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18.6.2015

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

In the year 2015 Finland supports with a sum of 700.000 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...

16.6.2015

UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (VFTV)

Finland supports with a sum of 200.000 euro the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (UNVFTV) in 2015. The fund provides grants to non-governmental actors, including non-governmental or...

15.6.2015

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

UN Habitat's mission is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. Finland supports UN Habitat in the carrying ou...

15.6.2015

Support to Justice Rapid Response for the fight against impunity

Justice Rapid Response (JRR) is a cooperation body established in 2009 to improve the capacity of the international community to prosecute those responsible for the most serious international crimes an...

15.6.2015

WB/Support for the preparation and implementation of transport and logistics reforms in Ukraine

The project implemented by World Bank (WB) aims at preparing together with Ukrainian authorities a transport and logistics strategy in order to improve efficiency of Ukraine's transport logistics. The ...

11.6.2015

ADD Planning Funds

Finland's Country Development Strategy for Ethiopia is based on Ethiopia's Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). Planning funds will be used for the preparation and monitoring of the Ethiopia developm...

11.6.2015

Evaluation capacity development

Hallituksen kehityspoliittiset linjaukset korostavat tuloksellista vaikuttavuutta ja tulosten mittaamista. Kehitysevaluointitoiminta on keskeinen osa tulosohjausta ministeriössä. Korkealaatuiset evaluo...

11.6.2015

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 ...

11.6.2015

Evaluation of Finnish Aid for Trade 2012-2015

Aid for Trade (AFT) is a generic term for development cooperation that aims to strengthen developing countries' productive capacity and ability to engage in foreign trade in order to achieve sustainabl...

5.6.2015

School Reconstruction Programme in Haiti

Finland contributes to the rebuilding process in Haiti following the earthquake in 2010 by contributing to the Inter-American Development Bank´s (IDB) large scale education sector rehabilitation progra...

5.6.2015

UFF Finland; Farmers Clubs with climate-smart agriculture for improved resilience and livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Kavango

Despite its status as an upper middle income country, Namibia faces major developmental challenges. Income inequality is among the highest in the world and there are great regional disparities. 31% of ...

5.6.2015

Visits to Finland by journalists from developing countries

The aim of the project is to build networks between Finnish and developing country journalists and to show what openness, freedom of expression and freedom of the press means in practice. Main objec...

4.6.2015

International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD 10

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...

3.6.2015

Project preparation in South Asian countries

Preparation and follow-up of projects in South Asia.

26.5.2015

Project planning and evaluation

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

26.5.2015

UNICEF/Annual contribution 2015

Contribution to UNICEF regular resources in 2015 in order to support its work to empower the children and women of the world to live up to their full potential.

25.5.2015

Climate Technology Center and Network (CTCN)

The Technology Mechanism was established in 2010 by COP 16 to facilitate enhanced action on technology development and transfer to support action on mitigation and adaptation. This is undertaken in ord...

25.5.2015

Donor Committee for Enterprise Development, DCED

Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) is a forum that develops donors' methodologies in order to improve the results-based management and effectiveness of private sector development coopera...

25.5.2015

Humanitarian Aid monitoring visits

Humanitarian aid monitoring travel expenses.

25.5.2015

Humanitarian assistance; Fida International

Earthquake of 25th of April 2015 in Nepal killed more than 8200 people in Nepal. More than 17 800 have seriously injured. Fida International together with it's partner Transformation Nepal provides foo...

25.5.2015

IFRC, FRC, humanitarian assistance

On Saturday the 25th of April a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Central and Western Regions of Nepal. There are 8 million people affected in 39 districts, the number of dead is over 4 300 and injur...

25.5.2015

Implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme's (UNEP) Special Programme (SP) on chemicals and waste

The United Nations Environmental Programme's (UNEP) Special Programme on chemicals and waste supports the implementation of five international chemicals and waste conventions in developing countries; t...

25.5.2015

INT/UN Desertification Convention; Finland's contribution to the core budget

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...

25.5.2015

Support to President Halonen's tasks concerning development policy, including co-chairing the High Level Task Force for ICPD

Support to President Halonen in carrying out her tasks related to development policy, including co-chairing the High Level Task Force for ICPD and advancing the HLTF agenda. The Task Force seeks to adv...

25.5.2015

Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing Climate

Finland supports the work of the FAO Forest Department since 2009 focusing on sustainable forest management in a changing climate. The total Finnish support until now has been 15,25 million EUR. The...

