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Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kosovo NGO Rural Development Service group is a unique organization operating in Kosovo helping rural areas. Thir technical expertise is in agricultural production training and research rural development facilitation communication social research and project mana
gement. The overall objective of this project is support to Government Strategy and Action Plan for prevention and Elimination of Child Labour. Specific objectives are: 1: By the end of the project 50 children at risk of entering HCL in agriculture will be
 prevented and 40 children involved in HCL in agriculture will be withdrawn, 2: By the end of the project municipal and community response against HCL in agriculture will be enhanced, 3: By the end of the project local awareness advocacy and social mobiliz
ation for the prevention of HCL in agriculture in the targeted areas will have been effectively and successfully promoted
Core support to GEF The Global Environment Facility (GEF) 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 restructured and moved out of the World Bank syste
m to become a permanent separate institution. As part of the restructuring the GEF was entrusted to become the financial mechanism for both the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The GEF subsequently wa
s also selected to serve as financial mechanism for two more international conventions: The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (2003).According to the Instrument the goal
 of the GEF is to try achieve global environmental benefits and therefore it operates as the financial mechanism for the multilateral environmental agreements. The GEF focal area strategies cover: (i) biodiversity, (ii) climate change mitigation, (iii) int
ernational waters, (iv) land degradation, and (v) chemicals including POPs and ODS. In the replenishment negotiations for the 5th replenishment period (1.7.2010-30.6.2014) it was decided to include also sustainable management of chemicals and mercury to pr
ogramming furthermore the GEF further strengthened its commitment to REDD+ financing.Finland has supported the GEF from the beginning the contribution to the fourth round was about 31 million euros and for the fifth about 57 million euros. This is the last
 installment of the fifth replenishment cycle.
Family Federation of Finland promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
Environment and Security Initiative The overall goal of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) is to contribute to the reduction of environment and security risks and to the increased cooperation around environment and security issues in Eastern Europe the Southern Caucasus and Cen
tral Asia. The ENVSEC Initiative supports the ?Security? and ?Energy + Environment? themes of the Wider Europe Initiative through identification prevention and reduction of environmental conflicts and tensions over shared waters ecosystems sources of pollu
tion and waste among and within the former Soviet republics and their neighbors. The purpose of the ENVSEC is to provide multi-stakeholder based analysis of environment and security risks as well as address the identified risks and environmental legacies i
n concerned areas. Activities include e.g. policy integration vulnerability and risk assessments and hotspot risk mitigation.
Establishment of integrated RH/MCH programme through UN Habitat The Phase V of the Marie Stopes International project of reproductive maternal and child health in Afghanistan continues to contribute to improved reproductive maternal and child health by providing integrated reproductive healthcare and maternal and child
 health services information and capacity-building activities to communities and health-care providers. MSI activities in Afghanistan contribute to decreasing maternal and child mortality and thus make it possible that Millenium Development Goals will be a
chieved. Finland has funded MSI activities in Afghanistan since 2002.
Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been funding the Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreement that has been organized by the University of Eastern Finland in collaboration with UNEP since 2004. Due to the change of the legal status of Finnish 
universities the organizer was re-selected in 2011 by using an open tendering process covering the 2012 and 2013 courses (1+1 principle). The 2012 course was organised in Grenada and the 2013 course in Joensuu. The course has been successfull and the aim i
s to further fund it 2+1 years. The MFA will invite to tender or give the funding as a state grant. The course aims at broadening the participants? professional perspective as well as increasing interaction between participants with different professional 
backgrounds. More than half of the participants are selected from developing countries.  The course strengthens the capacity of developing countries in participating the negotiations on multilateral environmental agreements and especially the capacity to p
articipate in the decision-making monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of environmental agreements. The course has different themes every year. The aim is to particularly support the participants from developing countries by funding the course 9
0 000 euros per year (years 2014 and 2015). Homepage: www.uef.fi/unep
Organisational Development and Training Project of Malawi National Association of the Deaf Organisational Development and Training Project of Malawi National Association of the Deaf
Health education in teachers training colleges The objective of the project is to improve the health education and healthy lifestyle of all Tanzanians.
