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Services for Palestinian children with multiple special needs and their families in Lebanon Acronym MSN-services Palestinian refugee population has no available mental health services in Lebanon. Beit Atfal Assumoud (BAS) started the mental health program: Family Guidance Center for children in 1997. So far there are five operational Centers in Lebanon. Significant n
umber of learning difficulties or developmental problems are found in major part of the children. Required specialized rehabilitation services are scarce more often too expensive for the families. The cases are often multidisciplinary since the child has s
everal problems. Large scale professional efforts are required the rehabilitation efforts are enormous. BAS initiated a Sponsorship Program in 2009 in order to provide special education and rehabilitation services for children in need. BAS covers the expen
ses for the children. The profound ethical guideline in the project: Children with special needs have the right for decent human development and protection regardless of their condition as well as being refugees. The purpose of the project is:1) to secure 
places (36) in special schools institutions or individually tailored rehabilitation process for children and adolescents with multiple special needs referred by Family Guidance Centers of BAS2)  to arrange for parents and siblings meetings workshops and re
creational activities for rest recovery and peer support and encouraging them to advocacy and making proposals.3) promote access to special education and rehabilitation services and possibilities of BAS to enhance services in reduced price offered by speci
alised entities. Find out and define prerequisites needed for the special education and rehabilitation service delivery by BAS itself.The project develops more extensive service delivery system of special education and further rehabilitation for children a
nd adolescents with special needs and their families. The project is based on the Sponsorship Programme started already in 2009. There were rehabilitation sponsors for 20 children among them five from Finland in May 2012. 139 were on the waiting list.BAS i
s for equality of genders against discrimination and acts for good environmental practices. BAS follows service statistics also by gender and nationality.
Humanitarian Aid to support drought victims in Ethiopia through WFP Humanitarian assistance through WFP to Ethiopia supported by a total of EUR 1 000 000. Food security in Ethiopia is constantly in a vulnerable state due to dry climate general poverty of the population as well as large number of refugees from neighbouring 
countries. According to the common analysis by the Ethiopian government and the humanitarian organisations in the beginning of 2013 an estimated 2.4 million people are in need of humanitarian food assistance in 2013. WFP's protracted crisis operation provi
des food assistance to two million beneficiaries. WFP also has a supplementary feeding programme benefitting one million people. In addition over 420 000 refugees are fully dependent on WFP's food assistance. By beginning of October the total funding gap f
or WFP emergency operations until the end of the year is 169 million U.S. dollars.
Institutional Cooperation to Strengthen the Capacities of the MOE in Educator Policy Development The institutional cooperation (ICI) between the Finnish Ministry for Education and Culture and the Namibian Ministry of Education is the first institutional cooperation project in the field of education on ministerial level. This ICI-project complements th
e longterm educational cooperation between the countries. The object of the project is to strenghten the capacities of Namibia's Ministry of Education in educator policy development especially in three subsectors: 1) early childhood developmnet and pre-pri
mary education 2) general education and 3) vocational education and training. Special attention will be given to teacher education and consistency between policies and strategies in different sub-sectors.
Administrative cost of MFA central administration for SOUTH OF SAHARA, REGIONAL Administrative cost of MFA central administration for SOUTH OF SAHARA, REGIONAL. Costs generated from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Helsinki
Administrative cost of MFA missions abroad for KENYA Administrative cost of MFA missions abroad for KENYA. Costs generated from the Embassy of Finland
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Sudan Women make up the majority of people in rural areas of Sudan due to rural urban migration of males. The project addresses some of the constraints limiting the contribution of women to household food security and improving livelihood standard in the project
 area by awareness raising and capacity building of women in the target area giving education in organizing and training of women on collective management of resources as well as providing communities with better technology and agricultural input. The proj
ect includes also a civic education component teaching women how to impact and change things in their local communities.
