Objectives monitored by OECD

Gender equality
20.5.2013

Developing nursery and primary education in Yala District

Project aim is to improve basic education in Yala district where there are a lot of school drop-outs. There is a danger of social exclusion particularly for girls and other groups which have lower soci...
20.5.2013

INGO/International union of forest research organizations (IUFRO)

support to the UN forest policy process (UNFF), UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD by providing scientific information and knowledge as well as supporting developing countries in capacity building.
20.5.2013

Planning: Bhutan, ICI Meteorology Sector Cooperation

Planning phase: Finnish-Bhutanese Project for Improved capacity of the Government of Bhutan to respond to the increased risks related to climate change.
20.5.2013

Trade and Development / UN Global Compact; Contribution to the Global Compact trust Fund in 2013

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...
20.5.2013

UN Women; Developing Afghanistan's National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and Related Resolutions

The Project supplements support to Afghanistan and Finland Twinning Cooperation started in 2010 in preparation of Afghanistan's National Action plan on UNSCR 1325. The project will be implemented by th...
20.5.2013

Village Community Empowerment Phase II

Village Community Empowerment Phase II continues the awareness and advocacy work with underprivileged Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the rural communities of Bijoliya, Rajasthan. The project ...
15.5.2013

Sinsibere – Combating desertification with women’s sustainable livelihoods

The Sinsibere project supports the women in rural communities South of Bamako to develop their resilience to climate change and to protect their environment. This is done by supporting alternative sour...
8.5.2013

Support for Trade Mark East Africa

Support to Trade Mark East Africa, which is a non-profit Aid for Trade institution.
6.5.2013

Strengthening East African political and economical integration

Support to EAC (East African Community) Partnership Fund. EAC is an organisation between governments of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
26.4.2013

INT/Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme UN

UNDCP is charged with the responsibility of coordinating and leading United Nations drug control activities.
25.4.2013

INT/Food Aid; unallocated

General contribution to World Food Programme for 2013.
23.4.2013

Visits to Finland by journalists from developing countries

The project aims at identifying opportunities to invite journalists from developing countries to participate in courses, seminars and individual press tours to fulfill the objectives described above. T...
12.4.2013

UN Women/Core funding

Core funding to support UN Women (UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women).
10.4.2013

UN/AIDS-Programme

UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, aims at reducing the consequences of the disease for those infected, as well as at offering them support. The programme creates general guidelin...
8.4.2013

Demo Finland, Political Parties of Finland for Democracy, program 2013-2015

Demo Finland is an ideologically, party-politically and religiously neutral organisation that arranges collaboration between officially registered Finnish parliamentary parties. Demo Finland works to p...
5.4.2013

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...
2.4.2013

Promotion of Youth Employment and Sustainable Development

This project aims at improving the possibilities of disadvantaged youth in the area of Simões Filho through vocational training in ICT, environmental issues and training in life skills. The duration is...
27.3.2013

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...
27.3.2013

VÄLIME/Preparation and assessment

Finland's support to North Africa and the Middle East has been doubled for the period of 2012-2015 and several new projects have been started and some of the old ones are continuing. Finland's long ti...
26.3.2013

Project planning and evaluation

Wider European Initiative (WEI) includes development cooperation projects in Eastern European, Southern Caucasian and Central Asian countries. Planning of WEI II (2014-17) focuses mainly on the poorest...
25.3.2013

Waaberi primery school

The project idea originated in Gedo Development of the Chairperson, SORASOD: in Gedo and Development's meeting with the chairmen Beled-Hawa at the local Peace Conference in 2003. Gedo Development said ...
21.3.2013

Gender and Mediation Training; pl. 1325

Promoting women’s effective participation in conflict mediation and addressing women’s specific needs in peacemaking and electoral assistance are part of DPA’s core mandate. However, in spite many glob...
20.3.2013

VN/Scaling up hand washing with soap in ethnic minorities in Lao Cai

The aim of the project is to promote behavioural change in hygienic customs through teaching about handwashing with soap in Northern Vietnam in Lao Cai province.The primary target group are the ethnic ...
18.3.2013

The Final Evaluation of Nicaragua´s Bilateral Programmes/ Health

The bilateral programmes between Finland and Nicaragua are ending by the end of the year 2012. The final evaluation of the programmes is conducted in three thematic areas which are covering several pro...
11.3.2013

UNDP/Vuosiavustus

Contribution to the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) regular resources . UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis and drive and sust...
11.3.2013

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...
11.3.2013

UNICEF/Vuosiavustus

Contribution to UNICEF regular resources in order to support its work to empower the children and women of the world to live up to their full potential.
8.3.2013

FNBEs Support Services for Education Sector Cooperation in Nepal

Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE) is to provide substantive support in planning, follow-up and analysis to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in relation to the development of education sector i...
8.3.2013

