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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 journalism is the extreme need of the country where corruptions b
ad governance conflict marginalization of people are the common phenomena. Despite some individual?s effort an effective investigative journalism is still missing in the media.Well-researched in-depth and explorative reporting is necessary to promote quali
ty debate on national agenda including the discussion on democratization peace-building and governance in Nepal. With this broad concept the first project trained about 50 mid-career journalists to produce well-researched and in-depth stories on various as
pects of peace-building and democracy and to publish them in local regional or national media. in 2012 gate-keeper journalists were sensitized to IJ. The second part of the project will take the training from Kathmandu to eastern far-western and mid-wester
n parts of the country. The overall objective is to increase and widen the field of investigative journalism. The intermediate objectives will be similar to earlier efforts ? Refresh and enhance the skills of journalists in investigative journalism which i
s key to increasing the quality of the debate in the media? Produce a quality content that will ?raise the bar? for all media in Nepal.? Inform the public on the issues in a manner that is not done by the media which essentially remains caught up in day-to
-day reporting.? Better inform the general public on the issues of the day and contribute towards their decision making process and influence the debate during constitution writing and upcoming elections.  The major outcome of the project is expected to su
pport democratic governance and peace process in Nepal through investigative journalism. But the immediate expected outcomes are: ? Provide training to 75 young journalists from different part of Nepal in the field of investigative journalism,? Produce at 
least 50 well- researched articles and publish them in the media. ? All or the best articles compiled and published as a book (in Nepali and English) for wider dissemination ? Better understanding of IJ  issues and greater coverage by media
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 objectives are in unision with Millennium Development Go
als and Development Policies of Finland and India. The project is implemented in cooperation with the Student Union of the University of Jyvaskyla (JYY) and Bal Rashmi Society (BRS). The long-term development objectives are to empower different levels of p
oor and backward communities and to improve their living conditions by increasing the awareness of the importance of health education and civil society. The project aims at reducing morbidity and infant mortality rates increasing enrolment in education enh
ancing family incomes raising the self-esteem of women and supporting government workers to become more responsible in their duties. Particularly the communities are encouraged to take an active role in matters affecting their lives and in their own develo
pment in order to achieve appropriate and sustainable outcomes. The project also carries out an in-depth study on child marriage in the Bijoliya region. The direct beneficiaries of the project are women children and youth whereas men and communities as a w
hole are mostly indirect beneficiaries.The main activities through which the objectives are accomplished are Village Planning Exercises and Community Meetings Women's Youth's and Adolescent Girls' Groups Income Generation Loan Programme Orientation of Chil
d Development Centres' Workers Educational Support to Children Information Centres and Training of Village Youth Volunteers. The project also continues to work with Members of Local Governance and Service Providers to strengthen collaboration between gover
nment workers and beneficiaries. The project develops old structures such as existing health and education services and therefore it does not create new institutions. In order to make the progress coherent Village Community Empowerment Phase II covers all 
the 115 villages and 24 hamlets of the Bijoliya Block.
INT/WTO Trade-related technical assistance (DDA GTF + STDF) Finland is a long-term partner to WTO technical assistance programmes. In particular Finland has supported WTO's Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDA GTF) and the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)DDA GTF aims to support developing c
ountries capacity to negotiate implement and benefit from  WTO -agreements. In 2015 an evaluations of the fund supported by several international partners is planned. Finland will contibute a maximum of 99.000 euros towards the evaluation. The Standards an
d Trade Development Facility is a global partnership that supports developing countries in building their capacity to implement international sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards guidelines and recommendations as a means to improve their human animal
 and plant health status and ability to gain or maintain access to markets. STDF is a partnership of FAO the World Bank WHO World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the WTO. The facility has been recently evaluated with positive results. The evaluati
on demonstrates that STDF has become a central coordination mechanism for SPS-related issues and the projects that it funds have had good results. Finland supports the work of STDF in  with EUR 550.000.
