Objectives monitored by OECD


15.10.2014

Western Balkans/Support to the Regional Cooperation Council RCC

RCC (Regional Cooperation Council) supports the political and economic development, mutual cooperation and euro-atlantic integration of the South-East European countries. Finland has participated in th...
10.10.2014

IDA-17 (The Seventeenth Replenishment of the International Development Association ,IDA)

The evolving development landscape is characterized by increased foreign direct investment (FDI) and other private flows, strong growth in low- (LIC) and middle-income (MIC) countries, and new patterns...
8.10.2014

EBRD-Ukraine Stabilisation and Sustainable Growth Multi-Donor Account

The creation of the EBRD-Ukraine Stabilisation and Sustainable Growth Multi-Donor Account in July 2014 is an integral part of the Bank’s operational approach towards Ukraine. In light of the economic a...
3.10.2014

Programme planning, Sub-Saharan Africa

Allocation for Regional Programme Planning will be used for project preparation, conducting of studies, seminar arrangements, travel costs related to prgramme monitoring and sectoral seminars. The fun...
3.10.2014

THL/Social Sphere Capacity Building

The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has planne with Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Social Affairs a project of the social sector, in which the capacity of the civil servants of the Ministry a...
1.10.2014

Africa's regional programme planning

Africa's regional cooperation focuses on supporting African organisations and initiatives. The preparating funds will be used for project preparation and other relevant planning activities.
29.9.2014

Support to Justice Rapid Response Facility

Justice Rapid Response (JRR) is an international, intergovernmental facity aimed at enhancing the capacity of the international community to ensure accountability for the most serious international cri...
26.9.2014

Project preparation in Asian countries

Preparation of projects in South Asia
26.9.2014

Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)

The Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) was established in response to guidance received from the seventh session of the UNFCCC COP in Marrakech in 2001. Like the Least Developed Countries Fund, the SCC...
26.9.2014

UNFPA/Vuosiavustus

-Contribution to UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) regular resources. The goals of UNFPA are the achievement of universal access to sexual and reproductive health, the reducton of maternal mortali...
24.9.2014

Evaluation on humanitarian mine action

Finland has supported humanitarian mine action since 1991 with altogether 93 million Euros. Finland has supported humanitarian mine action through UN organisations and Finnish and international non-gov...
24.9.2014

INT/Planning and monitoring of multilateral aid for trade

The objective is to Improve the efficiency and effectivenss of Finnish multilateral aid for trade. This calls for active participation in guiding, planning and monitoring of the work that multilateral ...
19.9.2014

UNHCR/Strengthening protection of persons with disabilities in forced displacement

The general goal of the project is to facilitate the global implementation of UNHCR's guidance on disability. The project especially aims to strengthen the protection of persons with disabilities in si...
16.9.2014

Project preparation in Mekong

The funds are dedicated for the Finnish Embassy in Bangkok to perform identification, preparation, monitoring and steering, and evaluation of development cooperation interventions, as well as other tas...
4.9.2014

EU - Supporting Sustainable and Inclusive Social Protection Systems (EU/SPS-Programme)

The extension of Social Protection Floors to cover all girls, boys, women and men is one of the most effective ways to eradicate extreme poverty, to reduce social and gender inequalities and to guarant...
4.9.2014

Global Environment Facility (GEF); 6th 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...
4.9.2014

Support for the Unit of Int. Environmental Policy

The year 2014 is significant in the two focal processes of creating the global agenda: climate negotiations and preparing a post-2015 Development Agenda. The usage of the allocated funds focuses on th...
28.8.2014

DECIDE Project - Disability Empowerment, Participation and Dialogue

The project supports the capacity building of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and public authorities to take better into account the rights of persons with disabilities. The project works in Mor...
28.8.2014

INT/Core funding to Women's World Banking (WWB) 2014-2016

Women's World Banking (WWB) is an international non-governmental organization that coordinates the global network of 39 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 28 countries. The WWB advances poor women's a...
28.8.2014

