Objectives monitored by OECD


1.12.2014

UN Forum on Forests (UNFF)

The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), a subsidiary body to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, was established in 2000. The Forum has universal membership, and is composed of a...
28.11.2014

Voluntary support to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) through the Secretariat

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is a legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management. The Convention aims to comba...
27.11.2014

Improving the electric power supply reliability in Dar es Salaam

The objective of the project is to support sustainable economic and social development in Tanzania by strengthening the power distribution network in Dar es Salaam through rehabilitation and provision ...
27.11.2014

INT/Form of cultural and media co-operation; second application round in 2014

Cultural projects for which development cooperation funds are used promote the general objectives of Finland's Development Policy Programme. Cultural cooperation projects supplement the array of tools ...
27.11.2014

Partnership Agreement Scheme/The Free Church Federation in Finland

Funding of the Free Church Federation's development work through a Partnership Agreement Scheme. Since 1995 FS had a framework agreement with the MFA regarding development aid which at the end of year ...
25.11.2014

African Tax Administration Forum - ATAF

African Tax Administration Forum - ATAF (http://www.ataftax.net/en/) is an organisation of Tax Administrations of 36 African countries which was established in 2009 to promote efficient and effective ...
25.11.2014

Capacity building between MTT and University of Sfax on food production and security

The institutional capacity-building project between the MTT Agrifood Research Finland and the National Engineering School of the University of Sfax (ENIS) aims to improve the food security of Tunisia b...
24.11.2014

HAUS/Participatory Democracy, Open Governance & Efficient eGovernment Services (PADOS) in EU Eastern Partnership Countries

The project Participatory democracy, open governance and efficient e-governament services (PADOS) is implemented in the six EU Easter Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,...
18.11.2014

World Humanitarian Summit; support to civil society participation in the regional consultation

Finland's support to ODA eligible civil society participation in the EEG and WEOG regional consultation to be held in Budapest, February 2015, in preparation of the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in 2...
13.11.2014

UNRISD - Linking Social Protection and Human Rights - Web platform on case law

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) develops a web platform, titled "Linking Social Protection and Human Rights", that provides both a space to convene leading thinker...
10.11.2014

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

On July 1, 2006, the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), which will cancel the International Development Association (IDA) debt of some of the world’s poorest countries, will take effect. Und...
10.11.2014

Promotion of Good Governance to Strengthen Integrity and Accountability in Kenya 2015 – 2016

Objective of the programme implemented by GIZ in Kenya is: Corruption and abuse of power within public administration are combatted more effectively by state and non-state actors. In order to achieve t...
7.11.2014

UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (VFTV)

Core support to United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (UNVFTV). The fund provides grants to non-governmental actors, including non-governmental organisations, that submit projects involv...
7.11.2014

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Co-operation in the Field of Human Rights (VFTC).

Core support to United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Co-operation in the Field of Human Rights (VFTC). Through the fund most of OHCHR's support at the country level as well as regional level hum...
6.11.2014

Voluntary funds of the chemicals and waste conventions

The Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions are individual environmental conventions which share the common objective to protect human health and environment against the adverse effects of hazard wa...
4.11.2014

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

UNEP is the leading environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda. UNEP has been strengthened after the Rio+20 conference including its coordinating role in the UN system on enviro...
4.11.2014

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...
3.11.2014

Support to Zambia National Farmers' Union, Core Support Programme Phase II

Finland has supported Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) under the Core Support Programme (CSP I) through the years 2009-13 and the next phase (CSP II, 7,692 Million Euro) will cover years 2014-201...
31.10.2014

Andean regional biodiversity programme BioCAN

This Regional Biodiversity Programme in the Andean Community is based on the achievements of the Environmental Project in Peru (BIODAMAZ). The Programme is implemented in the Andean Community countries...
31.10.2014