Frame agreement with NGO (SASK) The project aims at strengthening the capacity of the public sector unions to defend the rights of the workers in this sector and to lobby for the ratification of ILO conventions 151 and 154 in El Salvador and Nicaragua. The rights of public sector workers
 to organize and to bargain collectively are violated by many ways. Collective bargaining is allowed only to restricted groups of public servants. In Nicaragua, the government tends to intervene in trade union movement by supporting only unions that are al
lies to the government. In El Salvador only certain groups of public workers are allowed to join unions, for others it is forbidden. The project strengthens public sector unions and their advocacy capacities so that they can effectively advocate for the ra
tification of ILO conventions 151 and 154. The ratification of these conventions would improve the rights of public sector workers and would give an important tool for the unions. The project will improve the capacity of unions and increase the participati
on of women and young workers in the unions. The cooperation between unions and other relevant actors (ILO, CSI/CSA, labor centers) will also be improved and better focused. The beneficiaries of the project are the public sector unions, for example in the 
health sector. If governments do ratify ILO conventions 151 and 154 this will benefit all public sector workers in these countries.
Rehabilitation and Modernization of the Hydrological and Meteorological Observing Network and Data Exchange Procedures in Serbia and B+H In May 2014 devastating floods occurred in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Around 80 people died in the affected region. More than 20 000 km2 were under water leaving hundreds of thousands homeless and without livelihood. Material damages were huge. Bec
ause the hydrometeorological network also suffered extensive damage the forecasting of floods and natural disasters is difficult. The rehabilitation and development of the data exchange system improves the possibilities for forcasting floods and natural di
sasters and improves also the data exchange procedure. The beneficiaries of the project are the local people and administrations of the participating countries and especially the participating hydrometeorological services of Serbia Bosnian Serb Republic an
d the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegoivina. The project also enchances regional cooperation and supports indirectly the regional Sava River Commission. The project will be implemented as an assignment to the Finnish Meteorological Institute which has expe
rience in the region and can be mobilized rapidly. The budget of the regional reconstruction project to be implemented in 2015-2016 is  400 000 euros.
Poor women's and girls' right to own income and food security II The project is a continuation of an earlier cooperation between Cameroonian Home Economists' Association ACESF-CA and the Martha Association in 2012-2014. The development goal of the project is raising the quality of life (both material well-being and abil
ity to participate) of poor women and their families. The project will contribute to this goal through providing the women with increased knowledge and skills in good nutrition local food and home economics entrepreneurship. The new phase also focuses on a
 new vulnerable group: school girls that have chosen home economics as their career often without knowing how it can help them earn a living and be empowered.The project will mostly develop already existing structures such as training and mentoring of poor
 women entrepreneurs. These structures will be introduced also to three new regions.The project will have four strategic targets: 1. Educating on nutrition2. Improving the income of beneficiaries3. Promoting gender equality and empowering girls of the Home
 Economics field4. Building ACESF-CA?s institutional capacities The main beneficiaries are 1080 poor women in 6 towns and their surroundings in Cameroon (Yaounde Bamenda Maroua Douala Bertoua Bafoussam) as well as 450 young girls. The indirect beneficiarie
s are the family members of direct beneficiaries estimated to be 8 930.The main activities will be background research and identifying of beneficiaries production of training materials trainings of trainers training of women in nutrition and good entrepren
eurship forming of home economics clubs for schoolgirls to discuss professional issues and empowerment and to carry out study visits. Capacity building of counterpart association ACESF-CA and evaluation are also activities that will be carried throughout t
he project.The main partners for this project are the Martha Association and ACESF-CA. The latter shall work in collaboration with the external services of the Ministry of Women Empowerment and the Family (MINPROFF) and the Ministry of Secondary Education 
(MINESEC).
