Objectives monitored by OECD


21.11.2019

Women and Girls First Programme

UNFPA's Women and Girls Fist (WGF) Programme II ensures that people in Myanmar who are the furthest behind in conflict affected states realise their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and...
19.11.2019

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 ...
18.11.2019

TRA Tax Administration Twinning

Good tax policies and effective tax collection can promote the development of an equal society. Tanzania is reforming its tax administration based on a new five-year development plan (TRA 5th Corporat...
15.11.2019

Delivering on a child's right to education – strengthening access and quality of learning in Syria

Finland has financed the No Lost Generation initiative through UNICEF in Syria and neighbouring countries since 2014 with a total contribution of 12,5 million Euro. The NLG initiative aims at mobilizin...
15.11.2019

Funding of the World Bank's Donor Funded Staffing Program

The World Bank staffing program (Donor Funded Staffing Program, DFSP) aims to include Finnish know-how into the World Bank and offer Mid Career Level Specialist positios to Finnish experts. Previously...
15.11.2019

PREFER Public Finance Management reform project

PREFER is World Bank’s Multi Donor Trust Fund, which promotes public finance reform programs in Mozambique between 2019 - 2023. The project aims to strengthen domestic resource mobilization, improv...
15.11.2019

UNDP: Building Resilience in Response to the Syrian Crisis

The Syrian conflict has created a huge humanitarian catastrophe affecting the lives of millions of people. The resilience of people is under extreme pressure in Syria and its neighbouring countries. P...
7.11.2019

Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Trust Fund

Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) underlines the need to strengthen the control of arms export and to eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms and to prevent their diversion to the illicit market, or for...
7.11.2019

The support of Finland to the International Peace Institute (IPI) in resolving and managing conflicts

The support of Finland to the International Peace Institute (IPI) in resolving and managing conflicts. The aim is to enhance multilateral capacity in areas of international peace and security. IPI is a...
7.11.2019

UNDP Post-Cyclone Recovery Facility

The Mozambique Recovery Facility is a multi-donor trust fund led by United Nations Development Programme UNDP, set up for the reconstruction and recovery after the cyclones Idai and Kenneth that hit th...
7.11.2019

UNICEF WASH and Education Programmes

The Finnish Country Strategy for Development Cooperation in Nepal reduces poverty and promotes sustainable and equal development on three impact areas: 1) water supply and sanitation 2) high-quality ed...
31.10.2019

Core Support to UN Women Afghanistan

Important advances in gender equality and women's empowerment have been made in Afghanistan over the past 18 years. These advances have enabled greater promotion and protection of women's and girls hum...
30.10.2019

Support for resilience of people of Burundi

Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world ranking 184th out of 188 countries in the Human DevelopmentIndex. Severe food insecurity, wide spread malnutrition and lack of basic services are so...
28.10.2019

High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes 2019

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 sensitive...
22.10.2019

Finland´s support to the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo. From 12-14 November, the governments of Kenya and Denmark and the United Nations P...
17.10.2019

PROMOSERV 3 - Promoting Modernisation of Hydrometeorological Services in Vietnam

The targeted impact of the Promoserv 3 project is to improve the weather services available in Vietnam. The project aims primarily to increase the capacity of the Meteorological and Hydrological Admini...
17.10.2019

UNFPA/Annual contribution 2019

Contribution to UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) regular resources in 2019. The goal of UNFPA is to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health, realize reproductive rights, and r...
1.10.2019

EITI, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a global Standard founded in 2003 to promote the open and accountable management of natural resources. The Standard seeks to addresses the ke...
1.10.2019

Project planning Yangon

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...
27.9.2019

Support to Elections in Ethiopia

Ethiopia's general elections are scheduled for May 2020. The United Nations electoral support project will be coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Project supports National E...
23.9.2019

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 ...
22.9.2019

Institute for European Env Policy: Circular economy, trade and development

The strategic aim of the project is to promote sustainable economic development in developing countries by improving their possibilities to benefit from the EU:s circular economy policy through trade a...
12.9.2019

