings together different actors in the water sector, promotes them and makes them better known in the international markets. FWF enhances the collaboration of public and ...

30.5.2017

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,...

29.5.2017

Finn Church Aid/Providing access to justice and gender sensitive legal awareness at grass roots level in Liberia

The overall objective of the action is to contribute to the development of local legislation and support the respect of the fundamental human rights of the most vulnerable prisoners in Liberia. The spe...

23.5.2017

Annual payment to the Montreal Protocol Ozone Fund

The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer was opened for signature in 1987. It contains legally binding agreements that aim to reduce the production, consumption and trade of ozo...

22.5.2017

Implementing the 10YFP Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme through the 10YFP Trust Fund

The New Urban Agenda(NUA) was approved in the Habitat III conference in 2016. Finland has a high profile in the 10YFP programme on sustainable consumption and production and especially its subprogramme...

12.5.2017

Dialogue Process on Interim Stabilization Measures in Syria

Project facilitates dialogue between Syrian conflict actors on interim stabilization measures. Duration and overall costs: 18 months/approx. 970,000€

12.5.2017

Ministry for Foreing Affairs of Finlands accession as member of U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center serves its partner agencies and the needs of the member countries development personnel in anti-corruption work. U4 provides counseling services, research and materia...

11.5.2017

OHCHR; Support to the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

Rights of persons with disabilities are a priority area within the Finnish human rights and development policies. Finland supports the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with di...

8.5.2017

MOPAN

Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network MOPAN was created in 2002 as a network of donor countries with a common interest to monitor and assess the work and performance of Multilateral ...

8.5.2017

Partnership for Action on Green Economy PAGE

This partnership project by five UN agencies - UNEP, UNDP, UNITAR, UNIDO and ILO - aims at helping countries to achieve equitable and sustainable transformation of national economic structures. This tr...

28.4.2017

INT/NGO Preparation and evaluations, seminars

Unit for Civil Society; planning, evaluation and follow-up of NGOs

28.4.2017

THL- NAPSA Partneship

The Project is an Institutional cooperation between Finnish National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) and Zambian National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA). The overall approach of the Projec...

27.4.2017

UEF-UNEP Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

UEF-UNEP Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements aims at broadening the participants’ professional perspective as well as increasing interaction between participants with different professional...

26.4.2017

Capacity building project for innovative start-up enterprises in developing countries

The project develops the capacity of innovative start-up enterprises in developing countries in order to improve business and competitiveness and attract equity investors. The project organizes open na...

21.4.2017

INT/UN Desertification Convention; Finland's assessed contribution

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) which entered into force in 1996 is a legally binding international agreement combining sustainable land use, environment and development issues. UNC...

21.4.2017

UNICEF/Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action

The project improves the situation of people with disabilities in humanitarian crises by providing guidance by UNICEF on the project: The IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Hu...

12.4.2017

Communications about Agenda 2030

The Unit for Development Communications at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for clear, reliable and transparent public authority communications in development policy and development coop...

12.4.2017

Communications with citizens and events

The realisation of Finland’s development policy goals rests on citizens’ and stakeholders’ support on principle. The Unit for Development Communications carries out communications projects and produces...

12.4.2017

Communications with stakeholders

The realisation of Finland’s development policy goals rests on citizens’ and stakeholders’ support on principle. The aim of communications is to bring forward the expertise and experience of people wor...

12.4.2017

Global education

The realisation of Finland’s development policy goals rests on citizens’ and stakeholders’ support on principle. Long-term support for global education creates a foundation for Finnish attitudes toward...

12.4.2017

Kehitys-Utveckling magazine

The realisation of Finland’s development policy goals rests on citizens’ and stakeholders’ support on principle. The Unit for Development Communications at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsib...

12.4.2017

Media cooperation

The Unit for Development Communications at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for clear, reliable and transparent public authority communications in development policy and development coop...