Frame Agreement with NGO (Foundation for Human Rights/KIOS) One of the special characteristics of the conflict in Congo has been of the raw and systematic violence against women and girls. Sexual violence takes place in the eastern part of the conflict and the systematic impunity is a fundamental problem: the autho
rities are intervening a very limited number of cases and the judicial system does not have enough resources for effective work. The aim is to fight against the impunity of the sexual violence crimes by providing legal assistance to victims of sexual viole
nce and raising awareness of sexual violence in the legal context. The target groups are the victims of sexual violence, women and girls and their families . Action des Droits des chretiens Activistes de l' Homme a Shabunda ACADHOSHA is an organization fou
nded in 2001 that works in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The organization works, especially in remote areas of  Shabunda y Mwenga . The organization's goal is to promote respect for human rights, especially women's and children'
s rights, as well as to work in order to eliminate impunity, discrimination and violence . www.acadhosha.org
KV.RAH.LAIT/Support to the World Bank research activities The KCP serves as an effective transparent and efficient vehicle for the pooling of intellectual and financial resources for data collection and research supporting poverty reduction and sustainable development. It encourages and facilitates the Bank's dia
logue with partner agencies developing country clients and other interested parties. A subsidiary objective is to assist data collection and research capacity in the Bank's client countries. The objective of the KCP is to move quickly into areas and develo
pment issues where the creation of new knowledge is likely to assist the formulation of better policies with a greater impact on poverty.The four trust funds established under the KCP support activities related to overarching themes ofpoverty dynamics and 
delivery of public services, investment climate and trade and integration, global public goods and economic development and structural change. The first addresses issues at the heart of poverty reduction empowerment and sustainable development as well as p
ublic service delivery for human development, the second focuses on the major elements of a business climate conducive to growth with emphasis on the role of small- and medium-scale industries, the third focuses on global issues such as climate change and 
communicable disease that require collective action and coordination across countries, and the fourth will analyze the policies and factors that are necessary to make it possible for a developing country to upgrade its industrial structure continuously and
 develop rapidly. The World Bank is responsible for administering the KCP. KCP donors are represented in the Consultative Group which meets yearly to discuss the strategic direction of the program as well as its progress and accomplishments.
CRPE ? RM Building public support for anti-corruption efforts of the National Integrity Commission Corruption is embedded in Moldova's public institutions and is cited as a stagger block to European Integration ? Chisinau?s fundamental objective. A successful anti-corruption policy is a benchmark for EU visa liberation as well as for successful implemen
tation of the future Association Agreement with the EU. Thanks to EU pressure key anti-corruption institutions were created in 2012, law no. 180 of 19/12/2011 established the National Integrity Commission (NIC) aiming to control officials? wealth.The proje
ct will lead to changes in Moldovan society by clearly identifying  the gaps of the appropriate activity of the NIC to address corruption in Republic of Moldova and in the same time by proposing clear and thorough processes for engagement with stakeholders
 - civil society mass-media and officials in order to ensure the assessment of the anti-corruption institutions. Civil society will be enabled to monitor the anti-corruption effort and to provide a useful and objective supervisory tool that can check on ac
tivity of NIC and its own objectivity and integrity. More so the project will contribute to the strengthening of the professional values and quality journalism so as the Moldovan journalism will represent an impediment to corruption.As an outcome of the pr
oject the NIC will have better chances to improve their activity due to the communication and transparency procedures that will enhance the cooperation and collaboration with mass-media and civil society. Furthermore Moldova's civil society institutions an
d mass-media will be empowered in developing and monitoring the national anti-corruption policy development processes through exchange of information and expertise with the government agencies responsible for preventing and fighting corruption.
Frame agreement with NGO (FIDIDA) Empowerment of Palestinian People with Visual Impairment and Promoting their Inclusion in Society. WHAT: In the project quality of the education and guidance for the visually impaired is promoted through production of assistive devices for teaching.WHY: Th
e politically unstable situation and the bureaucracy in Palestine make it more difficult for the NGOs to act in the area. Some of special schools have difficulties to guarantee the right materials for their visually impaired students since the remedial edu
cation material unit under Ministry of Education is unable to produce enough Braille materials for every student. At the same time the expensive Braille printers owned by the schools are unused because the government no longer covers the expenses.HOW: The 
association for the parents of visually impaired children is offering valuable peer support and information which helps the parents acknowledge the needs of visually impaired children better. When these needs are met the inclusive education and social part
icipation are eased for the visually impaired. The project benefits the visually impaired children that have the opportunity whose school attendance can be guaranteed.PARTNER ORGANISATION: The project is implemented by Betlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitat
ion (BASR).