22.5.2015

The Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU, Kehys, European Year for Development (EYD) 2015

The project focuses on information-sharing and awareness-raising of the EU's European Year for Development 2015. The themes for this year are EU's external actions and EU's role globally. The year offe...

21.5.2015

Support to LDC participation in the III International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa 2015) and its preparatory process

The project aims at wider impact of the third international conference on financing for development, especially through strengthening of the preparations as regards content, wide mobilization of suppor...

21.5.2015

Support to LDC participation in the Post-2015 Summit and its preparatory process

Finnish support (100 000 euros in 2015) to the participation of representatives from the least developed countries in the post-2015 Summit (New York September 2015) and its preparatory process.

20.5.2015

Humanitarian assistance; Save the Children Finland

On Saturday the 25th of April a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Central and Western Regions of Nepal. There are 8 million people affected in 39 districts, the number of dead is over 4 300 and injur...

19.5.2015

Finn Church Aid, humanitarian assistance

On Saturday the 25th of April a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Central and Western Regions of Nepal. There are 8 million people affected in 39 districts, the number of dead is over 4 300 and injur...

19.5.2015

INT/NGO Preparation and evaluations, seminars

Planning, evaluation and follow-up of NGOs

19.5.2015

Nepal / UNICEF / Humanitarian assistance for the victims of Nepal's earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April creating large scale damage and many casualties. According to initial estimations and based on the latest earthquake intensity mapping, over 8 millio...

19.5.2015

Nepal / WHO / Humanitarian assistance for the victims of Nepal's earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April creating large scale damage and many casualties. According to initial estimations and based on the latest earthquake intensity mapping, over 8 millio...

18.5.2015

Human Rights training

The discretionary government grant supports the participation of approximately eight professionals from developing countries to the advanced trainings organized by the grant recipient. In addition two ...

13.5.2015

Support to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is a special Cambodian court that receives international assistance through the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT)....

12.5.2015

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

UNEP is the leading environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda and promotes environmentally sustainable development. UNEP has been strengthened after the Rio+20 conference inclu...

11.5.2015

Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative

Core Environment Programme and Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative (CEP-BCI) is one of nine sectoral programmes of the overriding GMS Programme. The CEP-BCI will empower GMS countries to eff...

8.5.2015

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

Women's World Banking (WWB) is an international non-governmental organization that coordinates the global network of 39 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 27 countries. WWB advances poor women's and t...

8.5.2015

Support for strengthening of cooperation among the biodiversity related conventions

In order to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets, efforts to improve cooperation and collaboration among relevant international processes are more ...

8.5.2015

Weapons and Ammunition Management in the Federal Republic of Somalia

The aim of the project is to enhance the capacity of the Somali authorities in relation to weapons and ammunition management to match the regional and international requirements. The aim is also to dev...

7.5.2015

OHCHR; Promotion of the flagship projects of the Human Rights Strategy of the Finnish Foreign Service; women's rights, gender equality

In accordance with the priorities of the Government's report on Development Policy, the Government's Human Rights Report and the Human Rights Strategy of the Foreign Service of Finland and its Action P...

4.5.2015

Mineral Resources Potential and Small Scale Mining

Mineral Resources Potential Mapping and Support to small scale mining project is aiming at producing better geological information (Geochemical Dataset and Map) about the potential mineral resources in...

29.4.2015

Forest and Farm Facility

Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) is a partnership, launched in 2012, between FAO, IIED and IUCN to promote sustainable forest and farm management by enhancing the organization and capacity of local peopl...

28.4.2015

ICRC, Finnsih Red Cross

Humanitarian situation in Yemen is critical due to the escalation of the conflict. There is a growing number of IDP's and more refugees are fleeing to Djibouti and Somalia. Humanitarian need were huge ...

27.4.2015

InfoDev: Harnessing entrepreneurship in Africa

infoDev is a multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) within the World Bank Group that has promoted the use of information and communications technologies for development since its creation in 1995. InfoDev curre...

27.4.2015

INT/Environmental Conventions; developing countries participation

The project supports the participation of developing country representatives in the meetings of international environmental conventions, agreement negotiations and expert seminars. The support is vital...

27.4.2015

Support to Finnish Water Forum

The Finnish Water Forum aims to improve the sustainable development of the partner countries' water sectors. Sustainable development of the water sector affects positively on living conditions, equal o...

24.4.2015

Action Plan for Ukraine 2015-2017

The Council of Europe has planned an Action Plan with Ukrainian authorities for years 2015 - 2017. The Action Plan includes five sector plans: the Constitution and the electoral law reforms, judicial r...

