Objectives monitored by OECD

Participatory development/Good governance
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

Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) for trade-related assistance for LDCs

The EIF is a multi-donor programme, which supports LDCs to be more active players in the global trading system by helping them tackle supply-side constraints to trade. In this way, the programme works ...
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...
2.12.2015

Multi-Partner Fund for Somalia (MPF)

World Bank's Multi-Partner Fund (MPF) supports Somalia's stabilization and peacebuilding by strengthening Somalia's governance and the management of the state's revenues (including taxation), as well a...
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 ...
1.12.2015

VN/Management Information System for Forestry Sector, Phase II

The overall objective of the Management Information System for Forestry project, phase II (FORMIS II) is to contribute to the socio-economic development of Viet Nam by reinforcing the sustainable fores...
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

Forestry and Value Chains Development, FORVAC

The ”Forestry and Value Chains Development” Programme primarily builds on the activities, experiences and lessons learned from two ongoing bilateral programmes in Tanzania, namely the “Extension of Sup...
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...
27.11.2015

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...
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

EU Pegase-mechanism

PEGASE is the EU’s main mechanism to support Palestinian state building and the implementation of the Palestine National Development Plan. Pegase mechanism is a program of direct financial support comb...
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...
25.11.2015

Supporting the Arms Trade Treaty: Improving Controls to Reduce Armed Violence in Latin America

The main development result is to "Decrease levels of development-debilitating violence in Latin America by reducing the quantity of small arms and light weapons circulating illegally in the region and...
24.11.2015

Promoting secure environment by reducing armed violence - Operationalizing Arms Trade Tready

In many developing countries violence conducted by small arms and light weapons is an obstacle for sustainable development and slows down the implementation of basic human rights. The focus of the proj...
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 ...
23.11.2015

URT/National forest programme implementation support project

This project is a 2 month extension to the original programme that aims at finalizing the programme before the start of next phase. The objective of Finland's support is to reduce poverty and promot...
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...
13.11.2015

Support to OEDC/DAC ENVIRONET for the years 2015-2016

The main purpose of the thematic support for OECD/DAC/ENVIRONET for the years 2015-2016 is to mainstream environmental sustainability to all development cooperation, including adaptation to the climate...
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...
6.11.2015

HAUS - ZPPA Twinning II

Capacity Building of the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) through Institutional Twinning Partnership with HAUS Finnish Institute of Public Management is a 2nd phase twinning partnership proje...
5.11.2015

INT/Academy of Finland, Development Research, thematic research 2012-2013

Academy of Finland Development Research two thematic call for proposals in 2012 and 2013. In 2012 the supplementary call for proposals is focused on Academy´s climate change research programme (FICCA)...
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...
3.11.2015

EBRD's ETC Initiative and Multi-Donor Cooperation

EBRD founded the multilateral Early Transition Countries Fund (ETCF) in 2004 for the poorest countries in the Union of Independent States, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldov...
3.11.2015

Teachers without borders -network

Teachers without borders –network works to improve and increase the involvement of teachers and other education professionals in development cooperation. The objective is to contribute to quality of ed...
3.11.2015

Unfpa Unicef Joint Programme on the abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation

The objective of the Joint Programme on the Abandonement of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting : Accelerating Change is to contribute to the acceleration of the total abandonement of FGM/C in the next g...
28.10.2015

6th High-Level Retreat of Special Envoys and Mediators (AU)

Sixth AU High-Level Retreat on the Promotion of Peace, Security and Stability in Africa, focusing specifically on "Terrorism, Mediation, and non-state armed groups" will be organized 21-22 October in W...
22.10.2015

INT/Nordic Africa Institute

The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) is a center for research, documentation and information on modern Africa in the Nordic region. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, the Institute is dedicated to providing timely...
21.10.2015

Institutional Cooperation between Finland and Nepal in meteorological services; 2nd Phase

The Finnish Meteorological Institute has carried out institutional cooperation (ICI) with the Nepalese counterpart Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) in the years 2010-2012. The second phase...
20.10.2015