Gender at the OECD Development Centre

OECD Development Centre has created a variety of databases, including Wikigender, SIGI and GID-DB, to promote Gender Equality. With the developed databases and analytical tools they aim to contribute f...
7.3.2013

Project preparation in Asian countries

Project preparation fund is used for planning, preparation and monitoring purposes of projects in Asia and Oceania.
6.3.2013

Creating Sustainable Businesses in the knowledge economy

Trust Fund is producing knowledge and good practice on how ICT is applied to the achievement of development goals, how enabling environment needs to be developed for implementation of applications and ...
6.3.2013

IUCN-Finland Framework agreement

Framework agreement between Finland and IUCN will strengthen developing countries' capacity to integrate environmental objectives into development programmes, in particular in areas/sector where Finlan...
19.2.2013

INT/International Trade Centre

International Trade Centre, ITC General support 2012-13 4.9 MEUR and for the evaluation of ITC, which will take place during the year 2013, maz Euro 100,000.
19.2.2013

MIDA Health Northern Somalia

The aim of the project is to strengthen the health sector in Northern Somalia by developing its human resources. Health services have collapsed in Somalia due to almost 20 years of civil war and also t...
19.2.2013

Peace and Development in Finland's Development Cooperation

The purpose of the evaluation is to provide information on how Finnish development cooperation has supported poverty reduction and strengthened peace and development in fragile states. The evaluation t...
18.2.2013

ALF

The Anna Lindh Euro-Meditarranean Foundation for the Dialogue of Culture started its operation in 2005 with the purpose of promoting peaceful development and economic cooperation by increasing dialogue...
13.2.2013

INT/UN Desertification Convention; Finland's assessed contribution

Finland's assessed contribution to the budget of the UN Convention on Desertification UNCCD
7.2.2013

INT/Organizational support for the Finnish Committee for UNICEF

Unicef Finland applies the general support for the general administration costs and for information. Association is working in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund and it's main task i...
7.2.2013

Organisational Support for Unifem Finland

Un Women applies the organisational support for the general activities and information. Association is one of the rare associations in Finland specialised in women's and girl's position and it works in...
5.2.2013

INT/Global Women Deliver 2013 Consultation Process

Women Deliver is engaged in global advocacy work to promote women's equality and the achievement of MDG5. The organisation will organize a global conference on maternal health in May 2013, with the aim...
5.2.2013

REG/Improving West-African Capacities in Mediation and Peace Process

The project aims to contribute to West-African capacity-building in conflict prevention through the creation of a training programme for multi-track mediation and conflict analysis targeting key decisi...
5.2.2013

Strengthening of cross-cutting themes in the work of the South Centre

South Centre (SC) is a joint "think-tank" of developing country governments. It supports the negotiators of developing country governments by providing them with research and background information on ...
28.1.2013

INGO/Ipas

Core support to IPAS.
10.1.2013

INGO / International planned parenthood federation, IPPF

To promote sexual and reproductive health and rights, to eliminate unsafe abortions and to promote equality.
10.1.2013

Joint Action for Food - Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa

Malnutrition is one of the major causes of diminishing health and productivity in hiv/aids affected communities. The purpose of the project is to improve nutrition and food security of people living wi...
10.1.2013

REG/Support to OAS

The support to the Organization of American States (OAS) is allocated instead of the core funding to the projects which are in line with the Finnish development policy and specialized priority objectiv...
8.1.2013

Storytent in AFRICA I

Story Tent is a project, that will give voice to the voiceless. It is basically simple, but at the same time demanding project, where a movable studio - a tent - will be taken to the places where ordin...
28.12.2012

Andean Regional Energy and Environment Partnership Programme (EEP)

Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) in the Andean Region (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia) is a partnership programme to promote the use of the renewable energy resources and clean technologie...
28.12.2012

INT/Support to INTOSAI

The aim of the project is to develop the capacity and audit activities of Supreme Audit Institutions in developing countries. The finnish aid is channelled through the INTOSAI -IDI -Initiative, which s...
28.12.2012

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project-Western Nepal, Completion Phase

RWSSP Completion Phase will continue support to advance rural water supply and sanitation in western Nepal. Nepal's national goal is to reach total clean water and sanitation coverage by 2017. Access t...
28.12.2012

Support programme for the Southern African Network for Biosciences (SANBio); BioFISA phase II

African Biosciences Initiative (ABI) has been established by NEPAD. Southern African Network for Biosciences (SANBio) is one of four ABI-networks. The Government of Finland and the Government of South ...
28.12.2012

Technical Assistance to Special Needs Education in Ethiopia

The programme aims at strengthening and mainstreaming special needs education/ inclusive education in education sector in Ethiopia.
28.12.2012

