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Supporting Sustainable Village Development in Sub-Himalayan Region 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 responsibility and have participated fully in all the agricu
ltural horticultural and domestic livestock rearing activities and fetching water fodder and firewood form distance places, as well as cooking and looking after the children and managing other day to day household chores thus spending the whole day in perf
orming these tasks. Observing the benefits to the villagers covered under the pilot phase project now people from other surrounding but more remote villages have come forward to want to be part of the main project to be covered under Ph-II during 2013-2015
. Therefore in this continuation phase (2013-2015) it is planned to extend the activities to 3 more villages where no work has been done and so have been left out of many of the developmental interventions.  Of the 4 original villages (covered under pilot 
project=2011-2012) it is planned to reduce the project interventions in 3 of the villages which are right on the road side.This new phase (ph-II) will consist of now spreading the activities to more people in the communities as they have seen the benefits 
of these during pilot phase. The activities planned are:1. organic farming2. kitchen gardening3. construction of roof water harvesting structures4. making compost units 5. bee keeping6. tree plantation7. training in food processing preservation and packagi
ng 8. experiment in solar passive rural house for human/animal shelter + renewable energy gadgets9. experiment R+D in waste biomass (BM) briquettes making improved cook stoves to make the village households kitchens as smoke-free as well as promote time + 
fuel saving efficient cooking.10. strengthening of existing women's groups and making new women's groups11.experimenting with the designing of new efficient cook stove for reducing firewood consumption12. celebration of important days such as International
 Women's Day Environment Day Earth Day and Renewable Energy Day with a view to bring critical awareness about women and climate change related issue in this Himalayan sub-regions of India so that the target groups (with the guidance and assistance of WAFD 
INSEDA + HIFEED) undertake informed actions for mitigation though locally relevant appropriate solutions.
Transfer Pricing Seminar Tax Justice Network (TJN) co-hosts with Kepa and Agenda Participation 2000 a two day seminar on Transfer Pricing to be held on October 3-4 2013 in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. The event is follow-up to the  transfer pricing seminar organized in Helsinki. In add
ition a more general public event will be organized on June 15. Participants will discuss issues related to transfer pricing/transfer mispricing and the harmful impact of transfer mispricing on government revenue especially in the context of extractive ind
ustries and exploitation of natural resources in developing countries. Losses to developing countries from transfer mispricing have been estimated at US$ 160 billion of tax revenue annually. The seminar will present alternatives to the current transfer pri
cing rules. Combating transfer mispricing is one way to promote developing countries' domestic resource mobilization . It supports the achievement of the objectives stated in Finland's development policy program and realizes the commitment to support inter
national actions combating tax evasion and illicit capital flows while promoting the development of international norms and guidelines and strenthening corporate social responsibility. Supporting the transfer pricing seminar is also in line with the priori
ties set in the Finland's country strategy for Tanzania (good governance and equitable access to public services sustainable management of natural resources and inclusive green growth) and it is complements other interventions supported by Finland and embe
ds synergies with the operations carried out by the Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development (Uongozi Institute). TJN is a network of NGO's specialized in international taxation focusing - among other issues - on transfer pricing of mult
inational corporations. The network undertakes research and advocacy and has a membership of 80 organizations in 30 countries. Finnish Kepa ry is a member of TJN and its Tanzania office is in charge of seminar arrangements together with TJN in particular o
f linking the Finnish participants to the event and relation with the Finnish media. Agenda Participation 2000 is a Tanzanian NGO focused on promoting democracy and good governance. The event is expected to bring together experts researchers tax authoritie
s civil society and private sector representatives. Finnish support will enable wide  participation of developing countries' representatives and other high level experts.
Wimma liikuttaa sinuakin promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
Skills Training Programme in Western Balkans Support is given to co-operation projects on skills training for improving employment and entrepreneurship in Western Balkan countries.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Peru Supporting the home helpers' union at extending their work to three regions from where many migrant women come to work as home helpers in metropolitan Lima. Most of the times without complying with the minimal standards set by national laws.
Capacity Building in the Field of Meteorology The Finnish Meteorological Insitute is implementing a project in Kyrgyz Republic with the national institution Kyrgyzhydromet in the meteorological field. In the project it is intended to strengthen the capacity modernize the field and to train staff.  Wit
h the strengthening of the capacity the project aims to better anticipate natural disasters and the better availability of the information. The project promotes adapting to climate change and climate sustainability.