Project preparation in Central and South America

Preparation of Projects in Central and South America
27.8.2014

UNHCR/humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Humanitarian aid to Ukraine via UNHCR, the UN agency responsible for refugees. The United Nations and the government of Ukraine published, on 14 August, a joint Preliminary Response Plan, which aims at...
27.8.2014

WHO; Ebola Outbreak Immediate Response in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone)

Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in Western Africa calls for immediate response interventions to be implemented in the affected countries Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, in order not to become a globa...
26.8.2014

Support to EOM to Mozambique

Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Mozambique will take place in October 2014. EU funds are not enough to cover the costs of an electoral observation mission due to other more pressing priorit...
25.8.2014

Immediate Measures Package

The Council of Europe has planned with the Ukrainian government a project to support high-speed start-up of the reform efforts, and cover the cap that is left between the current situation and the futu...
18.8.2014

Humanitarian assistance; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; Finnish Red Cross

Ebola epidemic is the most widespread (mortality rate, geographics) than ever occured before. Over thousand people has been killed and almost 2000 has been affected. Ebola started from Guinea and it i...
18.8.2014

UN Women/core funding

Voluntary core support 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 existing UN ...
6.8.2014

Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR)/ Promoting effective implementation of ESR in development policy and practice

CESR will focus on 3 key contexts: 1: The unprecedented opening for civil society to help shape the design and implementation of the new global development agenda to replace the MDGs in 2015. CESR´s p...
6.8.2014

European Disability Forum & International Disability Alliance/ Meaningful inclusion of persons with disabilities in int. development

IDA is a network representing members that are organisations of persons with disabilities. IDA’s unique composition as a network of international persons with disabilities’ organisations allows it to a...
6.8.2014

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

The ICJ’s mission is to promote and protect human rights through the rule of law and the effective and fair administration of justice. To achieve its mission, the ICJ developed a strategic plan focuse...
6.8.2014

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)/Strenghthening national human rights defenders and NGOs capacity to promote positive change

Project: Strengthening national human rights defenders and NGOs' capacity to promote positive change at a national level in Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the Americas The development goals...
6.8.2014

LGBTI Rights project & project for ending impunity in Latin America

PEN International is seeking support for its program on LGBTI rights; pilot project will build awareness throughout the international literary community of the threat that homophobia poses to writers a...
6.8.2014

Minority Rights Group International (MRG)/ Promoting the Inclusion of Marginalized Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014-2016

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is a non-governmental organisation with over 40 years of experience of working to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigeno...
6.8.2014

Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)

Transparency International (TI) is the leading, global NGO working against corruption and has succeeded in placing and maintaining corruption on the international agenda while developing the tools to a...
6.8.2014

World YWCA/Enabling Economic Empowerment and Justice for Women in Conflict and Post Conflict Countries

World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA) is a global network of women leading social and economic change in over 120 countries worldwide. World YWCA advocates for peace, justice, human ri...
5.8.2014

International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA)

The application, under the heading ‘Human Rights, Democracy and Empowerment’ resonates with the Cross-cutting objectives ‘Elimination of discrimination’ and ‘Greater openness and inclusion’ of the Huma...
5.8.2014

International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)

ESCR-Net connects 214 NGOs and grassroots groups and 46 advocates across 70 countries, working together “to build a global movement to make human rights and social justice a reality for all.” Led by Me...
29.7.2014

Humanitarian assistance; Fida International

Fida International together with the partner Pentecostal Churches of Uganda is helping 4080 refugees from South Sudan in Adjumani region in Uganda. Support is especially directed to the most vulnerable...
29.7.2014

Åbo Akademi, Human Rights training

Participation, of approximately ten Ph.D. students and scholars from developing countries, to the professional training organized by the grant recipient is supported by the discretionary government g...
28.7.2014

Humanitarian assistance; Finn Church Aid

On the 8th of July Israel started air strike towards the Palestinian territory in Gaza. So far (28.7.2014) 999 Palestinias have been killed and 6233 injured. 76 % of the victims are civilians. Homes of...
28.7.2014

Somali Joint Health and Nutrition Programme (JHNP)