FCA: Supporting national and local level reconciliation in Somalia

Somalia is recovering from decades of war and collapse of state structures. The core state functions are now operating and state formation is underway. The legitimacy of the state, however, is still we...
11.9.2019

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...
30.8.2019

planning funds, Lusaka

Planning funds are used for Monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the development Co-operation programme with Zambia according to National Development Plan of Zambia (SNDP), Finland's Developmen...
28.8.2019

Planning funds for Finland's Embassy in Kathmandu

Implementing development cooperation in Nepal requires the identification and preparation of new projects as well as managing, monitoring and evaluating ongoing projects. An important part of the Embas...
28.8.2019

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

In the year 2019 Finland supports with a sum of 800 000 euros the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Co-operation in the Field of Human Rights (VFTC). Through the fund most of OHCHR's support...
27.8.2019

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...
13.8.2019

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...
7.8.2019

The Network of Religious and Traditional Peacemakers

The project will support during 2019-2020 the activities of the Finn Church Aid (FCA) as a secretariat for the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers for a total of 940 000 euros. The Networ...
1.8.2019

Basket fund to secure financing in support of the Peace Process in Mozambique

Intervention supports two main areas of the peace process in Mozambique: 1) decentralization 2) the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration of the Renamo soldiers into the national security force...
12.7.2019

EU Trust fund (EUTF)

The EU Trust Fund for Colombia was established in December 2016 to sustain the implementation of the peace agreement concluded between the Government and the FARC guerrilla group in September 2016. The...
12.7.2019

UN Post-conflict Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Colombia

The UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund was established in 2016 to contribute to the implementation of the Peace Agreement signed between the Colombian state and the FARC. The funding (86 MUSD) for the first p...
26.6.2019

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. Two participants a...
20.6.2019

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...
17.6.2019

UN; OHCHR; Human Rights Special Procedures

Support to the human rights Special Procedures that are mandated under the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Finland allocates funding to the work of the mandates on the basi...
14.6.2019

Strengthening of Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment in Colombia

Colombia is rich in freshwater resources, with national water yields six times greater than the global average, and also has abundant groundwater resources. However, water pollution is increasing daily...
14.6.2019

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...
13.6.2019

Support to the voluntary association of conflict affected countries g7+

One-time contribution of 250 000 euros to g7+. The g7+ is a voluntary association of countries that are or have been affected by conflict and are now in transition to the next stage of development.T...
13.6.2019

UN-Women EBE3 / Jordan: Eid-bi-Eid 3 project to promote women's economic empowerment

The Syria crisis, which lasted for 8 years, is among the largest humanitarian emergencies in the world. It has affected particularly the neighboring states. For example, Jordan currently hosts 671.000 ...
10.6.2019

Quick Impact Projects in Lebanon

Quick Impact Projects in Lebanon support the development of local communities in Southern Lebanon and, thereby, enhance the trust between the UNIFIL troops and the local population, which is essential ...
10.6.2019

Vocational education support in Iraq

The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) implements a project to support TVET development in Iraq in 2019-2020. The project focuses on capacity building of Iraqi authorities. The budget of the...
6.6.2019

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...
4.6.2019

Elections and human rights in Tanzania

The programme aims at promoting human rights and citizen participation in electoral processes in Tanzania in 2019 local and 2020 general elections. The programme is implemented by a consortium of 22 ci...
4.6.2019

Tree Outgrowers Support Programme in Tanzania, TOSP

Tree Outgrowers Support Programme in Tanzania, TOSP, provides support to smallholder tree plantations via companies or other organizations in order to establish economically viable, sustainable and inc...
3.6.2019

Strengthening of impact of multilateral development cooperation

The funds will be allocated to UN operational organizations and other international organizations under responsibility of the Unit for Sustainable Development and Climate Policy in order to strengthen ...
28.5.2019

ETI/Kehitysyhteistyön suunnittelu

The purpose of the planning funds for Ethiopia is to ensure needed resources for planning, monitoring and evaluation of the development cooperation projests in the country. The planning funds are neede...
24.5.2019