Uongozi Institute, II phase

The Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development (also known as Uongozi Institute) was founded in 2010 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Institute represents a new strategic cooperation be...
27.12.2012

Central America Security Strategy / Prevention of violence against women in Central America

Support to the Prevention of Violence in Central America as part of the Central American Security Strategy (ESCA)
27.12.2012

European Humanities University (EHU)

The European Humanities University (EHU) is a private, non-profit liberal arts university founded in Minsk in 1992. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the university has been based in Vilnius,...
27.12.2012

INT/Associate Expert Program

Personal assistance through multilateral channels and building up a Finnish human resource base for international assignments, thus supporting the UN Reform. Finland supports the recruitment of young...
27.12.2012

North-South-South Higher Education Exchange Programme/CIMO

North-South-South - programme is a higher education exchange network programme between Finnish and developing countries' higher education institutions. The goal of the programme is to enhance human cap...
27.12.2012

Reconstruction of Somalia

The support is channeled to Somalia through CDRD (Community-Driven Recovery and Development) co-fund that supports Somali reconstruction and development. Reconstruction and stabilization and capacity b...
27.12.2012

Strengthening National Capacities to Prevent and Address Violence Against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

The project aims at preventing and addressing violence against women as part of UNODC's programme that pomotes reform in crime prevention and criminal justice. By brining gender dimention as an integra...
27.12.2012

Support to the implementation of UN Women's country programme for Kenya

Finland supports the implementation of UN Women's country strategy for Kenya with 1,7 million euros in 2013.
27.12.2012

UN Women

Contribution to UN Women (UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) regular resources. The General Assembly adopted a resolution on 2 July 2010 on system-wide coherence, establishing...
27.12.2012

UNESCO Project Promoting Freedem of Expression

The proposed programme aims to support freedom of expression and the role of free, independent and pluralistic media in advancing democratic transition and development, citizen participation, respect ...
21.12.2012

Afghanistan; UNDP; Law and Order Trust Fund (LOTFA)

Finland provides financial support to the Law and Order Trust Fund (LOTFA) established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2002. LOTFA has been the most important funding channel supp...
21.12.2012

CPR/Justice sector cooperation

Strengthening China's development in the field of rule of law with Chinese judicial sector counterparts in the provinces of Jiangsu and Heilongjiang. The project aims to strenthen China's development i...
21.12.2012

North-South Entrepreneurship for Development

HK 2010:Tentative activities of the project include: needs assessment of the NCCI regional offices; research and planning related to cultural diversity and innovation policies from the point of view of...
21.12.2012

URT/Poverty Reduction Budget Support Facility

To support the implementation of Tanzanian National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA, MKUZA) with General Budget Support (GBS).
19.12.2012

NA/Promoting Women Entrepreneurship (PWEN)

The objective of the project is to strengthen the women's entrepreneurship and this way the women's position in the society. The aim of the project is also to create jobs and to reduce poverty in the c...
18.12.2012

Support to the Human Rights and Business (IHRB)

The premise of the Institute´s work is that economic, ecological and social sustainability needs to be underpinned by respect for the inherent dignity of humankind and the rights embodied in the Univer...
17.12.2012

INGO/International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims

The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRTC) is a health-based umbrella organisation that supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and the prevention of torture worldwide. ...
17.12.2012

KV.RAH.LAIT/Partnership agreement IDB

Finnish Technical Assistance Fund includes fifnancing innovative studies and technical co-operation in the fields of education, health, social wellbeing and productivity, good governance, forestry and ...
17.12.2012

Support to the Open Aid Partnership in 2012

Finland joined the World Bank Institute administered Open Aid Partnership in 2011 in Busan. The Partnership aims at ensuring that information on all ODA funded projects and their objectives will be op...
11.12.2012

INT/AfDB-consulting fund

Finland's bilateral fund at the African Development Bank
7.12.2012

Governance out of a Box – Population Registration in Liberia

This application builds on the initial project for GooB which received support for 2009 to 2011 and seeks additional funding for only 1 year. The overall objective of the project is to improve the gove...
7.12.2012

Mediation and gender based iolence

The absence of women from peace negotiations and insufficient expertise on gender-based violence (GBV) in peace mediation teams limit the success of peace processes. In 2010, CMI and the West Africa Ne...
7.12.2012

Mediation and gender based violence

The purpose of the project is to increase professional practice in addressing gender based violence in peace building processes with geographic focus on West Africa. Through collection and analysis of ...
4.12.2012

EU/ Economic empowerment of young women

The overall objective of the project is to enhance young women's economic empowerment and fulfilment of their rights in Indonesia. The actions focus on narrowing the gender gaps not only in economic te...
4.12.2012

EU/Mobilizing Youth for Gender Equality in Politics

Discrimination and unequal share of power are considered the major bottleneck for democracy in Nepal. Discrimination has restricted women and members of other marginalized groups from equal access to t...
4.12.2012