Global Equality Fund (GEF); Supporting LGBTI rights particularly in Africa

LGBTI people and groups are in a vulnurable situation and face discrimination in many parts of the world. Finland's human rights policy aims at promoting and defending universal human rights of the LGB...
30.10.2014

Policy Research to Demonstrate the Personal Impact of Illicit Financial Flows

Finland is financing policy research to demonstrate the personal impact of illicit financial flows (IFF) to Global Financial Integrity (GFI). The study consists of four elements: (i) Update on the anal...
28.10.2014

ETI/Kehitysyhteistyön suunnittelu

The purpose of the intervention is to use the funds for planning, monitoring and evaluation of the development co-operation programs in Ethiopia.. The purpose of allocated funds is to guarantee adequat...
27.10.2014

OCHA/UNEP (JEU): Strengthening environment in humanitarian aciton

The project builds on the main findings of the JEU report “Environment and Humanitarian Action: Increasing Effectiveness, Sustainability and Accountability”. The projecty will include three evidence-b...
24.10.2014

Project planning and evaluation

Wider European Initiative includes development cooperation projects in Eastern European, Southern Caucasian and Central Asian countries.
24.10.2014

REG/Planning and monitoring of the regional projects

Funds for Project Planning are used for preparation of new and ongoing projects, appraisals, evaluations etc. These funds can also be used for Ministry's and Embassies' education and travel expences co...
21.10.2014

Central African Repulic and the neighbouring countries; Humanitarian Assistance via UNICEF

Cenral African Republic is going through the most difficult political and humanitarian crisis in its history. UN estimation is that about one million people have been forced to leave their homes and ou...
21.10.2014

Humanitarian aid to Western Africa, FAO

In the West Africa and Sahel region, millions of vulnerable people who depend on the production, marketing and consumption of crops, livestock, fish, forests and other natural resources are confronted ...
21.10.2014

Humanitarian aid; WFP

Support to World Food Programme operations in Afghanistan including food aid and support to humanitarian logistical special operations. Humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are massive orginating from pov...
21.10.2014

Humanitarian assistance through WHO to Syria

Humanitarian assistance through WHO to Syria. WHO's main activities include improving access to basic primary health care and to medicines and medical supplies and strengthening disease surveillance.
21.10.2014

Humanitarian assistance, WFP; CAR regional

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...
21.10.2014

Support to Somalia Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF)

Support to the Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) of Somalia, administered by OCHA.
21.10.2014

Support to the UN Trust Fund on Ebola Response (Multi Party Trust Fund, MPTF)

Finnish support to the United Nations Response to the Ebola Outbreak to unite efforts of all concerned UN Entities and act as a platform for the global control of the Ebola Outbreak. Recipient Organiza...
21.10.2014

UNHCR, humanitarian assistance to the country operation in Chad

The UNHCR country operation in Chad has expanded rapidly due to the deteriorated humanitarian situation in the neighbouring countries, which has increased the amount of refugees in Chad to nearly half ...
21.10.2014

UNRWA/humanitarian assistance to the Syria regional crisis response

Humanitarian aid to the victims of the war in Syria through the United Nations Relief and Work Agency. Of the around half a million Palestine refugees who lived in Syria before the war, every second ha...
21.10.2014

Yemen/WHO Humanitarian aid to the victims of the crisis

Humanitarian aid to the victims of the crisis through WHO.
16.10.2014

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

Fightings in the summer 2014 in Gaza were strong and according to UN estimation over 2100 person died of which 1473 were civilians. About 450 000 persons left their home. 18 000 houses were destroyed o...
16.10.2014

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

Support to IFRC via SPR against Ebola epidemic (920 000), Syria (200 000) and Central African Republic (500 000), total 1 620 000.
16.10.2014

Support to Building of a Sustainable Mineral Sector and Facilitating Responsible Use of Mineral Resources in Namibia

The ICI Project (Institutional Cooperation Instrument for cooperation between state actors in the partner country and in Finland) between the Geolocical Survey of Finland (GTK) and the Geological Surve...
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 ...
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