Communications with citizens and events

The implementation of the goals of Finland´s development policy relies on the essential support of Finnish citizens and the relevant interest groups. The Unit for Development Communications supports t...
24.5.2019

Communications with stakeholders

The implementation of the goals of Finland´s development policy relies on the essential support of Finnish citizens and the relevant interest groups. The Unit for Development Communications supports t...
24.5.2019

EU4Skills: Better Skills for Modern Ukraine

The proposed multilateral project will contribute to the modernisation of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system in Ukraine. After the end of Soviet Union, the VET system in Ukraine has not...
24.5.2019

Global education

The implementation of the goals of Finland´s development policy relies on the essential support of Finnish citizens and the relevant interest groups. The Unit for Development Communications supports t...
24.5.2019

Kehitys-Utveckling magazine

The implementation of the goals of Finland´s development policy relies on the essential support of Finnish citizens and the relevant interest groups. The Unit for Development Communications supports t...
24.5.2019

Media cooperation

The implementation of the goals of Finland´s development policy relies on the essential support of Finnish citizens and the relevant interest groups. The Unit for Development Communications supports t...
24.5.2019

Publications

The implementation of the goals of Finland´s development policy relies on the essential support of Finnish citizens and the relevant interest groups. The Unit for Development Communications supports t...
24.5.2019

UN Alliance of Civilizations; Youth Solidarity Fund 2019

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...
24.5.2019

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

Finland supports UNODC Regional Programme for Afghanistan & Neighbouring Countries (2016-2019). The Programme promotes cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbors namely Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzs...
20.5.2019

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,...
20.5.2019

Project preparation in South Asian countries

The objectives of the funding are preparation and follow-up of projects in Nepal, Myanmar and Afghanistan and preparation and follow-up of regional and thematic programmes. This includes missions to My...
20.5.2019

Strengthening the efficiency of funding policy

KEO-50 finances development instruments to support the strengthening of private sector in developing countries. International development banks play an important role in international development f...
20.5.2019

Trade and Development: Planning, Monitoring and Influencing

The main objective of the project is to support the development of trade policy and administrative management in developing countries. The immediate objective of the project is to advance the planning,...
13.5.2019

Finland's Support to OSCE projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Finland supports the OSCE projects in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia with development cooperation funds via special Framework Agreement between the OSCE and the Embassy of Finland in V...
13.5.2019

INT/UNIDO's trust funds for strengthening of the trade capacity of developing countries, 2nd additional grant

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a UN specialized agency that promotes inclusive and sustainable industrial development, particularly in developing countries and transi...
10.5.2019

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...
10.5.2019

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

The Global Environment Facility was established in October 1991 as a pilot program in the World Bank to assist in the protection of the global environment. In 1994, at the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF was...
10.5.2019

West Bank Protection Consortium

The West Bank Protection Consortium is a programme supported by ECHO and ten EU countries. It provides humanitarian protection, stengthens the development conditions for Palestinian communities in Area...
9.5.2019

INT/Consultancy services

With this financing, the Unit for Sectoral Policy of the Department for Development Policy will acquire support services for example in the health sector (particularly focused on sexual and reproductiv...
6.5.2019

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...
3.5.2019

Programme planning

Planning of the Kenyan development co-operation concerning bilateral collaboration in the framework of Kenya country strategy.
3.5.2019

Support to Justice Rapid Response for the fight against impunity

Justice Rapid Response strengthens the effectiveness of accountability mechanisms worldwide by providing rapidly available experts to ensure the quality and the timeliness of investigations of mass atr...
3.5.2019

UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication

UNESCO, created in 1945, is the UN organization responsible for education, science and culture. UNESCO's mandate is to build peace and sustainable development, deminish poverty and confirm human rights...
2.5.2019

Voluntary contribution to the OECD Development Assistance Committee´s (DAC) Programme of Work and Budget 2019-20