Humanitarian food assistance/WFP Humanitarian food assistance to South Sudan a total amount of 1 million euro. Due to conflict and poor food security situation there is about 4.5 million in need of humanitarian assistance in South Sudan out of which some 3 million people receive humanitar
ian assistance from international organizations. WFP's operations primarily aim at saving lives and improving the food security situation. Particular attention is given to vulnerable groups such as internally displaced persons refugees returnees women and 
children whose nutritional status is poor. The operations include direct food aid targeted nutrition programs a variety of food for work programs and school feeding programs. In addition WFP has the challenging responsibility to coordinate the logistics of
 humanitarian assistance. WFP's funding gap in beginning of October is 107 million US dollars.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) HON Citizen Security and Human Rights in Honduras
Core support to EPPO Core support to European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO). Support through the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
NGO Support / 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 counseling in their local languages. MAMA FM radio statio
n will be supported through education and consultation and by developing community information systems especially for women. New ways to raise money for radio are being searched for.
Justice Sector Support Facility in Central Asia Justice Sector Support Facility for Central Asian countries to strengthen justice sector functioning especially transparency efficiency professionalism and accountability. Special attention is given to vulnerable groups - rural women children and youth at 
risk and disabled people - whose rights will be strengthened through implementation of the UN Human Rights Conventions. Free legal aid is provided in the remote rural areas in Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Attention is given to the special problems
 of people without personal documents. Law school education is promoted through legal clinics internships as well as publishing new textbooks. The project is a part of the social sustainability theme of the Wider Europea Initiative.  Project will continue 
until early 2014.
NGO Support / Lions Sight First Hospital Lions Sight First Hospital in Ratnapura. Launching the activity of a sight hospital in Ratnapura.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Afghanistan The Eighty most vulnerable and poor women and girls will be provided the six months vocational training classes of the Gabion making along with the regular literacy classes according to the curriculum of Ministry of Education of Islamic Republic of Afghani
stan and Human Rights Women Rights and Gender Equality workshops will also be arranged.The marketing officer will have to find the market for the gabions made by the trainees and at the end of the project the trainees will be introduced to the factories wo
rking in the same sector with the help and efforts of the marketing officer through the close coordination of the organization with the stakeholders.
Xinjiang Agricultural Project Xinjiangin maatalouden kehittaminenSuomalainen vieja Valtra on neuvotellut kiinalaiset osapuolen kanssa Xinjiangin autonomisella uiguurialueella sijaitsevien maatilojen tuotannon modernisoimisesta siten etta maanviljelijoiden kayttoon toimitetaan paikallis
iin olosuhteisiin paremmin soveltuvia ja ymparistoa vahemman rasittavia maataloustraktoreita. Talla hetkella pelloilla kaytossa olevat koneet ovat raskaita saastuttavia paljon huoltoa vaativia ja maaperan tamppaantumisen vuoksi viljelysmaan laatua huononta
via.Maataloussektorin kehittaminen elintarviketuotannon tehostaminen.
Closing the Gap: Community-based Potato Project/Fida International The overall objective of this project is to contribute to the stabilization process of food production and access to food in food insecure regions in Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The DPRK has been experiencing prolonged food shortages and the imp
act of climate change is having its toll on masses as each year the number of disasters such as drought floods and hurricanes is growing. The specific objective is to increase access to potatoes for the vulnerable population in North Pyongan Province throu
gh strengthening the existing agricultural system in DPRK by supporting farms in improving the processes which contribute to an effective seed potato production chain. The project aims not only to improve this agricultural output through better quality see
d potato the introduction of improved agricultural techniques and better storage facilities but also to build the capacity of agricultural staff and farmers through training on-the-job capacity building and practical demonstrations.The key stakeholder grou
ps are five cooperative farms in the Jongju District. The number of final beneficiaries is estimated at 190000 persons i.e. all the households in the project district including the cooperative farm households. The final beneficiaries will be those who bene
fit as more food potato is available to the Public Distribution System (PDS).The project duration will be 60 months in 2013-2018 and the financing applied from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is 62 998.00 EUR.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Morocco The aim of the project is to offer legal psycological ja medical support to women victims of domestic violence. The legal advisors of the project also follow and produce data on the judicial cases and the trials of the female victims of domestic violence. 
Teaching reading and writing is organized aswell in the womes shelter of the association.