Frame agreement with NGO (Pelastakaa lapset) B1 Programme review + planning, evaluation.
EAC Lake Victoria Basin Commission Trust Fund The Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) has invited the Government of Finland to join the LVBC partnership fund. The LVBC was established by the East African Community (EAC, members Burundi Kenia Ruanda Tansania and Uganda) in 2005. The LVBC partnership 
fund is part of a partnership agreement signed in 2001 between the EAC and the Governments of Sweden France and Norway the World Bank and East African Development Bank. The overall objective of the fund is to promote sustainable development in the Lake Vic
toria Basin. The specific objective is to provide sources of funding for the identification and formulation of projects and activities, policy development and capacity building.
Nuorten Keskus promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Nicaragua Administration costs of the projects of Funds for Local Cooperation (FLC) in Central America
Western Balkans/Support to the Regional Cooperation Council RCC RCC (Regional Cooperation Council) supports the political and economic development mutual cooperation and euro-atlantic integration of the South-East European countries. Finland has participated in the RCC activities and supported RCC since the establishme
nt of the organisation in 2008. The priority areas of RCC are economic and social development infrastructure justice and home affairs security cooperation building human capital and parilamentary cooperation. The secretariat based in Sarajevo supports deci
sion-making of RCC and facilitates cooperation projects of regional actors. Finland supports the secretariat of RCC with 50 000 euros annually. At the same time Finland is given the right to participate in RCC's decision-making. Through the secretariat Fin
land's support is also given to the administration of regional projects. The support is inluded in Finland's Development Policy Framework Programme for the Western Balkans.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) Project planning phase ongoing.
Project preparation in Nepal Project preparation monitoring and evaluation in Nepal and Embassy staff training on development cooperation.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Tajikistan Training journalists on issues concerning stability and democratic governance with special focus on the rights of women and children and on the prevention of conflict.
Improving the participatory role of children and young people The project aims to improve the situtation of children and young people in Bolivia so that they could take more active and participatory role in school and life in general. In Bolivia children are usually expected to take passive role and this apathy often
 follows them into adulthood. The project seeks to encourage children their parents and teachers to collaborate and strenghten children's participation in decision making. The project will be implemented through workshops and trainings.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in South Africa The  project  enables  ordinary citizen to particiapte more effectively  in political proceses  It provides the broader South African public with relevant data and information enabling  them to contribute in an  informed and meaningful way in Social transf
ormation with a particular focus on the National Development Plan. IJR vision is  of  building fair  democratic and inclusive societies in Africa speaks directly  to the  purpose of LCF and  the proposed project foster support to good governance promote ac
cess to information and enable informed participation  in the South African Political system.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finnish Red Cross) To improve the health of the most vulnerable population, so that the communities could better cope with the health threaths, disasters and the envoronmental changes and to reduce the risks.
Support in 2013 for implementation of the International Strategy of Finland's Water Sector This is a procurement for 2013 consisting of implementation of the International Strategy of Finland's Water Sector as agreed support services for interministerial international water working group international cooperation such as visits to developing cou
ntries public-private initatives supporting LDC countries cooperation with NGOs and international organizations international events work of the development working group and producing information according to the requests of the MFA.
The Finnish 4H Organisation promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
NGO Support / Dali Education + Community Development Project The project targets to alleviate poverty of Dalit population which have experienced centuries of caste-based oppression. To give Dalit children english medium education empower local Dalit community through economic development projects and provide free an
d subsidised medical services.
Promoting the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities within the AU disability architecture AU Commission's department for social affairs has been promoting the  Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. The project aims to support the architecture build around the theme within the AU and Africa.
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 projects. One of the theme areas is Agriculture.
NGO Support / Health education and to educate nurses Health education and to educate nurses.
Support to Nepal's School Sector Reform Programme Nepal has requested the Development Partners to support the education sector through the School Sector Reform Program (SSRP). The overall objective of the SSRP is to contribute towards poverty reduction through inclusive responsive and accountable local go
vernance and participatory community-led development. The Program development objective is to increase access to and quality of school education especially for children from marginalized groups. There are seven development partners in the Joint Financial A
greement with the Ministry of Education of Nepal. Finnish participation to the Joint Financing Agreement  is ? 16 million during 2009-2014 and the additional financing ? 70 million during 2014-2016.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kazakhstan Organizing a 3-module training in program development for 25 NGO activists from 8 regions in Kazakhstan. The training will comprise of program evaluation gender awareness and advocacy. Within the project and based on their new skills the participants will 
focus on improving at least 8 local social programs at municipal level (directed at PWD women youth) by means of evaluating and advocating program cost efficiency relevance to the needs and gender aspects. The project fosters better municipal program devel
opment processes alleviates lack of good governance and accountability on local level. The project is done in cooperation with DECENTA NGO Training and Consulting Center.