Voluntary contribution of 500 000 euros to the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s (DAC) Programme of Work and Budget (PWB) for the biennium 2019-20. The contribution will be paid in two installmen...
24.4.2019

The UN Team of Experts on Rule of Law / Sexual Violence in Conflict

The Team of Experts (TOE) on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, which was established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1888 (2009), is liaised with the office of the United Nations...
24.4.2019

UNESCO Capacity Development for Education Programme

UNESCO, created in 1945, is the UN organization responsible for education, science and culture. UNESCO's mandate is to build peace and sustainable development, deminish poverty and confirm human rights...
18.4.2019

Towards open, fair and sustainable Europe in the world - EU Presidency Project 2019-2021

Fingo leads the EU-funded EU Presidency Project together with the Romanian umbrella organisation FOND, the Croatian umbrella organisation Crosol and CONCORD, the umbrella organisation for European deve...
18.4.2019

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...
16.4.2019

ADD Planning Funds

The purpose of the planning funds allocated to the Embassy of Addis Abeba is to provide adequate resources so that the aimed impacts and results of the Finland's Country Development Strategy for Ethiop...
16.4.2019

African Union Conflict Prevention and Mediation Capacities Support Project

Finland’s long-term project cooperation with the African Union in the field of mediation will continue by a new three-year-project in 2019 – 2022. Finland funded the AU mediation Support Capcity Pro...
16.4.2019

ASA-10 project monitoring and planning funds

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, events, reviews a...
16.4.2019

Developing countries' participation to international environmental negotiations and conferences

This support enables experts, officials and civil society representatives from developing countries to participate in international environmental meetings, agreement negotiations and expert seminars. P...
16.4.2019

INT/Inspection of Development Cooperation Projects

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16.4.2019

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...
16.4.2019

VIET/Project preparation and monitoring in Vietnam

The implementation of development policy programme in Vietnam and in the Mekong region has been delegated to the country level to the Embassy of Finland in Hanoi. This includes for example identificati...
9.4.2019

FRC/IFRC Mozambique Idai cyclone emergency operation

Central Mozambique has been devastated by the impact of Tropical Cyclone Idai. The full extent of the emergency is still not knovvn, but based on preliminary information more than 600’000 persons have ...
4.4.2019

UNDP/OECD Tax Inspectors Without Borders(TIWB)

The key role of the joint OECD/UNDP initiative Tax Inspectors without Borders (TIWB) is to support developing countries to mobilize domestic revenues to implement the Agenda 2030. The aim of TIWB is to...
28.3.2019

Developing Policy Options for Compromises to Support Peaceful Settelements and Stabilization in Syria

Project facilitates dialogues to develop policy options for compromises to support peaceful settlements and stabilization in Syria. Duration and overall costs: 24 months/approx. 1 200 000 €
28.3.2019

KV.RAH.LAIT/WB/ Human Rights and Development Trust Fund

Rising global inequalities, lagging progress in economic and social development, multiple prolonged violent conflicts, and increased forced displacement point to an unprecedented need to strengthen the...
28.3.2019

Say NO to Gender Based Violence in Timor Leste

Sexual and gender-based violence are severe problems inTimor Leste, which is recovering from a long-term conflict. Of those women that have experienced violence in their marriages, 77 per cent report t...
28.3.2019

Sustainable WASH for all

Sustainable WASH for all in Nepal (SUSWA) strengthens the federalized governance system to guarantee the access to basic, safe and sustainable drinking water, sanitation services and improved hygiene p...
28.3.2019

UNU WIDER-Institute annual contribution

The objective of the project is to support research on the global development issues. UNU-WIDER conducts multi-disciplinary research and analyses global problems and potential solutions to them. The re...
26.3.2019

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

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

Bangladesh, UNHCR: humanitarian aid

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

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

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

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

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

Humanitarian assistance monitoring visits and advocacy

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

Humanitarian assistance, Syria (UNHCR)

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

Humanitarian assistance; UNHCR; Yemen

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

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

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

OCHA/Core contribution

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

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

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

UNHCR/Core contribution

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