In September 2013, Finland joined the international partners in support of the reconstruction of Somalia. The New Deal Compact for Somalia lays the foundation for Finland's commitment in Somalia. T...
24.7.2014

Programme planning

The strategy for bilateral development cooperation between Finland and Tanzania concentrates on three main clusters: 1) Good governance and basic service delivery, 2) sustainable land and natural resou...
23.7.2014

UN Action on Sexual Violence in Conflict

The aim of the project is to elevate sexual violence as a core peace and security challenge. The project is aimed at fragile states: Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Liberia, Central African Republic and t...
22.7.2014

Humanitarian assistance through UNRWA to Gaza

Escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine has been building up frome early June 2014. UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees UNRWA declared emergency in the Gaza Strip on 8 July 20...
21.7.2014

AgriCord; Farmers Fighting Poverty

AgriCord is the network of "agri-agencies", non-governmental organisations for development cooperation. AgriCord and agri-agencies provide support to farmers' organisations in developing countries, cov...
21.7.2014

CIVICUS; The Big Development DataShift

The Big Development DataShift is an ambitious, multi-stakeholder initiative to leverage the potential of new technologies for more creative and effective social accountability. It brings citizen voice ...
21.7.2014

CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE); Civil Society Continuing Campaign on Effective Development

The CPDE is an open platform that unites CSOs from around the world on the issue of development effectiveness, in particular in the context of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperatio...
21.7.2014

Financial Transparency Coalition; Support for International Non-governmental Organisations (INGOs)

FTC convenes civil society organisations, experts and governments from more than 150 countries. FTC seeks to increase financing for development through the curtailment of illicit financial flows. FTC a...
21.7.2014

High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development (HLTF-ICPD)

The High-Level Task Force for the International Conference for Population and Development (ICPD) is mandated as an independent body to provide an authoritative, progressive voice for advancing three pi...
21.7.2014

International Alert; Improving Peacebuilding Practice

International Alert (Alert), which is one of the world's leading peacebuilding organisations, focuses on bridging the gap between polycy and practice and how it translates into peace on the ground. Ale...
21.7.2014

Interpeace

Interpeace is an internationally recognised organisation that supports peacebuilding in fragile and conflict affected states to help improve their overall development outcomes. Interpeace’s proven appr...
21.7.2014

Oxfam, Mobilising Progressive Domestic Resources for Quality Public Services

Oxfam is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation which is part of a confederation of 17 organisations working together in more than 90 countries to mobilize the power of people against poverty. "M...
18.7.2014

People Participation in Improvement of Forestry Governance and Poverty Alleviation in Vietnam/ ActionAid

The project "People Participation in Improvement of Forestry Governance and Poverty Alleviation in Vietnam (PPFG – Vietnam)" aims to create an open and interactive space for people from grassroots com...
18.7.2014

Promoting secure environment by reducing armed violence - Operationalizing Arms Trade Tready

In many developing countries violence conducted by small arms and light weapons is an obstacle for sustainable development and slows down the implementation of basic human rights. The focus of the proj...
18.7.2014

Supporting the Arms Trade Treaty: Improving Controls to Reduce Armed Violence in Latin America

The main development result is to "Decrease levels of development-debilitating violence in Latin America by reducing the quantity of small arms and light weapons circulating illegally in the region and...
17.7.2014

Biosafety and biosecurity/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...
17.7.2014

Public Finance Management Reform

Development of Public finance management through administrative supervision by World Bank, basket funding from various donors. Finland has previously supported Pemfa -project in Zambia. The achievement...
17.7.2014

Public Financial Management Reform Programme in Tanzania

Public Financial Management Reform Program in Tanzania aims at supporting sustainable economic development by strengthening country’s public financial management. Through it the provision of public ser...
11.7.2014

Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been funding the Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreement that has been organized by the University of Eastern Finland in collaboration with UNEP since ...
11.7.2014

INT/UN Desertification Convention; Finland's assessed contribution

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is known as one of the ‘Rio Conventions’ along with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity...
10.7.2014

INT/Nordic influence in Multilateral Organizations - a comparative eva

The joint evaluation study will examine how the Nordic countries influence the effectiveness of the development banks via the governing boards.
4.7.2014