NGO Support / Strengthening the capacity of Nepal Scouts Nepal is a country with a history of conflict lack of education and rule by the few.Our project aims to tackle these issues by strengthening the capacity of a local youth organization - Nepal Scouts - which with 30 000 members working with the youth all ov
er Nepal. The objective of the project in the long run is to promote the participation of children and youth gender equality as well as role of the civil society in developing local communities and peace building by strengthening the capacity of Nepal Scou
ts. By enabling Nepal Scouts to be more efficient and democratic NGO the project aims to enforce civil participation of Nepalese citizens as well as offer quality non-formal education.The project and it's two hired employees will work from the Nepal Scouts
 Headquarters in Kathmandu from where they will organize project activities in cooperation with the Nepal Scouts volunteers all over the country.The project's main activities are Youth Participation and Peace Forums Leadership Trainings Trainers' Seminars 
(ToT) locally organized Community Development Projects and development of Educational Methods. Beneficiaries constitute from young membes of Nepal Scouts volunteering scout leaders scout trainers local community people and key persons of Nepal Scouts.
Support through UNDPKO Support to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO), UNMIT to Timor-Lieste
Frame agreement with NGO (Plan Finland) Support the global media dialogue and enhance the public awareness about Finnish development cooperation
ICT capacity strenghtening in Kenyan schools to promote community Goal is to provide equal opportunities for education to children in less developed rural areas in Kenya. Thios is done by providing access to modern IT and e-communication with the partner school in Finland empowering the students to integrate the global s
ystem.
Support to democracy in Kenya The civic education programme of Uraia Trusta network of Kenyan civil society organisations Rooting Democracy in Kenya throgh an Informed Citizenry 2013-2015 contributes to promoting securing and defending constitutionalism in Kenya for improved democracy 
and realization of a just and equitable society. The process of implementing the new Constitution of Kenya adopted in 2010  requires citizen's active participation that will not be effective unless Kenyans have an in depth understanding of the Constitution
 including the devolved system of government. There is a lack of understanding of the provisions of the Constitution and therefore Kenyans are not fully able to participate in the governance process and to hold duty bearers to account. Uraia Trust's progra
mme enhances citizens' and duty bearers' knowledge of the Constitution and it contributes to increasing citizens' participation and establishing county based accountability mechanisms that will increase accountability within county governments. Uraia Trust
 has the best capacity and networks to provide civic education in Kenya for the moment. It coordinates its activities with other actors providing civic education such as the Kenya National Integrated Civic Education K-NICE. Finland has supported Uraia Trus
t's civic education programme with 950 000 EUR in 2013.
Frame agreement with NGO (SASK) Trade unions and thematic networks in West Africa
Humanitarian assistance through FAO to Somalia Support a total of EUR 500 000 to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN FAO's humanitarian operations in Somalia. FAO contributes to food security and facilitates the livelihood recovery in crises. The humanitarian situation in Somalia remains on
e of the world's most difficult. About 870 000 people live in a state of humanitarian emergency and is fully dependent on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. The most vulnerable group is the country's 1.1 million internally displaced people.
