Objectives monitored by OECD

Aid to environment
29.5.2013

Support for Earth Negotiations Bulletin

International Institute for Sustainable Development writes and publishes the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB). The ENB is a reporting service for environment and development negotiations. The ENB prov...
23.5.2013

Sustainable Use of Forest Resources

The aim of the project is to enhance the environmental awareness and the condition of environment in Guinea. The purpose is to reduce and strengthen the use of wood and forests as well as improve the c...
22.5.2013

Development and Dissemination of Improved Pyrolytic Stove

Food security and access to energy are development issues that will probably be affected by climate change. The project develops anila pyrolytic stove which could use biomass efficiently and produce bi...
22.5.2013

Dry Sanitation improvement programme for Zambia

Aims: improve environmental sanitation through use of dry toilets and waste management; improve water sources for clean household water; improve health conditions; develop organic home gardening. Activ...
22.5.2013

Dry Sanitation Project in Msunduza Township

Aims: improve environmental sanitation through use of dry toilets and waste management; improve health conditions; develop organic home gardening. Activities: building dry toilets in public places, sch...
22.5.2013

Improving livelih and environm by rainwater harvesting in Mwanga

Aim: increased use of rainwater harvesting and small-scale drip irrigation in rural drylands for fruits and firewood; improved livelihoods, particularly of women and children, through diversified incom...
22.5.2013

Mtwara: Community water supply project

Aim: improve access to potable water and sanitation services; improve health conditions, reduce poverty; strengthen the operation of water committees. Activities: baseline study of present situation; i...
22.5.2013

Natural Forest Protection

The project aims at developing a method to protect natural forests in Madagaskar, where deforestation and forest fragmentation are problems. Forest restoration and creation of buffer zones by planting ...
22.5.2013

Natural Forest Protection

The project aims at developing a method to protect natural forests in Madagaskar, where deforestation and forest fragmentation are problems. Forest restoration and creation of buffer zones by planting ...
22.5.2013

Nepal tourism, outdoor and environment development project

Aims: sustainable development (including social, economic and environmental sustainability) of trekking related tourism in selected areas of Katmandu Valley (Dhulikhel); increase of environmental aware...
22.5.2013

Organisational Capacity Building for Environmental Education and Community Development

The project has two goals: to strengthen the organisational capacity of Green Living Movement Swaziland (GLM Swaziland) and to increase knowledge on environmental issues in the cooperation communities....
22.5.2013

Protection of biodiversity, livelihood and ecological functions

Aims: conservation of natural tropical forests in heart of Borneo; diversified livelihood of local forest dependent communities through sustainable community based forest management; development of for...
22.5.2013

Sustainable sanitation improvement for Madimba, Lusaka

Aims: improve environmental sanitation in a peri-urban area through use of dry toilets and waste management; improve health conditions; provide drinking water. Activities: building dry toilets in publi...
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

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

Traditional System of Medicine for Community Health and Livelihood Security

In face of onslaught of modern medicine, which is inaccessible to poor communities, it is necessary to revive the multi-tiered, interactive, interdisciplinary, eco-sensitive and vegetation-based health...
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...
26.4.2013

Programme planning, Sub-Saharan Africa

Allocation for Regional Programme Planning will be used for project preparation, conducting of studies, seminar arrangements, travel costs related to prgramme monitoring and sectoral seminars. The fun...
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...
19.4.2013

Capacity Building for Disaster Prevention in Rural Maya Communities

Reduction of impacts of natural catastrophes and creation of systematic crisis prevention and disaster preparedness in the area.
12.4.2013

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

Finland seeks to support UN Habitat in the carrying out its mandate and especially its normative functions. A key objective of Habitat's activities is the attaintment of the MDG concerning slums.
10.4.2013

DIPECHO VIII Joining forces in risk reduction in northern Honduras

The objective of the project is to join forces in risk reduction in norther Honduras, especially in communities suffering from floods.
10.4.2013

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

Finland will give a contribution of 3,4 million euros to UNEP's Environmental Fund, which is used to fund UNEP's activities.
9.4.2013

Governance for Sustainability: Developing a Natural Resource Governance Framework

Immediate purpose of providing an independent, robust, and credible approach to ascertaining the strengths and weaknesses of natural resource governance, including both decision-making and implementati...
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...
4.4.2013

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...
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

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

UEF-UNEP Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

The Ministry has been funding the Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreement that has been organized by the University of Eastern Finland in collaboration with UNEP. Due to the change of the legal ...
20.3.2013