Mongolia Central Geological  Laboratory Capacity Building in REE-ores The purpose of the project is to improve the capacity of the Mongolian Central Geological Laboratory  (CGL) to offer research and analysis services related to rare earth ele-ments (REEs) found in the Mongolian soil.
Finland-Somalia Association promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Ecuador They will work with the people living around a mangrove for them to learn how to get a living out of it an even improve their incomes without dammaging that ecosystem.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) South Central Synod's Health Work and Coordination. Basic health care work especially among women and children. Also AIDS awareness raising.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Religious and Traditional Peace Leaders Initiative. The overall objective is to significantly reduce the levels of active conflict in Somali regions of Somaliland, Puntland and if possible in South-Central parts of Somalia together with facilitating accele
rated efforts toward reconstruction.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Defending Human Rights of Dalits. To create pressure on human rights community (state and non-state) for reducing abuses and violations of human rights of Dalits and to enhance access of Dalits to justice system with increased responsiveness of duty bearer
s towards HR issues of Dalits.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Turkey A publication under the title State of Volunterism in Turkey will be published . The objective of the publication is to raise awareness of volunteering among key stakeholders (public sector NGOs government). The publication will be an advocacy tool opening
 up discussion on the role of volunteering in Turkey.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Ethiopia Enhancing capacity and expanding opportunities for women and youth in Cherkos Woreda of Addis Abeba
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Namibia The Project consist of two major components. The first one is the establishment of Renewable Energy course  which provides a training and employment opportunity to out-of-school youth. In addition the course will further address critical concerns of the co
nstruction industry as it transitions to greener economies and counts with adequately skilled workforce to install maintain and repair Solar Systems and Solar Geisers. Secondly KAYEC would also like to work towards its financial sustainability through the 
establishment of a Production Unit. Trainees and former graduates of KAECH trust will gain additional field experience through Production Unit while generating income to support their families and contribute towards the running of KAEC trust social activit
ies.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Zambia The project enhances the capacity of Mental Health Users Network to advocate for excercise of legal capacity of persons with mental disabilities in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The project advocates in particular 
on the right for persons with mental disabilities to participate in electoral processes and operationalization of the new Disability Act of Zambia.
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Regional Community Development Training Programme. The Regional Community Development Training Programme, which consolidates several individual community projects in different parts of India, seeks to motivate and train local partners for effective communi
ty work of their own. That is, to independently develop those local communities in which they work. The partners of Fida around India are mainly large local churches, but also a group of volunteers is involved. The on-going training programme is a direct r
esult of the partners? own call for assistance and support to help them to independently do community development work. One indicator of the programme?s success is the excellent team spirit that exists between the partners at all levels. Through this progr
amme the partners gain professional know-how and tools for implementing community development projects as well as training at various levels. Special attention is paid to motivating the partners towards working with the most vulnerable and disadvantaged pe
ople groups within their society. As the partners? knowledge and skills in community development build up, they in turn can train their partnering communities in e.g. health and gender questions, micro enterprise know-how and environmental issues. This, ag
ain, will lead towards improvement in the social and economic status of the local people.
Promoting Integrated Healthcare in Thar (PIHT) The communities in Thar Desert lack basic healthcare services. The project will be implemented in 20 villages and it aims to empower local communities and to increase the villager's control of their own health. Village level health services are improved by
 establishing the Village Health network by increasing the capacities of health providers and by diminishing the gap between the government health programs and the villagers.
NGO Support / Services to NGOs on EU development cooperation Financing agreement of  Kehys, The Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU an expert organisation specialised in EU's development cooperation.
