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Partnership agreement/Operation a Day's Work Operation a Days Work (ODW) is applying for a partner organization status from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as well as for program support for the period 2014-2016. ODW is an organization based on the co-operation of 11 Finnish organizations that suppo
rt the implementation of ODW's development co-operation development communication and global education in Finland. ODW's first development program has three main areas of focus: development cooperation projects communication and global education and the de
velopment of the program.  In development co-operation activities ODW's aim is to support young people's opportunities to manage their lives and develop their communities. The organizations work is founded on a rights-based approach supporting the promotio
n of child and youth rights and the participation of youth within their communities. The program aims to strengthen youth-driven activities participation and awareness and knowledge of the rights and obligations of youth. Collaborating partner organization
s in the developing world are ODW's program partners. The programs project themes are: supporting vocational training and school attendance (Sierra Leone Mozambique) preventive youth work (Bolivia) prevention of child labor (Cambodia) youth participation i
n municipal decision-making (Guatemala) and street children (Kenya and Zambia). Program beneficiaries are the children and youth within the projects in the partner countries. Also duty bearers such as parents teachers and other community members are includ
ed in the projects in order to receive support from them in promoting the role and rights of youth within their communities.  Beneficiaries of program activities concerning communication and global education are Finnish students particularly youth in secon
dary schools.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kazakhstan Monitoring peaceful assembly in eight oblasts in Kazakhstan and producing two reports on the results as well as trends.
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Community Development Programme. The Community Development Programme, which was started at the beginning of this year, aims to train and give guidance to local partners for independent community work. That is, the goal is to equip the partners with the ski
lls and knowledge needed to develop those local communities in which they work. The Programme is a continuation of two separate community development projects that took place in 2004?2006 and were carried out in partnership with two local churches. Despite
 their small size and limited capacities, the churches partnering with Fida are eager to continue development work independently in the local communities. The programme provides the partners with valuable tools and versatile training for implementing commu
nity development projects. These projects, in turn, take place in a wide variety of communities: in rural villages, in Roma communities both in rural areas as well as city slums, and among the disabled. The target communities have been selected based on th
e local partners? knowledge as well as the communities? own interest to be involved. As the partners? know-how and capacities build up, they will have a positive influence on their environment and their work within the local communities will be sustainable
 and effective. This, in turn, will improve the quality of life of the local people, both from the perspective of the individual as well as the community.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Tanzania MAKUYA Festival was launched to promote preserve and perpetuate traditional culture and performing arts as well as the encouragement of cultural tourism involving local District officers and performing group leaders. Work also includes the video documentat
ion of Makonde and Makua elders oral traditions of village life and rural society and the collections of cultural artifacts. Funds are requested for MAKUYA 2013 Traditional Culture and Performing Arts Festival.The objectives of the activities are: to conti
nue the tradition of the MAKUYA Festival began in 2008, to communicate the challenges faces at MAKUYA with participating government officials and performers to ensure a smoother future, to encourage newly established international corporations working in M
twara to annual support MAKUYA and to train Tanzania staff to effectively communicate with these potential partners. The final results of the activities will be: A festival near entirely in the hand of Tanzanians, the perpetuation of the Makuya Festival, c
ontinued encouragement of cultural-tourism activities in Mtwara region, Income generation for not only the performers event workers and MAKUYA team but guest houses restaurants food vendors craft producers and transport providers
JEMEN/Humanitarian Assistance to Yemen/ICRC Humanitarian aid to Yemen via the ICRC.
