Objectives monitored by OECD

Gender equality
14.12.2015

UNESCO Enhancing Literacy in Afghanistan (ELA Phase III)

UNESCO Programme for Enhancing of Literacy in Afghanistan (ELA) is a national programme that aims to improve the level of literacy, numeracy and vocational skills of the adult population in all 34 prov...
14.12.2015

UNICEF (WASH)

UNICEF’s WASH project (2015-16: 1 500 000 Euros) addresses water and sanitation issues and promotes good hygienic practices at schools in Northern Afghanistan Provinces (Balk, Samangan, Sari Pul,Jawzja...
14.12.2015

UNICEF - WASH Earthquake Recovery Programme

The catastrophic earthquake of 25th April 2015 measuring 7.8 Richter scale had its devastating consequences on human lives and property as well as infrastructures including WASH services in Nepal. The ...
14.12.2015

WCO-ESA Project "to progress the trade facilitation agenda, within the framework of the WCO Mercator Programme"

The objective of the project is to increase intra-African trade and increase trade between Africa and the rest of the world by supporting Customs reform and modernization in beneficiary countries in th...
8.12.2015

KEN/Support to democracy in Kenya

The overall objective of the civic education Programme "Rooting Democracy in Kenya throgh an Informed Citizenry 2016-2020" is to contribute towards an informed, empowered and democratic society in Keny...
8.12.2015

Support of Joint Financing arrangement of IGAD (extension)

Finland has supported Inter-Governmental Authority on Development since its establishment in late 1980s. Between 2011-2014 Finland supported strengthening the institutional and project management capac...
8.12.2015

Technical Assistance for Competence-Based Soft Skills Development in School Education in Nepal

The Technical Assistance for Competence-Based Soft Skills Development in School Education in Nepal (TASS) is the second phase of the Finnish funded TSSP program, which was implemented in the years 2012...
7.12.2015

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

Finland provides financial support to the Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA) established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2002. LOTFA has been the most important fund...
7.12.2015

Assessment of soil amendment rock resources, phase II

The purpose of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the Ethiopian counterpart agencies to develop information on mineral and soil resources for improving agricultural productivity. Specific att...
7.12.2015

Programme for Institutional Cooperation between Higher Education Institutions (HEI ICI)

The long-term objective of the HEI ICI programme is to strengthen the performance of higher education institutions in the global south, to support their ability to participate in the development of a s...
7.12.2015

Promoting gender-responsive approaches to natural resources management for peacebuilding

In developing countries at household and community levels women are often still the main providers of food, water and energy, this being especially true in rural settings. This dependency makes women v...
7.12.2015

Support to the Institute of Social and Economic Research

The Finnish support to IESE, Institute of Social and Economic Research, is a component of the Finnish Good Governance Programme in Mozambique. Through research IESE promotes social, political and econo...
4.12.2015

KV.RAH.LAIT/The World Bank, Donor Funded Staffing Program, DFSP

The World Bank staffing program (Donor Funded Staffing Program, DFSP) is funded by the following 14 Donors Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Norway, Spai...
1.12.2015

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...
1.12.2015

Support to the Basel Convention Regional Center in Pretoria

Support to the Basel Convention Regional Center of the English-speaking African countries (Africa Institute for Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous and Other Wastes) based in Pretoria, South ...
30.11.2015

Social Protection II

Social protection II project will assist the Government of Zambia to achieve the overall objective of the National Social Protection Policy to contribute to the wellbeing of all Zambians by ensuring th...
30.11.2015

UNDP: Building Resilience in Response to the Syrian Crisis

The four and half years of Syrian war has created but a biggest humanitarian catastrophe since the World War II but above all a regional development crisis. Conflict feeds radicalization and has helped...
27.11.2015

Partnership for Infrastructure Development Multi-Donor Trust Fund

The World Banks's Trust Fund provides co-financing for infrastructure projects and programs in the water and urban development, and energy sectors in the occupied Palestinian territory. The overall obj...
26.11.2015

Enhancing Competitiveness and Sustainable Business among MSMEs in the Building Contruction Sector

The Zambia Green Jobs Programme is supporting sustainable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) along the building construction value chain to become more productive and competitive; to grow, cre...
26.11.2015

MYA/Alternative Development and Establishment of Community Forests in South Shan

Myanmar is one of the least developed countries and a fragile state. Project will support communities to replace opium poppy growing in South Shan, Myanmar to find income alternatives (i.e. coffee grow...
26.11.2015

Project preparation in Central and South America

Preparation of Projects in Central and South America. The funds will be used for evaluations and monitoring activities.
26.11.2015

UNWomen Women, peace and security in the Arab States Programme

The aim of UNWomen programme is to enhance Women, peace and security theme and women’s leadership and to work with countries on developing national action plans on UN SCR 1325. The programme will have ...
26.11.2015