INT/Finland's annual payment to the UN Human Settlements Programme

Finland seeks to support UN Habitat in the carrying out its mandate and especially its normative functions. A key objective of Habitat's activities is the attaintment of the MDG concerning slums.
3.7.2014

INT/IDEA

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. International IDEA’s mission ...
2.7.2014

EU Pegase-mechanism

PEGASE is EU’s main mechanism to support Palestinian state building and the implementation of the Palestine National Development Plan. Through Pegase the EU Commission and donors generate Direct Finan...
2.7.2014

UNESCO; Enhancing Life and Work Skills for Youth in Lebanon Affected by Syria Crisis

The project focuses on the development of skills for life and work through the implementation of curricula and teaching and learning Modules/Learning Packages on “Life and Work Skills for Youth” in dif...
30.6.2014

INGO/International union of forest research organizations (IUFRO)

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) has a recognized status as an advocate for the international cooperation in forest research and as an educator of research institutions ...
30.6.2014

Oxfam Women’s Access to Justice in the Middle East and North African (MENA) Region

The project will target poor and vulnerable women, including Syrian refugees, in enhancing their legal protection. The project covers refugee-receiving countries (Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan) and i...
30.6.2014

Protection of Syrian Refugee Women and other Vulnerable Women in Northern Iraq

The project will establish a women's community center (Women's Community Center, WCC) in Dohuk, Iraq. Of the Syrian refugess in Iraq, 97% reside in the Kurdistan Region and 63% of these are women and c...
30.6.2014

Support for Earth Negotiations Bulletin

The mission of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) established in 1990 is to promote sustainable development in decision-making. The IISD contributes new knowledge and concep...
27.6.2014

Promoting International Development Through Inclusivity, Partnership and Knowledge

The International Peace Institute is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of conflicts between and within states by strengthening...
27.6.2014

Support to women's political participation in Tanzania

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...
27.6.2014

The Peace Initiative in Bay and Bakool

Overall objective: to contribute to enhanced political stability in Bay and Bakool Specific objective: Local and regional mediation and conflict resolution mechanisms are strengthened, reducin the num...
26.6.2014

Farmers' Clubs for wealth creation among smallholder farmers in Mozambique

Farmers' Club initiatives of ADPP will be supported in two provinces; Sofala and Zambézia in 2014-2018. The programme intends to have an effect on reducing poverty through increasing the productivity o...
26.6.2014

INT/NGO Preparation and evaluations, seminars

Planning, evaluation and follow-up of NGOs
26.6.2014

JPO/UNV Programme

Through the JPO/UNV Programme young finnish professionals are recruited as Junior Professional Officers (JPO) or UN Volunteers (UNV) to work with international organizations worldwide. Junior Profess...
26.6.2014

Marine resarch ICI project

The Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has since 2012 implemented an Institutional Cooperation Instrument (ICI) Project on marine research (Marinam) with Namibian National Marine Information and Resear...
23.6.2014

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

ICTSD supports sustainable development in multilateral trade issues by dialogue, networking, research and capacity building. One specific objective is to support non-state actors participation in proce...
23.6.2014

IRAQ/Emergency assistance programme,WFP

Supprt through WFP to Iraq emengency food assistance for Iraqi IDPs. About 500 000 have been displaced by the fighting of ISIL in and around Mosul, second largest city os Iraq. The number of displaced ...
19.6.2014

Education Sector Support V

Sector support through a joint financing arrangement for the implementation of the Education Development Strategic Plan 2014 - 2018 of the Ministry of Education of the Palestinian Authority. In additio...
19.6.2014

UNITAR/Strenghtening Regional Capacities for Peace

United Nations organisation, Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) implements in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan) with various ministries a projcet “St...
19.6.2014

WFP, Central African Republic

Central African Republic is one of the poorest states in the world and need for humanitarian assistance has enhanced after the coup in March 2013. Fights between Seleka and anti-Balaka and attacks agai...
16.6.2014

Humanitarian assistance; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; Finnish Red Cross