INT/New form of cultural and media co-operation

Cultural projects in developing countries are meant to complete the Finnish aid to developing countries and diversify the means of development aid. The aim of cultural exchange is to advance cooperatio...
3.12.2012

INT/Save the Children Finland

Save the Children fights for children´s rights worldwide. Save the Children Finland focuses on children´s right to survival and development, child protection from any form of discrimination and differe...
30.11.2012

Supporting the work of a gender adviser at the regional Office

Finland has started supporting the work of a gender adviser at the regional Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR located in Beirut in year 2010. Adviser's work aims to enhance and por...
29.11.2012

INT/Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme UN

UNODC is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for Internatio...
26.11.2012

Drak Tsho East Vocational Training Centre for the Disabled

In the second phase of the project the intention is to focus on sustainability. The main acitivities are the education of teachers and their salaries, evolving the sponsoring programme, advocacy work a...
26.11.2012

Functional literacy and language training for adult refugees at Nakivale refugee settlement

Main goal of the project is to decline poverty among 60 000 refugees in Nakivale settlement. Low education level and illiteracy that are common among refugees. Inflict poverty by low self-esteem and l...
26.11.2012

Supporting Democracy and Peace-Building through Investigative Journalism in Nepal

Supporting Democracy and Peace-building through Investigative Journalism in Nepal has been a two year project (2010-2011/12), jointly implemented by CIJ Nepal and Vikes Finland. Investigative journ...
26.11.2012

SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-HIMALAYAN REGION OF INDIA - Phase II

The continuation project is based on the results of the pilot project of the year 2011 -2012. In this on-going project the focus is on women as it has been seen that it is the women who have taken res...
26.11.2012

Sustainable livelihoods for farmers in Sulawesi

The Sustainable Livelihoods for Farmers in Sulawesi –project will be carried out by the Student Union of the University of Helsinki and Payo-Payo in 2013-2015. The project is the continuation of a prev...
26.11.2012

Training and support for urban refugees in Kampala

The development problem that the project aims to alleviate is poverty defined as lack of certain minimal or basic capacities needed for generating human well-being. The overall objective of the project...
26.11.2012

Twinning Programme for School Milk and Women's Dairy in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

The twinning programme in Kilimanjaro supports the school milk-campaign in primary schools in Machame village and development of Kalali Women’s Dairy. The region has suffered for dryness like the East ...
26.11.2012

VIET/Self-management and development in villages in Vietnam

To strengthen, expand and monitor the project for strengthening local democracy with an aim to improve living conditions and enhance democracy in the villages. PROJECT CONTINUATION 2013-15: Village ...
19.11.2012

INT/Support of environment movements in developing countries

Siemenpuu Foundation supports civil society organisations in developing countries working for environmental protection and global dialogue. The Foundation has provided project funding since 2002. Finan...
19.11.2012

INT/Support to Human Rights

KIOS promotes the realisation of human rights work of NGOs in developing countries as human rights are defined in the human rights treaties and instruments of the United Nations and the Councilof Europ...
19.11.2012

Kehyssopimus/Suomen Punainen Risti

To support Finnish Red Cross's (FRC) Development Cooperation Programme through Partnership Agreement. The programme consists of two thematic areas in 2013 - 2015: Community-Based Health Programmes and...
19.11.2012

Kumppanuussopimus/Kirkon Ulkomaanapu

FCA aims to become a globally recognised player in supporting peace work in local communities and train religious and traditional leaders in peace work, help them solve local conflicts and support them...
19.11.2012

Partnership agreement/Int.Solidary foundation

International Solidarity Foundation works with rural development, small-scale entrepreneurs and cooperatives to diversify the income. Foundation focuses the equality between men and women which is also...
16.11.2012

World Bank PROFOR

PROFOR is a World Bank-hosted multi-donor funded programme supporting developing countries in areas of financing strategies for sustainable forest management, rural livelihoods to promote forests' cont...
15.11.2012

SL DAR / bilateral development cooperation programme planning between Tanzania and Finland

Succesful planning, monitoring and evaluation of the bilateral development cooperation programme between Tansania and Finland.
13.11.2012

INT/UNCCD Global Mechanism

Capacity building for developing countries on formulation and implementation of desertification control and related financing strategies and related reporting through the UNCCD Secretariat and the Glob...
13.11.2012

INT/UNCCD secretariat

Capacity building for developing countries on formulation and implementation of desertification control strategies and related reporting through the UNCCD Secretariat and the Global Mechanism.
13.11.2012

UN Forum on forests UNFF

In October 2000, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), in its Resolution 2000/35 established the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), a subsidiary body with the main object...
7.11.2012

Project preparation in Asian countries

Preparation of projects in Asia and Oceania
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