Women's rights in Myanmar

Myanmar is one of the least developed countries and is a fragile state. Inequality of sexes and gender based discrimination and violence hinder democratic development in the country. The objective of t...
24.11.2015

Education sector SWAP

Finland has supported the Education Sector in Mozambique since the year 1997, and joined in the common sectoral fund FASE in 2003. The Finnish funding through the FASE to the Education Sector in Moz...
24.11.2015

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

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 address impunity for sexual violence. The mandate o...
23.11.2015

IUCN-Finland Framework agreement

IUCN is a globally unique actor in the conservation of biodiversity and in enhancing nature-based solutions and good environmental management. The Framework agreement between Finland and IUCN supports ...
16.11.2015

EBRD Finland´s transition fund

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, extended its activities in 2012 to the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region. In addition to the investments the Bank offers technica...
16.11.2015

Madad, EU Syria Trust Fund

The overall objective of the Trust Fund is to provide a coherent and reinforced aid response to the Syrian crisis on a regional scale, responding primarily in the first instance to the needs of refugee...
16.11.2015

Support to the Peace Process in Myanmar

The overall objective of the project Facilitating the Myanmar Peace Process 2016–2018 is to support and strengthen the peace process and the emerging political dialogue in Myanmar through technical sup...
12.11.2015

MYA/Support to Myanmar Peace Fund

There has been ethnic conflicts in Myanmar as long as Myanmar has been independent. Since president Thein Sein took the office of the President he gave peace a change. There has been many friends of th...
5.11.2015

Support for Trade Mark East Africa

Trade Mark East Africa, TMEA, is an international Aid for Trade not-for-profit organization that aims to work in Eastern Africa to 1) increase physical access to markets 2) enhance trade environment 3...
5.11.2015

Syrian Voices: Exploring inclusive solutions for peace in Syria by European Institute of Peace (EIP)

Project aims at contributing to peace process in Syria by facilitating regular dialogues between relevant national and regional stakeholders and supporting the work of UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistu...
3.11.2015

1325 - "Women, Peace and Security" implementation; planning

Finland issued its first National Action Plan for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in 2008. The Action Plan has been an important instrument in eff...
15.10.2015

Sustainable Management of Land and Environment, SMOLE, II

SMOLE aims at reducing absolute poverty in the society through environmentally sound land management and socio-economic development. The Project consists of four main components: 1. Institutional Devel...
14.10.2015

HelpAge: Community-based response in prevention and management of non-communicable diseases in old age, Phase II

The project aims to bridge the gap in government service delivery and unmet needs of older people through the inclusion of services provided by civil society networks. The model focuses on prevention a...
14.10.2015

NGO Interaction, Prevention and Protection Program for Victims of Trafficking – 2013

The project aims at identifying victims of trafficking and domestic violence and people in at-risk situations through two toll-free phone lines in Transnistria and the prevention of those antisocial ...
8.10.2015

Project support to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

Finland joined in 2011 the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. The Alliance is a public-private partnership hosted by the UN Foundation and launched by minister Clinton in 2010 to save lives, improve...
5.10.2015

Trade and Development / UN Global Compact; Contribution to the Global Compact trust Fund in 2015-2016

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...
16.9.2015

Bhutan, ICI Meteorology Sector Cooperation

Finnish-Bhutanese ICI-project for Improved capacity of the Government of Bhutan aims to respond to the increased risks related to climate change, like storms, drought and flooding. The purpose of the p...
16.9.2015

INT/Aid for Trade in Central Asia

UNDP is implementing the flagship project on the theme Aid For Trade in the framework of Wider Europe Initiative. The first Phase of the programme (2009-2010) consisted of three components: 1) Aid for ...
8.9.2015

Western Balkans/Planning and evaluation of Western Balkans projects

Finland's Development Policy Framework Programme for the Western Balkans for the years 2009-2013 has been completed. Finnish development cooperation in the Western Balkans is implemented only in Kosovo...
27.8.2015

National Dialogue and Mediation Processes - Conference II

The second conference on national dialogue and mediation processes will be dedicated to topical issues and practice in these fields. The conference brings together actors and experts working on interna...
21.8.2015

Support to Civil Society in Mozambique

The objective of civil society support of Finland's Good Governance Programme, which is channeled via MASC (Mecanismo de Apio de Sociedade Civil), is to support the capacity and influencing of civil so...
16.7.2015

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)....
9.7.2015

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

Planning funds will be used for the updating of the country strategy for development cooperation between Finland and Tanzania, planning, monitoring and evaluation of the bilateral development cooperat...
8.7.2015

Nairobi Embassy Planning Funds

Planning funds will be used i.a.for the preparation and monitoring of the Kenya development cooperation strategy and to the training related to development cooperation.
6.7.2015