Finland spports with 400 000 euro the victims of Serbia and Bosnia and Hertzegovina floods. Support is directed to International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Support is channeled...
13.6.2014

Humanitarian assistance; Finn Church Aid

The already critical humanitarian situation in South Sudan deteriorated substantially on the 15th of December 2013 because of the domestic policy conflict. During the last five months hunreds of thousa...
13.6.2014

Humanitarian assistance; International Committee of the Red Cross; Finnish Red Cross

The ICRC support is targeted to the victims of the armed conflict and for IDPs. Conflict has caused an acute humanitarian need in the basic services and in protection. In the need for humanitarian assi...
13.6.2014

Programme on Promoting Sustainable Development - Capacity building for developing countries and dialogue between Finland and South Centre

The South Centre is the inter-governmental think tank set up by the developing countries’ governments in 1995 .This programme reflects the desire for higher and stronger cooperation between Finland an...
12.6.2014

Humanitarian assistance; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; Finnish Red Cross

Conflict broke out on the 15th of December 2013 in South Sudan. According to UN about 4.9 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Only 23 % of the population has an access to clean water...
10.6.2014

Evaluation of inclusive education in Finland's development cooperation

Finland has promoted human rights and enhanced the rights and possibilities of persons with disabilities since the mid 1990’s. Education has also been one of Finland’s priority sectors in development c...
10.6.2014

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, materials and traini...
10.6.2014

Trade and Development / UN Global Compact; Contribution to the Global Compact trust Fund in 2014

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...
10.6.2014

UNESCO Enhancing Literacy in Afghanistan (ELA Phase III)

UNESCO Programme for Enhancing of Literacy in Afghanistan (ELA) is a national programme that aims to improve the level of literacy, numeracy and vocational skills of the adult population in all 34 prov...
6.6.2014

INT/Consultancy services

To give sector support services to the unit of sector policy in health, population and social sector as well as in forestry and environmental cooperation.
6.6.2014

Toimialakohtainen kehittämistyö

Development of sector policies, new instruments and methodology; support to expert work and seminars; support to the auditing of and training on the use of local cooperation funds; support to quality a...
2.6.2014

Humanitarian food assistance/WFP

Humanitarian food assistance to South Sudan. By the August 2014 there is an estimation that 4 million people are food insecure in South Sudan. About 1,3 million people are displaced because of the conf...
2.6.2014

Unesco

UNESCO is known as the "intellectual" agency of the United Nations. UNESCO's mandate is to build peace and sustainable development, deminish poverty and confirm human rights through education, culture ...
28.5.2014

INT/Nordic Africa Institute

The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) is a research institution tasked to undertake and encourage studies on contemporary African or Africa-related issues by scholars in mainly the Nordic and African count...
22.5.2014

EBRD's ETC Fund and Multi-Donor Cooperation

EBRD founded the ETC fund (Early Transition Countries Fund) in 2004 for the poorest countries in the Union of Independent States. The activities have now been spread to 9 countries in Eastern Europe, C...
22.5.2014

Gender Responsive Climate Change Initiatives and Decision-making

The effects of climate change are felt strongest by the poorest and the most vulnerable, of whom a majority is women. In 2007, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the United Nati...
22.5.2014

INT/WIDER-Institute

Research of the global development issues, obligations of the Host Government Agreement and support for the research work. The UN General Assembly formally adopted the Charter of the UNU in 1973. The ...
21.5.2014

Development of a Coordinated and Integrated Permitting System

The aim of the ICI Project by Department for Environmental Affairs (DEA) in South Africa and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) is to improve DEA' s capacity to harmonise and integrate environmen...
14.5.2014

Western Balkans/Planning and evaluation of Western Balkans projects

Finland's Development Policy Framework Programme for the Western Balkans (2009-2013) has been completed. Finnish supported development cooperation will continue only in Kosovo. The ongoing projects in...
13.5.2014

ESCWA National Agenda for the Future of Syria

The project by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) focuses on assessing the damage caused by the Syrian crisis and it aims to begin the process to establish a common understandi...
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