 A total of 206 000 children under five are acutely malnourished 45 000 of them suffer from sever acute malnutrition. The improved food security situation has prompted the UN consolidated appeal to reduce the estimates for the required humanitarian assista
nce for 2013 from 1.33 billion to 1.15 billion U.S. dollars. FAO's Somalia operation 2013 requires a total of 145 million U.S. dollars which in mid-October was only 37 % funded leaving a total funding gap of 91 million U.S. dollars. The aim of FAO's operat
ions is to increase the food production capacity of vulnerable households e.g. by distributing seeds and fertilizers training of farmers supporting animal disease surveillance and monitoring.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Tanzania Tanzania Youth Alliance is using Information Communication Technology (ICT) for health promotion and education program as a powerful tool for disease prevention and the reduction of health care costs. TAYOA is implementing 117 National Toll free Health Hel
pline Services and 15017 Health SMS helpline Information project. In scalling up the Health AIDS Helpline and the SMS helpline TAYOA proposes to build on the ground work and existing infrastructure to strengthen the national AIDS Helpline services and cont
inue to expand ICT oriented communication channels to SMS for Health related MDGs. This project is particularly opportunity for general Health Education and HIV/AIDS prevention given the rapid growth of mobile phones in urban and rural areas.The main objec
tives of the project are: to develop and distribute SMS subscription forms to specific groups as well as general population who are potential users of ICTs services, to develop and disseminate SMS addressing reduction of child mortality improve martenal he
alth and promote gender equality  HIV prevention care and treatment,  to contribute to health related MDGs in National Multi-Sectoral Framework and MKUKUTA by scaling up 117 Health helpline on access to preventive services through SMS.The following activit
ies will be implemented: develop 20 000 SMS forms with 10 phone numbers capturing up to 200 000 subscribers, place 250 indoor SMS promotion boards in classrooms hostels targeting 15 000 students at higher learning institutions, promote SMS registeration pr
ocess through 5 000 posters 20 billboards and 100 community events,develop SMS strategic design, make SMS structural design, conduct SMS development pretesting revision and production, hire 2 SMS helpline staff who will maintain SMS 12 hours operational, c
reate database and share at least 200 short messages, conduct SMS impact Evaluation and develop sustainability through planning for continuity adjust to changing conditions and plan for continuity and self sufficiency.
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.), Projects that need further information by the NGO.
Promoting forestry and forest conservation in Kizarawe There is particular concern of increasing forest degradation in the Kizarawe area in Tanzania. Illegal cutting of forest resources for energy purposes is an increasing problem in Daresalaam city. Communities in the villages have only little knowledge in tr
ee nursery management and afforestation.The project is designed to support village people to learn basic knowledge about the forestry actions to save their environment and improve their living conditions. The main activities of the project are extension an
d training. The people in the villages are trained to produce seedlings so that they can establish plantations. The villagers are also able to produce seedlings for sale to generate some income. The project also deals with the question of the private land 
ownership. The overall objective of the project is to improve the state of forests in the first hand in project villages but also wider in Kisarawe District and support the communities to be empowered on forest management and environmental conservation. Th
e aim is also to improve the economic status of the village farmers.The purpose of the project is expand forest plantations and decrease the pressure of the remaining natural forests. Further the purpose is support NGO DeCo to be active and capable in fore
st issues and in forestry extension on village level.The main beneficiaries are the village farmers (women and men) and their families.
Zhangye District Heating Project Zhangye District Heating Project, delivering a district heating system.
NGO Support / Deaf Community Development in Cambodia To establish local deaf groups in various provinces of Cambodia and promote their identity culture and empowerment. Training leader identification socialization and integration of deaf people with the hearing community will be organized.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Integrated Rural Development Programme . Support and mobilization of social organizations, awareness raising and Capacity building, education and skills training, agriculture production with provision of seeds and tools, health and hygiene education
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Nepal Improve quality of Nepalese school education system. To apply Critical Thinking methodology as a model for improving quality of classroom teaching learning in Nepalese public schools. To develop teachers professional capacity in applying Critical Thinking 
methodology and formative assessment techniques (CAS) in their regular classroom teaching learning activities. To prepare school and district level stakeholders (Head Teachers teachers SMCs PTAs parents students RPs School Supervisors and DEO) as leaders i
n the quality improvement initiatives. To document the changes in the classroom teaching learning and students' achievement before during and after this piloting initiative.A.Baseline survey activities- survey tools development briefing meetings schools an
d students' data collection tabulation analysis reporting and documentation B.Training Materials development- TM TG and CT Booklet development C.Orientation and training activities- CT methodology demonstration at district level CT methodology teacher trai
ning and orientation on TG use in different location of the district refresher training D.Small scale support to the schools as per the baseline survey information E.Follow-up and technical backstopping to the teachers F.Follow-up study- classroom observat
ion achievement testing data/information collection from different stakeholders of the schools tabulation of information analysis reporting and dissemination of the findings G.End line study H.Planning and preparation for replication
Ukraine cleaner production programme Ukraine Cleaner Production seeks to bolster environmental sustainability in Ukraine by promoting cleaner production technologies. Cleaner Production in the improvement of operational processes to make more efficient use of inputs in a company's value chain
 such as raw materials power and waste. . Finland has financed the project with 16 million euro.