Frame agreement with NGO (Siemenpuu) The strategical meeting in Honduras between the networks of AcBio/WRM and Atalc is a further strengthening of the joint working between these network wich has come forth out of the Siemenpuu Latin America program since three years, under the main theme of 
the struggles against plantations and its alternatives, and the subtheme of the critical appraisal of Green economy discourse, and the issue of True versus False solutions to our global social and environmental crises. The meetings will furthermore give vi
sibility to local struggles related to these issues, and to violations of human rights in Honduras.
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 provinces covering 750 000 learners. Afghanistan has one of 
the lowest literacy rates in the world currently estimated at over 30% of the adult population (over 15 years of age). Female literacy levels are on average 15 to 20 % while male literacy rate average is closer to 40 to 50 % both with high geographical var
iation. ELA will give priority to women aiming for at least 2/3 of total learners. Other priorities include rural areas Internally Displaced Persons Kuchi and other nomadic population and linguistic minorities. Finland's contribution of 2 million Euros wil
l cover literacy training of 50 000 adults in three provinces: Kabul Sar-e-Pol ja Takhar for 24 months in 2014-16. The total estimated cost for ELA programme is USD 398 million. Other ELA donors are Sweden and Japan.
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 objectives in the territory. The financed projects will be sele
cted based on the project documents provided by the OAS yearly. Finland's funding to the OAS will be based on the quality of the provided project documents and the progress of the previously financed projects.Finland has been permanent observer of the OAS 
since 1988. Since then Finland has been supporting the work of the OAS in the field of human rights democracy and environmental issues. In the last years Finland has supported for example the preparation of the Inter-American Declaration on the Rights of t
he Indigenous People the Special Rapporteurship on the Rights of the Women and also projects targeting improvement of the rights of women who have encountered sexual violence and the protection of cross-boundary aquifers in Mesoamerica. Overall objective o
f the Finland's support is to enhance equality and participatory development.In 2012 the OAS has presented the project called Strenghtening Freedom of Expression in the Americas to be financed by Finland. The project's duration is five years during 2010-20
14 and it is implemented by the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression which is co-operating with the Inter-American Comission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the OAS.  The overall objective of the project is to improve the democracy and hum
an rights through the enhancement of the freedom of expression in the Americas.  The project purpose is to improve the defense guarantee and protection of the right to freedom of expression in the Americas with emphasis on the issues like protection of jou
rnalists and the struggle against impunity decrimilization of the laws and punishments against freedom of expression elimination of the censorship and enhancement of the access to the information and the diversification of the communication processes. The 
project supports Finland's new development policy and its objectives.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) The project strengthens mother-tongue-based multilingual education in primary schools by developing school materials, strengthening the capacity of teachers, teacher trainers, dictionary workers and school inspectors as well as developing local languages a
nd cultures. In Bench Maji Zone there are six local languages (bench, me'en, diizi, suri, shekko, baale), and the local government has decided that all of them can be used as language of instruction in the lower grades of primary education in each language
 area.  The project aims to finalize the orthographic systems of the languages, prepare pertinent and contextualized study plans and materials and transition components to English and Amhara for higher grades. With the project the local language communitie
s can better maintain their own language, history and culture, and develop their written culture. It also increases the possibilities of the members of these language communities for integration into the society and helps the children to improve their scho
ol achievements. Out of the six languages, four were introduced in first and second grade pilot classes in the previous school year, and now the piloting continues in 3rd grade. The beneficiaries are the children and local people of six ethnic peoples, and
 the teachers and education authorities of the region. The implementing agency is SIL International (Summer Institute of Linguistics), with a long experience in developing written languages and strengthening mother-tongue-based multilingual education throu
ghout the world.
The Development of the Youth in Social and Cultural areas The project aims to develop the social and cultural knowledge of the Youth through different kinds of activities.
Support to the UN Trust Fund on Ebola Response (Multi Party Trust Fund MPTF) Finnish support to the United Nations Response to the Ebola Outbreak to unite efforts of all concerned UN Entities and act as a platform for the global control of the Ebola Outbreak. Recipient Organizations include UN Organizations and Departments and UNME
ER. The Strategic Objectives of the UN System Response to the Ebola Outbreak are:1) Stop the outbreak2) Treat the infected3) Ensure essential services4) Preserve stability5) Prevent outbreaks in countries currently unaffected