Capacity Building of the Regional Government of Madre de Dios to handle and solve the problems of informal artisanal and small scale mining The Regional Government of Madre de Dios needs capacity building in administering  and coordinating the local mining activities including the fast expanding informal small scale and artisanal mining. While bringing livelihood to local population they also 
cause several negative impacts on biodiversity protected areas landscapes waters as well as conflicts with different economic activities like forestry agriculture and tourism. Social and health problems including human trafficking and mercury polluted wate
rs are apparent. The Regional Government of Madre de Dios and its Energy and Mining Directorate need capacity building and training to develop more efficient methods and management tools for control and various permits as well as to use cleaner and more ef
ficient technologies of processing and extraction of gold gain tools for assessment on environmental and social impacts and finally to improve the cooperation between various authorities in the mining sector as well as with the neighboring areas in Bolivia
 and Brazil. The overall objective of the ICI project is to develop the mining sector of region. The project purpose is to increase the capacity of Regional Government for proper management of the problems related to the informal artisanal and small scale 
mining in the framework of the Formalization Plan of the artisanal and small-scale mining sector. The expected results of the cooperation are enhanced skills of Energy and Mining Directorate in cleaner and more efficient gold processing methods and in gold
 reserves evaluation methods on claim-scale. Further expected results are enhanced skills of the Regional Government of Madre de Dios in socio-economic and environmental issues as well as in national and international cooperation and exchange of experience
s.The direct beneficiaries are the personnel of the  Regional Government of Madre de Dios and its Energy and Mining Directorate with increased capacity skills and knowledge of the cooperation focus areas. The other beneficiaries will be the the artisanal a
nd small-scale mining  sector and consequently the people of Madre de Dios with improved living conditions incl. health and socio-environmental aspects as well as their livelihoods.The project implementing parties are Geological Survey of Finland GTK and R
egional Government of Madre de Dios and its Directorate of Energy and Mining. Implementing period is 1 January 2013 to 30 June 2015 and project budget is 400 000 Euros.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kosovo HandiKOS is a Non-Governmental Organization of and for people with disability in Kosovo established since 1983. Handikos will continue the provision of services especially for children with disabilities e.g. primary physical rehabilitation and psycho-socia
l activities offering/repairing orthopaedic equipment supporting the referrals to education and health services and providing peer-support for parents. At the same time through lobbying for the rights and equal opportunities for People with Disabilities (P
WD) HandiKOS is increasing its efforts to reach financial sustainability for the services HandiKOS is providing.Main objectives of the project are: a) To include the interests of PWD during the process of drafting and implementing policies that deal with d
isability issues strengthening the self-representation of PWD, b)To ensure upgrade and sustain service provision for PWD, c) To improve economical situation of PWD. Main beneficiaries from this project are people with disabilities from Kosovo. They will be
nefit from the services that HandiKOS is providing as well as from the training programs peer support activities and referral system.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Somalia Field Office. The overall objective is to improve effectiveness, quality and impact of the programmes focusing on the thematic areas, sustainable livelihoods, stable societies and rights and participation through established field presence.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) VietHealth Capacity Building in Disabled Children Project
Frame agreement with NGO (Plan Finland) Supporting the African Movement of Working Children and Youth (AMWCY). To realize rights of WCY through capacity building, strengthening coalitions at the national level, improving governance and monitoring, increasing networking, improving lobbying and by
 contributing to positive long-lasting changes in practices and policies undertaken by the authorities,
Core support to IMF-HIPC Participation in the IMF/World Bank Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative that aims at bringing the debt of the HIPCs to sustainable level in a coherent and coordinated way
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) Himwa, Nomads. Improving the living conditions of the nomads. Finding soollutions for their problems. Workshops etc.
South Binh Duong Rubbish Treatment Plant Project The objective of the project is to construct a sanitary community waste landfill and treatment plant to mainly serve Thu Dau Mot Town Thuan An District and Di An District in Southern Binh Duong Province. The technical solution involves the use of the organ
ic components of the rubbish to process high quality micro-organism fertilizers and the recycling of other materials such as glass paper and metals.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Namibia For several years DRFN has been succesfully piloting innovative ideas that offer solutions to sustainable environmental management and enhance livelihoods some of them being funded by the Embassy of Finland. This project will utilise the lessons leart in b
ringing the gap between knowing and doing. The aim of this project is to communicate and advocate for adoption of best results to high level decision makers and international cooperating partners. The overall goals is to strenghten the understanding of hig
h lebel decision makers for adoption/upscaling of best results and influencing attituted towards sustainability. The DRFN will also raise awareness of the general public on best practices by working with journalists.