MOZ Programming 2015-2016

The Finnish Development Aid Programme in Mozambique in 2015 is 22 140 000 euros and 11 000 000 euros in 2015. The Support to Mozambique consists of general budget support (2015), education sector suppo...
20.10.2015

Report on the development possibilities of Finland-China rule of law cooperation

The main purpose of the project is to study and clarify potential priority areas, methods and possible partners for future bilateral rule of law cooperation between Finland and China. The Department fo...
19.10.2015

INT/WTO Trade-related technical assistance

WTO Members concluded the negotiations on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement at the Ninth Ministerial Conference held in Bali in December 2013. The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility (TFAF) wa...
19.10.2015

VIE/Capacity Building for the Development of Selective Breeding Programs in Vietnam

The project "Capacity Building for the Development of Selective Breeding Programs in Vietnam" aims to improve the climate sustainability of the fishing industry and minimize its environmental impact u...
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...
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...
25.9.2015

Meta-evaluation 2014-2015

Development evaluation unit EVA-11 carries out on a regular basis so called meta-evaluations which assess the quality of project and programme evaluations, aggregate their results and analyze Finnish d...
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 ...
16.9.2015

Promoting Modernisation of Hydro-meteorological Services in Vietnam - Phase II

The ICI-project of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) works for increased capacity of the National Hydro-Meteorological service of Vietnam NHMS and aims to produce new and improved weather serv...
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...
24.8.2015

GESCI-AKE - funding extension

GESCI is a UN ICT Task Force-initiated international NGO focusing on assisting Ministries of Education and other relevant ministries in developing countries on planning and implementation of educationa...
21.8.2015

OECD/DAC; general support to Programme of Work and Budget

Total General support of 600,000 euros to the OECD/DAC Programme of Work and Budget for the biennium 2015-16, of which 530,000 euros is indicated as unearmarked voluntary contribution. 50% of the gener...
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...
18.8.2015

Voluntary contribution for OECD horizontal work on Policy Coherence for Development

MFA provides a voluntary contribution to support the horizontal work on Policy Coherence for Development (PCD). The support, 60,000 euros per year during the program for work and budget 2015-16 is chan...
28.7.2015

Strengthening of impact of multilateral development cooperation

Strengthening of impact of multilateral development cooperation, with specific focus on the UN Reforms is one of the key functions and tasks of the Unit for UN Development issues. The funds will be us...
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)....
14.7.2015

INT/IDEA

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. International IDEA’s mission ...
13.7.2015

UNDP National Evaluation Capacity Conference (NEC)

The NEC Conference series is part of an IEO strategy to support the development of national evaluation capacity, but distinguishes itself in that it focuses on supporting the governments with which UND...
10.7.2015

Hivos/Digital Defenders Partnership

The Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) is an initiative originated by the Freedom Online Coalition, a group of 26 countries committed to advancing human rights on-line. DDP promotes freedom of speech ...
9.7.2015

Forest Resource Assessment in Nepal

There is a need for strengthening of the forestry sector information systems, to enable the realistic preparation of new Master plan and to monitor effectively the impact of recent forest activities af...
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...
3.7.2015

Finland's support to UNICEF's Global Innovations for Children and Youth Summit 2015

The Global Innovations for Children and Youth Summit 2015 by UNICEF and Finland, to be organized in Helsinki on 9-10 November, 2015, builds on turning initiatives into large-scale solutions and into a ...
3.7.2015

Pro Ethical Trade Finland (PETF), Socia l& Solidarity Economy as Development Approach for Sustainability

In the 46 territories where the project will be implemented, work on development cooperation and on social and solidarity economy has been mainly carried out in two separate strands within different co...
2.7.2015

OHCHR; Support to the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

Rights of persons with disabilities are a priority area within the Finnish human rights and development policies. Finland supports the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with di...
29.6.2015

Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)

Transparency International (TI) is the leading international NGO working against corruption and has succeeded in placing and maintaining corruption on the international agenda during the last ten years...
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

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...
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 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

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

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...
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