NGO Support / Promoting Child Rights Through Educational Settings Statistics shows that more than 60% of the children in community schools of Kathmandu are child domestic workers and those in Kabhre one of the major supply side are vulnerable to separation. Teachers still have hangover of traditional teaching practice de
spite effort from the government and CSOs. Right to protection of these children is violated or at risk. Making the education system child friendly and improving the quality of education helps to secure children's right to protection and education as funda
mental aspects of child right. The overall objective of the project is promoting child friendly schooling and enhancing quality education in four districts of Nepal: Kathmandu Bhaktapur Lalitpur and Kabhre. The project will promote previously formed struct
ures, however reformation will be done to revitalize the community structures and mechanisms as per need.The project works to promote right to protection of the children in community school of Kathmandu and Kabhre districts. This project will directly bene
fit the following: Community Schools Teachers Community people, member of Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) School Management Committees  (SMC) Village Education Committees (VEC) and Child Protection Committees (CPC)  children and child clubs, other local 
government authorities and  political leaders.Following activities will be carried out to achieve the project goal:1 Formation reformation capacity development and mobilization of local child protection and education related mechanisms like PTA SMC CPC CC 
and VEC2 Capacity development of teachers3 Promotion of value education among the children4 Material support to the needy children for reducing the vulnerability of drop out5 Basic infrastructure support to the needy schools6 Publication of different ICE m
aterials7 Identification of legal and policy gaps and lobby with governmentThe project makes mandatory provision 50% participation of women in decision making level of the community mechanisms and promotion of girls? education. Empowerment of women and mar
ginalized sector of community, women and children will enhance their bargaining capacity and help to promote their overall human right situation, it also help to reduce climate vulnerability with access to information and resources after being empowered. G
ender equality and climate sustainability are taught in the child clubs.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Teachers' Training Program.  The objective is to improve the access to quality education on primary and secondary level in Haiti.
Development information of MFA: Publications Promotion of development awareness. Written publications.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finnish Red Cross) To decrease the morbidity and mortality of the population and increase access to clean water and to enhance hygiene and sanitation activities in target groups.
Promoting Women Entrepreneurship (PWEN) The objective of the project is to strengthen the women's entrepreneurship and this way the women's position in the society. The aim of the project is also to create jobs and to reduce poverty in the country. The project consists of three items, 1) promoti
on of the women entrepreneurship 2) developing of the business environment especially for women entrepreneurship 3) developing of the sociocultural atmosphere for women entrepreneurship.
Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the international organisations in Africa and related to Africa Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of development cooperation by participating into international development forums and international development conferences of relevant organisations (incl. board meetings and invitational meetings) that receive 
direct or indirect support from the Department for Africa and the Middle East or are in the scope of aid.
OECD investment (PFI update) technical assistance Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) approved its Policy Framework for Investment in 2006. OECD ministers agreed to use the PFI as part of their development cooperation. The objective of this project is to update the PFI tool so tha
t it can be better applied to the challenges of sustainable development. The aim is to have a wide participation to the update by OECD non-member countries (especially developing countries) and non-state actors such as civil society organizations. In the u
pdate process will be discussed topics such as environment gender equality agriculture infrastructure updated OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises as well as the UN guiding principles on business and human rights. The objective of the project is t
o help developing countries benefit from sustainable investment. Beneficiaries of the project are developing countries' societies in large i.e. firms non-state actors workers government.
Partnership agreement/Crisis Management Initiative Peace and security are integral to sustainable development especially in weak and fragile states.  The recent Post-2015 UN Development Agenda process suggests that the three main components of development - economic social and environmental development - a
long with goals related to peace and security are mutually reinforcing. The proper integration of the different components requires the mainstreaming of a human rights based approach within all of these four pillars. The CMI programme makes a contribution 
to sustainable development by preventing and resolving violent conflicts in four regions: Eastern Europe Caucasus and Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Sahel, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The work is carried out in three sub-programmes: i) Mediati
on and Dialogue in order to enhance the prospects for existing and potential peace processes support their effectiveness and ensure the sustainability of their results ii) Mediation support in order to enable states multinational organisations and key indi
viduals to be better equipped to undertake and support mediation endeavours and iii) Support to states and societies in conflict prevention and resolution in order to foster participatory design and implementation of policies and practices relevant for con
flict prevention and resolution in fragile contexts. The programme supports the effective design and implementation of peace and transition processes in all of their phases. Specific emphasis is placed on women?s participation and the role of gender-sensit
ivity in these processes. The impact is based on CMI?s complementary role as a Finnish independent NGO who can conduct unofficial mediation and dialogue processes to complement official efforts. Specifically the added value of the programme is in providing
 unofficial spaces for confidence-building among conflict parties and people affected by conflict, providing alternative inclusion strategies for peace and transition processes, providing consensual recommendations for alternative options for peace process
es, and providing professional support for other third-party mediators and national actors on mediation dialogue and participation.