12.4.2017

Online communications

The Unit for Development Communications at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for clear, reliable and transparent public authority communications in development policy and development coop...

12.4.2017

Publications

The Unit for Development Communications at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for clear, reliable and transparent public authority communications in development policy and development coop...

7.4.2017

Developing countries' participation to international environmental negotiations and conferences

This support enables experts and officials from developing countries to participate in international environmental meetings, agreement negotiations and expert seminars. Participation of experts and off...

5.4.2017

VIET/Project preparation and monitoring in Vietnam

The implementation of development policy programme in Vietnam has been delegated to the country level to the Embassy of Finland in Hanoi. This includes for example identification, planning, monitoring ...

4.4.2017

Project monitoring of the Unit for Eastern Asia and Oceania

Project monitoring funds of the Unit for Eastern Asia and Oceania (ASA-10) are used for development cooperation project evaluation and monitoring, including final evaluations, audits, reviews and asses...

30.3.2017

Finnish Red Cross

Building urban resilience in Southeast Asia - Cambodia. The project aims at improving the disaster preparedness and resilience of Cambodian communities -especially school environments- through capacity...

30.3.2017

Finnish Red Cross

Increasing Community Based Disaster Preparedness capacities in rural DPRK . The project aims at improving the disaster preparedness and resilience of North Korean communities to deal with floods and d...

30.3.2017

Finnish Red Cross

Improving preparedness for response capacity towards multi-hazard risks in Ulaanbaatar urban areas. The project aims at improving the disaster preparedness and resilience of Mongolian communities thro...

28.3.2017

Support to President Halonen's development policy related activities

President Halonen leads and is a member of many international organizations and networks that work with sustainable development, human rights, gender equality, the status of women and girls, sexual and...

24.3.2017

Development Cooperation Planning Funds for Somalia

Finland supports Somalia through development cooperation. The bilateral cooperation in Somalia is guided by Finland's Development Cooperation in Somalia 2017–2020 document. It focuses particularly on s...

24.3.2017

Somaliland Health Sector Support (MIDA Finnsom IV)

IOM MIDA Finnsom IV project focuses on contributing to improved health outcomes in Somaliland, and particularly its remote regions. To achieve this, the project supports the capacity of public sector i...

24.3.2017

UNFPA Somalia Wellbeing of Women and Girls

Support to the UN Population Fund's (UNFPA) country programme continues Finland's strong contribution for the development of Somalia's reproductive, maternal and child health care services. UNFPA h...

21.3.2017

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 1966. Support to UNIDO is 100% ODA. In ...

14.3.2017

Save the Children Finland, Empowering Communities to Scale Interventions for Good Nutrition

The overall objective of this Save the Children Finland project is the reduction of maternal and child under nutrition at household level in the Province of the Copperbelt. This will improve the nutrit...

14.3.2017

Save the Children Finland, Prevention, protection and promoting the rights of the children

The overall objective of this project of Save the Children Finland is to secure the safety and future prospects of internally displaced children and their families in Telangana state, India. Thus prov...

13.3.2017

Finn Church Aid, humanitarian assistance

Finn Church Aid receives funding for six operations in 2017: Syria 300 000 euros, Central African Republic 575 000 euros, Myanmar 500 000 euros, Uganda 600 000 euros, South Sudan 525 000 euros, Somalia...

13.3.2017

Humanitarian assistance; Plan Finland

Plan International Finland has two on-going operations funded byt the MFA: Jordan 245 000 euros and Ethiopia 755 000 euros. Jordan operation's main goals are to offer 1) level early childhood developm...

13.3.2017

Humanitarian assistance; Save the Children Finland

The Save the Children operations 2017 will be implemented in Iraq and Somalia. Save the Children will assist the most vulnerable families, with special focus on the well-being of children in 14 IDP ca...

13.3.2017

ICRC, Finnish Red Cross

In 2017 the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC together with the Finnish Red Cross will implement operations in Syria, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, South Sudan and Somalia. The amount granted...

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