Frame Agreement with NGO (World Vision) Ehetuwewa Area Development Project. The overall objective is to empower and enhance the capacity of the communities in Ehetuwewa. Program is in the assessment and design phase, so specific objectives are under development.
Operation a Day's Work promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing Climate The Programme has concentrated on building capacity developing and testing methodologies and delivering best practices and methods at the national level for four different Outcome areas: developing forest inventories information systems NFPs governance SFM
 and communication. About 55 percent of the total 14 million euro budget was allocated to the five pilot countries and regional activities. The funds allocated for the countries are based on bilateral agreements between FAO and the country and it is forese
en that the funding is adequate for completion of the agreed activities by 2014.
Core funding to Women's World Banking (WWB) in 2011-2012 Women's World Banking (WWB) is an international non-governmental organization that coordinates the global network of 39 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 27 countries. The WWB advances poor women's and their families' empowerment in developing countries 
income-generating activities and inclusion by improving women's access to financial services related information and markets and by developing financial services. The WWB develops the capacity of the MFIs and designs financial products and services to meet
 customers' needs in cooperation with the MFIs.The WWB's Strategic Plan (2011-2013) includes 5 key strategic priorities with which it aims at contributing to its long-term vision: 1) Identify women?s financial needs products and services, 2) Incubate innov
ative products and services, 3) Codify and disseminate knowledge to financial institutions, 4) Scale by rolling out tested innovations and by strengthening capabilities that enable women-focused innovation, and 5) Prove the business case for women. The par
ticular strength of the WWB is its focus on poor women. The WWB both recognizes the role of women as economic actors and emphasizes the importance of the women's economic empowerment for households and communities. Successful women can show an example to o
thers. Women's empowerment also enhances gender equality.The WWB has recently gone through an independent evaluation. According to the evaluation the WWB has extensive broad-based positive impacts on the economic and social empowerment of women the innovat
iveness economic sustainability and product and service palette of the microfinance institutions which offer inclusive financial services particularly for women as well as the development of the entire microfinance sector. Furthermore the WWB has exceeded 
the ambitious targets in 57 percent of its own monitoring indicators.The WWB has started preparations for its new Strategic Plan (2014-2016).
Sector Supportive Aid through Ass. for the Development of Education in Africa Association for Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) is an organisation that develops the educational sector in Africa. ADEA brings together donors and  African ministries of education. ADEA maintains a dialogue on educational policy between the minis
tries and the donors and supports the countries in strengthening their administrative and planning capacity. The aim of the Finnish support is to strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of the African educational field. Finland's support to ADE
A in 2014-2016 is 1.2 million Euros in total.
Project for Rural Development The purpose of the second phase of the project for rural development is to continue the implementation of the first phase which will end in May 2010. The second phase will focus activities more clearly in three components, 1. Agriculture and Agribusiness 2
. Food security and 3. Good Governance and Decentralization.
NGO Support / Internet Workshops for Tanzanian Journalists To organize courses of comunication in network journalism in network digital technology and ethics in journalism for Tanzanian journalists in Dar es Salaam and other cities. The target is to increase proficiency and networking of Tanzanian journalists. Fro
m 2011 education will be avaible also in kiswahili. Also investigative internet journalism training and internet training for radio and TV producers will be organised. Project concenterates on training the trainers.
Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability The purpose of programme for Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability (PEMFA) for Zambia is to impact on the quality of public expenditure management. By improving capacity and strengthening financial accountability the programme is seen 
as a means to achieve economic growth and poverty reduction.
Support to Finnish Water Forum Finnish Water Forum is a network of water sector actors which promotes coopertation between public and private sectors and civil society to support the goals of developing and emerging economies and Finnish development policy. Finnish Water Forum is a uniq
ue organization which unites basically the whole sector. It is well positioned to create partnerships between the public and provate sectors and civil society. The significance of such partnerships has increased for example in the Rio+20 process and they w
ill have a central role in implementation of the post-2015 agenda.Finnish Water Forum promotes the use of Finnish know-how in development banks and international organizations organizes study visits and meetings for delegations from develping countries joi
nt presentations of Finnish water sector in international development events info events together with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs spreads information about water issues in developing countries produces background information and supports the regional
 departments of the Ministry on water related questions. Finnish Water Forum contributes indirectly to improved capacity of developed countries to solve water related problems better water governance improved water quality and development of the water sect
or through various partnerships.The support of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the Finnish Water Forum is 120 000 euros in 2014.