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.), The purpose of the Project is to strengthen the partner's ability to respond to the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) and to improve the socio-economical status of families in Bishoftu Town. Through child
 sponsorship activities, the project assists families financially, and helps them in finding a constant source of income, which creates a basis for more sustainable development. Beneficiaries' children and youth are encouraged to be educated in primary and
 secondary schools, and also continue to higher education. Families' living conditions are improved through renovating their houses, kitchens, latrines etc. Beneficiaries will be regularly trained in topics related to health: sanitation, hygiene, mental ca
re, family planning and HIV/AIDS. Also training on income generating activities will be given. Literacy training will be organised for illiterate adults. Supported families work two days per week in the project.
Environment and Natural Management and Mainstreaming The overall development objective is in line with the Fifth National Development Plan: to reverse damage maintain essential environmental and biological processes and achieve sustainability in natural resource utilisation for the benefit of the people. Pro
gramme contributes to increased relevance for the environmental and natural resources sector in national development through leadership capacity in the Ministry of Tourism Environment and Natural Resources and the associated mainstreaming of and investment
 in key sector issues.
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Maharashtra Village Development Project.Improved quality of life and self help attitude of people in Maharashtra rural areas. Especially farmers are suffering with circle of debt. Our partner is South India Assemblies of God. The Project partner has alread
y established good relationship with the under privileges and downtrodden people in rural area is advantage to organize the community. The villagers are jobless and circle of debt turn the rural families in poor situation of all areas of basic needs! This 
situation pushes them to search for better life and migration from villages in to the urban areas like a Mumbai. Due to increase of migration, they become slum and street dwellers that they never thought about it. We have conducted survey in 32 villages.  
As per the survey the people lack of basic needs like food, house, water, education, sanitation, health care etc. The rural women and the children are malnourished. The people are farmers and manual labourers. The Project committee is going to choose five 
pilot villages, where the plan is start work during 2008. The purpose of work is to cover all areas of basic needs of the rural community in Maharashtra by CDE (Community Development Education) activities. To improve quality of life in their basic needs of
 rural community in Maharashtra which partly contributes to their social and economical status in the community.
Micro and Small Enterprises (MSME) Support Programme in Kenya This project aims at the creation of employment among the young micro-entrepreneurs of the informal economy and the development of a training programme for the unemployed underprivileged youth in technical and entrepreneurial skills in Nairobi. The program
me will enhance the participants' entrepreneurial skills and help them to start and consolidate their business. More specifically the action aims at: 1. Reinforcing the technical and managerial skills of the small and micro-entrepreneurs operating in the i
nformal economy, 2. Establishing the Department of Small Businesses of the Eastlands College of Technology so as to have appropriate means to conduct the training,3. Designing a modular system of technical training so as to make it suitable for the informa
l sector actors,4. Designing hands-on tools for teaching business (case study) and teaching technical skills in accordance with the needs of the informal sector5. Increasing the income and improve the socioeconomic outlooks of the small and micro-entrepren
eurs, The particular results expected from the launching of the action are:- Implementation of modular and flexible technical and professional training,- Design of pedagogical instruments in cooperation with the micro-enterprises (SMEs) and other actors of
 the formal and informal economies such as ?case study? hands-on practice dedicated business mentoring. It will benefit the poor young and adult workers either already working or about to enter the labour market. The beneficiaries live Nairobi suburbs or s
maller towns: therefore the action targets suburban and urban populations including population of the rural exodus.The Informal Sector Business Institute  (ISBI) has been operating in Nairobi for the last 9 years prepared and offered modular professional a
nd management training sessions and individual follow-up (in the field) to micro-entrepreneurs of the informal economy. This institute will form a department of the Eastlands College of Technology (ECT).
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 organisations and processes.
NGO Support / Supporting learning of children with special needs The project supports two university cliniques and an institute for special education (Kenya and Zambia) in their work to study the learning disabilities of children. The second phase will introduce ICT-technology and grapho-applications in learning to read
 and write beneficiaries will be especially persons with dyslexia. Partners are university clinics in Zambia Kenya Tanzania and Namibia.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) The country programme of the LWF. Improving food security. Farmer's training, income generating projects.