Unit for General Development Policy

The Unit for General Development Policy is responsible for:

• developing the effectiveness, results-based management, and monitoring of development policy, including coordination of reporting on results

• cooperating with the European Union and the OECD in development policy matters, including the coordination of development policy done in Finland, in the EU and in the OECD.

• Other international development policy questions unless the task falls under the competence of other units.

• strengthening the quality of development cooperation and the implementation of the international focus-on-results principle

• coordinating and developing the guidelines and methods and instruments used in development cooperation and provision of related advice

• improving knowledge and competence related to development policy and development cooperation, and coordinating related training

• coordinating the work of the Quality Assurance Group and provision of advice.