21.4.2015

Evaluation of Finland's development cooperation country strategies and country strategy modality

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA) is evaluating the Ministry’s development cooperation strategies in Finland's long term partner countries as well as the Ministry’s Country Strategy Mod...

20.4.2015

Syria Initiative: Support to peacebuilding in Syria

The war in Syria has entered its fifth year and it has expanded from a civic uprising to and pan-regional, largely sectarian proxy war whose humanitarian price is beyond words. The Syrian state has lar...

16.4.2015

Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform

The aim of the project is to fund the Global Subsidies Initiaitive (GSI), which is part of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). IISD is an ODA-eligible International Non-gove...

16.4.2015

NEFCO Nordic Energy Efficiency and Humanitarian Support Initiative for Ukraine

The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) is an international finance institution established in 1990 by the five Nordic countries. To date, NEFCO has financed a wide range of environmental pr...

16.4.2015

UN Alliance of Civilizations; Youth Solidarity Fund 2014-2015

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

13.4.2015

INT/Training in chemical weapons verification

“Training in Chemical Weapons Verification” project for years 2015-2017 is provided by the Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, VERIFIN. It concentrates on strengtheni...

10.4.2015

Strengthening the information on climate related capacity-building for developing countries within the Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Thematic support of 288,000 euros to UNFCCC secretariat for capacity building will strengthen capacity building in developing countries by (i) arranging Durban Forums on capacity building (ii) collecti...

8.4.2015

Empowering communities and local government units in implementing inclusive development programs in the Philippines

The overall objective of the Action is to contribute to a common local development agenda for building disaster resilient communities in the Philippines. The specific objective of the Action is to impr...

8.4.2015

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...

8.4.2015

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 ...

8.4.2015

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...

8.4.2015

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...

27.3.2015

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...

26.3.2015

Support for Post 2015 activities

The purpose of this intervention (200 000 euros) is to enable Finland to comprehensively and effectively participate the preparation of the Post-2015 sustainable development agenda. As the Post-2015 ag...

26.3.2015

UN Team of Experts on Sexual Violence in Conflicts, Project in South Sudan

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

24.3.2015

INT/UNU 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...

24.3.2015

planning funds, Lusaka

Planning and preparations of the development cooperation programme with Zambia

13.3.2015

Construction of Southern Binh Duong Solid Waste Treatment Complex Phase II

The overall objective of the solid waste treatment project is the improvement of the present under-dimensioned and technically poor waste treatment in the Binh Duong Province. The proposed technology i...

13.3.2015

Humanitarian aid to Sudan via UNICEF

Humanitarian needs in Sudan remain significant. 7 million people are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance, including 4,2 million children. Ongoing violence since 2014 and the influx of re...

13.3.2015

Humanitarian aid to Syria via UNICEF

There are 12,2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria. There are 7,6 million internally displaced people (IDPs), of which half are children. The UNICEF requirements for Syria in 201...

13.3.2015

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 ...

13.3.2015

Humanitarian aid to Yemen via WHO

The humanitarian situation in Yemen is one of the most challenging ones on a global scale, Yemen being the poorest country in the Arabian peninsula. The crisis stems from endemic poverty, under-develop...

13.3.2015

Humanitarian assistance for Iraq via UNICEF

The humanitarian situation in Iraq is extreamly difficult and has deterioted during the end of 2014. There are 5,2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Iraq. In addition, there are 2,1 ...

13.3.2015

Humanitarian Assistance World Vision Finland

World Vision Finland applies support for the operations in Kenya and Uganda, altogether 1 meur 0,5 meur each operation. Purpose in operations is to enhance in cooperation with other agencies the water,...

13.3.2015

Humanitarian assistance; Fida International

In 2015 Fida International applies humanitarian assistance for operations in DRC and Uganda. In DRC operation activities include NFI's, food security activities and psychosocial support. In Uganda focu...

13.3.2015

Humanitarian assistance; Finn Church Aid

In 2015 humanitarian assistance is provided to eight Finn Church Aid operations in South Sudan, Myanmar, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Congo DRC, Central African Republic, Syria crisis in Jordan, Uganda an...

13.3.2015

Humanitarian assistance; Finnish Red Cross; bilateral programmes

Syrian conflict is one of the biggest refugee crisis in the world. There are about 3,7 million refugees in the neighboring countries of Syria. In Jordan the number of refugees is over 600 000. Finnish ...