Suomen OneWorld -portaaliyhdistys promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
Support through UNDPKO Support to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO), MINURSO to Western Sahara
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Zambia Project by  Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD). Project is the civil society component of an EU funded BBC WST project (75%). The remaning 25% top up funds are provided from FLC. Project links media and civil society as watchdogs on the local gov
ernment level. Project would build on ZCSD previous work on Local Governance Barometer and Citizen?s Report Cards in the sample districts and further build networks of citizen journalists and listening groups who will feed into the programming, articulatin
g the needs and concerns of local communities, demanding responsiveness and accountability from local government. Project has strong capacity building component and backstopping by BBC WST. ZCSD is a well established network organisation with more than 100
 members. Good links from the community level to the international level.
The Student Union of Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (METKA) promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
Capacity Building in the Field of Meteorology The Finnish Meteorological Institute will implement a project with the national institute of Tadzhikistan Tajikhydromet during the years 2014 -2016. In the project the capacity of Tadjikhydromet  will be strengthened and modernized and the staff will be tr
ained. Tajikhydrome's capacity  will be strengthened  to better anticipate natural disasters and to improve the availability of the information services. The project promotes adapting to climate change and climate sustainability.
Frame Agreement with NGO (World Vision) Kariobangi HIV Project. The overall objective of the project is improved livelihood for 300 OVC in Korokocho slums in Nairobi. Main activity is to arrange vocational training for the youth.
Development of Special Needs Education Support is given for the development of Special Needs Education in Kosovo by providing technical assistance.
Support through UNDPKO Support to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO), UNSOA to Somalia
Art handicraft schooling for youth against social exclusion The development problem of the project is poverty.The overall objective of the project is to start arts and crafts training for drop-outs in an own schoolbuilding. A cross-cutting development policy objective in gender equality is put into practice by teac
hing girls life skills as an extra program.The main beneficiaries are trained girls and boys.The key project activities:-to complete the schoolbuilding-to edit the syllabus-to organize and institute training in the Gambia-to inform of the project in Finlan
d.
Frame Agreement with NGO (World Vision) Sook Area Development Programme. The overall objective is to enhance  community's capacity for long  term development. The assessment is ongoing.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Tanzania The main objective of the Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition is to work towards enhancing the security and protection of the HRDs in Tanzania. It's specific objectives are to empower and build the capacity of HRDs in Tanzania in security and managem
ent, to enhance the security and protection of HRDs and to advocate for the recognition of HRDs and the work that they do in Tanzania. the Coalition seeks funds to be used for launching security need assessment, preparation of annual report on the state of
 human rights defenders in Tanzania, emergence funds for legal support for HRDs, protection emergence fund,maintaining protection desk and office management. The target groups are journalists HRDs PastoralistsHRDs Minority HRDs Human rights lawyers and whi
stle blowers+ women HRDs.The final results of the activities are: community capacity to address HRDs rights improved, HRDs and CSOs security management and protection capacities improved/created/enhanced, security management self protection at individuals 
level and National Protection System improved, networking and information sharing among HRDs improved, the number of people joining the work of human rights promotion increased, threats and attacks towards HRDs decreased, coalition management capacity incr
eased, awareness of the community to HRDs issues increased due to report issued, emergence and hotlines are in place, coalition Good Governance and accountability improved, coalition's visibility improved and accessed by the targeted group
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Zambia Project by Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR). Strategic partner in terms of gathering CSOs under one umbrella to monitor the Sixth National Development Plan (SNDP) and budget execution, and advocate for pro-poor policies. Good complement to monito
r PRBS. Big network, good capacity to deliver. The suggested areas of support are picked from the Strategic Plan 2011-15. The project activities include the baseline study, the analysis and simplification of SNDP, the trainings in rights based approach and
 economic literacy for the local communities and the national level advocacy work.