Support for the Unit of Int. Environmental Policy

The usage of the allocated funds focuses on those operations that are necessary for the functioning of the unit and which aim to enable Finland's broad and effective participation in different organisa...
19.3.2013

Energy and Environment Partnership in Southern and East Africa

Energy and Environment Partnership in Southern and East Africa. By promoting the use of renewable energy solutions it is possible to improve access to electricity, reduce poverty and tackle climate cha...
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...
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

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/Environmental Conventions; developing countries participation

to support the participation of Developing Country representatives in the meetings of international environmental conventions
19.2.2013

Project planning

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

Programme planning of Embassy of Finland in Lusaka

Planning and monitoring of the development co-operation programme between Finland and Zambia.
28.1.2013

The Final Evaluation of Nicaragua´s Bilateral Programmes/ Agriculture

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...
24.1.2013

Strengthening Research Capacity for Sustainable Forest Management in M

The overall objective of the project is to increase the impacts of intensified silviculture on the productivity and sustainable utilization of Mongolian forests. The increasing productivity and sustain...
2.1.2013

Programme planning of Embassy of Finland in Lusaka

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

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

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...
28.12.2012

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27.12.2012

Capacity Building of the Regional Government of Madre de Dios to handle and solve the problems of informal artisanal and small scale mining

The Regional Government of Madre de Dios needs capacity building in administering and coordinating the local mining activities including the fast expanding informal, small scale and artisanal mining. ...
27.12.2012

Decentralized Forest and other Natural Resources Management Programme

Although Zambia has one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, the poverty rate in rural areas - 77 % in 2011 - has not decreased and the gap between the wealthiest and poorest population is growi...
27.12.2012

ICI-project between MTT and FCRI to develop agricultural production methods in dry and saline conditions

Egypt's Field Crop Research Institute (FCRI) and MTT Agrifood Research Finland are starting an institutional capacity building project to develop capacity to improve production methods in dry and salin...
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

Lao/SUFORD-SF Sustainable Forest Development

Finnish support to the forest sector in Lao PDR started in 1995 with the Forest Management and Conservation Project (FOMACOP), which piloted an approach to participatory management of production forest...
27.12.2012

Making agriculture part of the solution to climate change-Building

The project aims at enabling developing countries to better realize the opportunities of climate change mitigation in agriculture while improving food security and increasing resilience of farming syst...
27.12.2012

Programme planning of Embassy of Finland in Lusaka

Planning and monitoring of the development co-operation programme between Finland and Zambia.
27.12.2012

Regional Andean Programme to enhance Weather, Water, Climate Services and Development PRASDES

Andean region countries (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru) are vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to their geographical position. Extreme weather patterns, floods, drought and so called EN...
21.12.2012

Support to EU Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF)

Finland supports the Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership under its Action Area 4: Technology, Innovation and Capacity Development which aims at developing the nex...
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 for Delhi Sustainable Development Summit

The DSDS organized by TERI is one of the most significant annual conferences on sustainable development. The high-level conference, which gives considerable emphasis on climate issues in developing cou...
17.12.2012

World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme ESMAP

Established in 1983, the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) is a global, multidonor technical assistance trust fund administered by the World Bank and cosponsored by 12 official bilate...
12.12.2012

Enhancing capacity of developing countries to undertake climate action

South Center is a think-tank founded by developing countries governments. The SC's project's broad objective to strengthen the capacity of developing countries at two levels: 1. At the national level, ...
11.12.2012

INT/AfDB-consulting fund

Finland's bilateral fund at the African Development Bank
28.11.2012

INT/Further Education Course on Sustainable Communities

The Ministry has been funding the Sustainable Communities course that has been organized by the Aalto University in collaboration with UN-HABITAT. Due to the change of the legal status of Finnish unive...
27.11.2012

Capacity Building for Emission Measurements in Uruguay VTT/LATU

The relevance of the emission measurement development need is increasing with the various pulp mill plants existing and planned in Uruguay. There is a lack of capacity at the national level in Uruguay ...
26.11.2012

Support for investigative journalism in Nicaragua

In Nicaragua environmental trade-related problems have been increasing last years nationwide.Many projects presented by the government, like building an inter-oceanic canal or giving concessions to exp...
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...
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 Service center for development cooperation

Financing agreement of the Finnish development NGOs' umbrella organisation Kepa. Kepa's work during the new programme cycle 2013-15 concentrates on three areas: 1. Influencing political decision-ma...
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...
16.11.2012

Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - FCPF

The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) assists developing countries in their efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and land degradation (REDD). It has two objectives: to build capacity ...
16.11.2012

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

Finland will give a contribution of 3,4 million euros to UNEP's Environmental Fund, which is used to fund UNEP's activities.
16.11.2012

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

Finland seeks to support UN Habitat in the carrying out its mandate and especially its normative functions. A key objective of Habitat's activities is the attaintment of the MDG concerning slums.
16.11.2012

INT/Global Environment Facility (GEF)

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...
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...
12.11.2012

INT/Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF)

The LDCF is a voluntary trust fund established under the UNFCCC, and managed by the GEF, to address the special needs of the 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) that are especially vulnerable to the ad...
12.11.2012

Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)

The Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) was established to support adaptation and technology transfer in all developing country parties to the UNFCCC. The SCCF supports both long-term and short-term ada...
7.11.2012

Project preparation in Asian countries

Preparation of projects in Asia and Oceania
1.11.2012

Education Development

The development of school system is not in the priorities of the almost non-existing local administration. The partner organizations aim to improve the possibilities of education in the region of El Ad...
1.11.2012

Electronic Publishing and Social Intervention in India

The aim od this project is to collect books and material from 50-100 relevant fields of societal development and convert them into e-books. The project establishes a e-library, which would be free to u...
1.11.2012

Green Village Community Livelihoods

Improvement of agricultural productivity and access to market in line with sustainable development principles.
1.11.2012

IN/Traditional System of Medicine for Community Health

The purpose of the project is to enhance community health and livelihoods in Indian Rajasthan through the promotion of traditional medicine.The project aims at sharing the indigenous knowledge of the t...
1.11.2012

Media Training for Environmental Reporting

In the project will be organized courses on environmental journalism for Nigerian journalists. Courses aim to improve proficiency and information of Nigerian journalists in environmental matters, and d...
1.11.2012

Promoting of Sanitation in Kyrgyse republic through local capacity build

The aim of the project is to promote hygiene and sanitation awareness in the Kyrgyz countryside where the sanitation situation is very bad. The project will provide information and education and at lea...
1.11.2012

Take a Lead, Leadership training in Mariental Namibia

The aim of this project is to develop the African 4H and other youth organisations' leadership and to improve the international 4H and rural youth- organisations' networking in order to enhance knowled...
1.11.2012

Use of appropriate technologies in the processing of Andean crops

Aims: poverty alleviation and improved food security of small producers; development of sustainable rural Andean grains and cereal business. Activities: peasant-to-peasant services and training on orga...
1.11.2012

Women's Empowering Radio

Purpose of the project is to strenghten women around Kampala area by improving working possibilities, supporting health and increasing women's knowledge and skills by giving education, information, and...
26.10.2012

Green economy in Southern Africa and strategic environmetal asessment as a tool

A regional workshop on green economy and stategic environmental asessment will be organised in Zambia. It is hosted by the Ministry of Lands Environment and Natural Resources of Zambia and organised by...
25.10.2012

INT/UN Desertification Convention; Finland's assessed contribution

Finland's assessed contribution to the budget of the UN Convention on Desertification UNCCD
24.10.2012

INT/Strengthening of impact of multilateral development cooperation

Strengthening of impact of multilateral development cooperation. Support to costs for environment related seminars and other activities.
18.9.2012

INT/Universal Access to Female Condom (UAFC) Joint Programme

The aim of the project is to provide bridge funding to the Universal Access to Female Condoms (UAFC) Joint Programme in order to ensure its continued efforts in promoting access to and use of female co...
3.9.2012

IN/Building for Emission Measurements

Capacity Building for Emission Measurements in India
24.8.2012

Green Diplomacy; support to UNEP's environmental diplomacy initiative

UNEP has investigated the relationship between conflicts and natural resources since the 1990s. For UNEP, Finland has been a long-term reliable partner for this thematic. Since 2008, Finland has suppor...
24.8.2012

NIC/Project planning

Project planning in Nicaragua.
24.8.2012

VALIME/Implementation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification

The objective of the Programme is to support the implementation of the UNCCD (UN Convention to Combat Desertification) in West Asia and North Africa, specifically its 10-Year Strategic Plan with focus ...
23.8.2012

Green Climate Fund (GCF)

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The purpose of the GCF is to make a significant and...
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