Women’s Rights to Land in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: A Campaign on Gender and Land Tenure

Women’s equal access to, use of and control over land and other productive resources are essential to ensuring gender equality and an adequate standard of living. Throughout the world, gender inequalit...
2.7.2015

Support for the OECD Development Centre's Gender Programme

Finland supports the improvement of rights and well-being of women in developing countries through the generation and provision of information on social norms, policy discussion and capacity building. ...
29.6.2015

UN; OHCHR; Strengtening Accountability for Sustainable Development using Human Rights Indicatores

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has worked systematically on human rights indicators since 2004. Human rights indicators help to measure the implementation of human rights ...
18.6.2015

Supporting the Work of the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in 2015

This is a project proposal to support the work of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston, during the second half of 2015. This funding will enable the Spec...
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

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...
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

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...
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

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

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...
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)....
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...
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...
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

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...
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

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 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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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

UN Alliance of Civilizations; Trainings of Somali Journalists/ Civil servants in collaboration with VIKES

UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) will collaborate with VIKES on trainings of journalists together with the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and other local organizations in Somalia; Som...
4.2.2015

UNDP / The Business Call to Action

The Business Call to Action (BCtA), launched in 2008, is UNDP's global initiative that aims to accelerate progress towards the development goals by challenging companies to develop inclusive business m...
4.2.2015

UNHCR Confidence Building Measure

Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1282 of 1999 and subsequent resolutions, UNHCR has been promoting Confidence Building Measures (CBM), in cooperation with Morocco and the POLISARIO and the su...
2.2.2015

Finland's support to UNESCO's 'CONNECTING the Dots' conference

Finland's financial support (89 000 euros) to 'Connecting the Dots: Options for Future Action' - Conference on UNESCO's Internet Study: access, free expression, privacy and ethics. The conference will ...
22.12.2014

WHO/core voluntary contribution

The WHO is Finland’s most important partner in the development of global health policy. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, in cooperation with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, are responsible ...
19.12.2014

One-UN Social Protection Floors Initiative

The One-UN Social Protection Floor Initiative (SPF-I) promotes successfully the goal of "UN Delivering as One": UN agencies promote together the human right to social protection and essential services ...
18.12.2014

EITI, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was founded in 2003. EITI is a global coalition of governments, companies and civil society working together to improve openness and accountabl...
18.12.2014

Frame agreement/Finn Church Aid

FCA’s Programme is based in three interrelated themes: Right to Livelihood (R2L), Right to Education (R2E) and Right to Peace (R2P). FCA supports small-scale entrepreneurship, particularly among wom...
18.12.2014

Global Partnership for Education, GPE

Finland decided to join to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in July 2013. The first funding decision of Finland to GPE amounted to 4 milj EUR (2013-2014). The subsequesnt funding decision ...
17.12.2014

CPR/Heilongjiang Agricultural Project

Developing Agricultural Production in HLJ in China
17.12.2014

General Budget Support 2015-2016

General Budget Support is one of the main development aid instruments in the Mozambique Country Strategy (2014-2017). Finland´s participation in General Budget Support gives the possibility to influenc...
17.12.2014

GPSA, Global Partnership for Social Accountability

Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) aims at increasing the accountability of the governments of the developing countries to their citizens and to improve service delivery and service qu...
17.12.2014

Innovations for Development programme

"BEAM - Business with Impact" is a joint innovations-for-development program between the MFA Finland and the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology (Tekes) which supports development of innovations, inf...
17.12.2014

Quick Impact Projects in the Central African Republic

Quick Impact Projects in the Central African Republic support local governance and the development of local communities and villages in the surroundings of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Re...
16.12.2014

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...
16.12.2014

IOM's project promoting health and wellbeing amongst migrants transiting through Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen

IOM's (International Organization for Migration) project aims to support the relevant authorities and other stakeholders in migration management with a focus on promoting the health and wellbeing among...
16.12.2014

Marie Stopes International project on reproductive health

The project of the Marie Stopes International on reproductive health aims to reduce maternal and child mortality in Afghanistan by increasing availability and demand of quality sexual, reproductive, m...
16.12.2014

World Bank administered KP/FATA/Balochistan Multi-Donor Trust Fund

Pakistan's border regions of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KP), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan suffer from prolonged conflict and social instability. The socio-economic development i...
15.12.2014

Assisting victims of international crimes through ICC Trust Fund for Victims

The Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) provides assistance to victims of crimes handled before the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as their families. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war cri...
15.12.2014

Capacity Building in Animal Genetic Evaluation Methods and Design of Dairy Breeding Programs to Strengthen Ethiopian Dairy Development

The overall development objective of this ICI project between MTT Agrifood Reserach Finland and National Artificial Insemination Center (NAIC) in Ethiopia, is to improve food security and reduce pover...
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