13.3.2015

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

Spring 2015: a total of 8,2 million euros will be granted to ICRC operations. Of this, 2 000 000 euros are for the Committee's South Sudan operation, 1 500 000 euros for its Somalia operation, 1 500 00...

13.3.2015

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

In the beginning of year 2015 Finland provides funds to Myanmar (500 000 euro), Iraq (800 000 euro) and Chad (400 000 euro) through Finnish Red Cross to IFRC. Main activities in operations are focused...

13.3.2015

Humanitarian assistance; Save the Children Finland

Save the Children Finland applies support for the operations in Somalia, Iraq and Uganda, altogether 1,5 meur. Operations in Iraq and Somalia are supported each 500 000 €, total 1 meur. Operations focu...

13.3.2015

UNHCR, regional humanitarian aid to the Syrian crisis

Support to the Syrian refugee crisis through UNHCR. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is carrying out an operation of historical proportions to assist over 3,8 mil...

13.3.2015

UNHCR/humanitarian aid to the Ukraine situation

Humanitarian aid to the Ukraine situation via UNHCR, the UN agency responsible for refugees. The need for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine has grown rapidly after June 2014 due to the hostilities in ...

13.3.2015

UNRWA/humanitarian assistance to the occupied Palestine territory

Humanitarian assistance to the occupied Palestine territory (West Bank and Gaza) through UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East). UNRWA's 2015 OpT Eme...

13.3.2015

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. Total of 2,7 million people are in need of humanitaria...

9.3.2015

ASA-10 Project Monitoring

ASA-10 Development cooperation project planning, evaluation and monitoring

9.3.2015

Turkey, No Lost Generation -stragegy. Supporting education sector in Turkey through UNICEF

More than 6,5 million Syrian children are in need for humanitarian assistance inside Syria or as refugees in neighboring countires. No Lost Generation is a regional strategy designed to support their a...

6.3.2015

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

United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is established to ensure more rapid response to the humanitarian crisis by the international humanitarian community.

6.3.2015

Legal services related to procurement

6.3.2015

Project planning

Planning and monitoring of the development co-operation programme between Finland and Zambia.

26.2.2015

Cooperation between higher education institutions

The purpose of the programme is to strengthen Eritrean Higher Education Institutions as developmentally responsive institutions by enhancing administrative, field-specific, methodological and pedagogic...

26.2.2015

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

Humanitarian situation in Ukraine has deteriorated rapidly since the end of the year 2014. There are about 5 milllion people in the need for humanitarian assistance. The number of refugees is about 700...

25.2.2015

OCHA/Core contribution

Finland's core funding to OCHA total 14 million euros (annually 3,5 million euros). OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) is part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible fo...

25.2.2015

UNHCR/Core contribution

Finland's core contribution to UN refugee agency UNHCR in 2015-2018, a total of 28 million euros. UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is globally responsible for the pro...

25.2.2015

UNRWA/Core contribution

Finland's core funding to UNRWA in 2015-2018, total 18 million euros (annually 4,5 million euros). UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) is a humani...

24.2.2015

Development Aid in Mazar-e-Sharif

Finland has supported the development of Northern Afghanistan since 2008. By carrying out development projects in Northern Afghanistan, Finland implements the Government White Paper to Parliament of 12...

24.2.2015

INT/Inspection of Development Cooperation Projects

External auditing

23.2.2015

Quick Impact Projects in Lebanon

Quick Impact Projects in Lebanon support local governance and the development of local communities and villages in Southern Lebanon, which is still suffering from the damage caused by the 2006 conflict...

20.2.2015

INT/Commitment to Development Index (CDI)

Washington based "Center for Global Development", CGD, has developed a Commitment to Development index, CDI. CDI is made up of hundreds of indicators drawn from publicly available data, and it measu...

13.2.2015

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Finland's membership fee 2014

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 ...

10.2.2015

Helsinki Prosessi / Brookings Institutions Seminar; experiences from Helsinki Process in implementing the post-2015 agenda

Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy was launched in 2002 as a joint initiative by the governments of Finland and Tanzania. Its wider phase was discontinued in 2008, when the final report of...

10.2.2015

Impact of development cooperation; background studies and an international seminar

In its statement no 9/2014 vp of 17 June 2014 on the Government report on the impact and coherence of development policy, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament required the Government to have...

10.2.2015

POL-20 planning and monitoring funds

The funds will be used for planning and monitoring projects by the Unit for Arms Cobntrol, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation between 2015-2017. The Quality Assurance group has asked the Unit to monitor...

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