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Humanitarian Aid Training Programme. Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the areas most affected by various types of conflicts and natural disasters. The programme is working towards development and the alleviation of human suffering in the region in cooperation 
with its national partners. The partners, primarily Pentecostal churches, are vital part of the communities. They are affected by disasters as others, but also respond to the humanitarian needs at the same time.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Ethiopia Contribute towards creating climate resilience community through asset building diversifying livelihoods and rehabilitating the degraded watersheds through community action. The targeted woreda and micro catchments are characterized by rapid rate of land d
egradation which resulted in declining of productivity and exposure of the community to poverty and displacement. Expected outcomes are: Improved soil fertility crop yield and household asset and access to food and water retention capacity decreased defore
station and increased forested area with better biodiversity and water in the watersheds. Project beneficiaries are about 2750 persons in targeted two micro catchments of Begaiz and Abaya (women are 48%). The figure also  includes about 200 government work
ers in the woreda bureau of agriculture. The implementing agency is EWNRA in partnership with the Embassy of Finland that finances the projects. Government stakeholders are Bureau of Agriculture Bureau of Trade and Bureau of Environmental Protection author
ity at Woreda level. EWNRA has been selected due to its high expertise and successful implementation of past projects. Sustainability has been ensured in the previous partnerships and the recultivation of rehabilitated gullies and past degraded lands demon
strates this.
Administrative cost of MFA missions abroad for ZAMBIA Administrative cost of MFA missions abroad for ZAMBIA. Costs generated from the Embassy of Finland
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Empowering Churches for Youth Ministry . The programme aims to improve the capacity of a local partner to meet the needs of the youth in the cities. Over 30 % of the population of Tanzania is between 10?24 years old. Most of these youth live in poverty and
 without access to proper education. Large numbers of them are flowing into the cities in search for work but often find themselves worse off than before. Fida and the Free Pentecostal Church of Tanzania have worked together since 1997 to address the needs
 of these youth. The programme provides the partner assistance in offering vocational education and recreational activities as well as information on HIV/AIDS and substance abuse to the youth. The work is done through youth centres established around Tanza
nia. New youth centres will be established throughout the programme. Through the work done at the centres, the partner?s skills in youth work are strengthened. In addition, the life management skills of the youth build up. As a result, the youth are able t
o find employment, build up a strong ethical value base, and lead stable lives in the cities.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Vietnam The project aims to enhance capacity for local communities in environmental protection climate change mitigation and adaptation in the mountainous ethnic district of Phu Tho province. Three specific objectives:1. Awareness: To raise awareness of local auth
ority and communities in environmental protection and climate change adaptation and mitigation. 2. Action: To identify and establish demonstration models of sustainable agricultural and animal husbandry production for environmental protection and climate c
hange adaptation and mitigation.3. Advocacy: To support the development of local annual socio economic development plan integrated with environmental protection and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Civilian Peace Building Operations EU Border Assistance Mission in Moldova/Ukraine.
UNODC Regional Programme for Promoting Counter Narcotics Efforts in Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries 2011-2014 Finland supports UNODC Regional Programme for Promoting Counter Narcotics Efforts in Afghanistan + Neighbouring Countries (2011-2014). The Programme promotes cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbors namely Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajik
istan Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and supports creating a better common response to countering the destabilizing impact of illicit drugs and crime. The Programme supports the build-up of new approaches strengthens the existing good practices and increases 
capacity in the region to enable greater counter-narcotics achievements both regionally and globally. Countering cross-border narco-trafficking requires coordinated regional and international measures as acknowledged in many UN Security Council Resolutions
 and international conferences.  Political and practical regional cooperation and finding common solutions is a key in solving the challenges. Drug control is not a one-dimensional stand-alone issue but it is an integral part of a wider process that delive
rs development security and governance. It is important to mainstream counter-narcotics throughout wider efforts in bringing stability and economic growth to Afghanistan and the wider region. Beneficiaries are the people living in the region as well as wid
er international community. The Programme takes into account vulnerable groups such as women youth refugees and prisoners.
Development information of MFA: Interest group/internal information Promotion of development awareness. Interest group and internal information.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Morocco The project aims at improving the quality of prescholaire education and support children's schooling in a marginalized desertic rural area. In Morocco over the half of the population are analphabet and children's work and school dropping is a very common  
problem. School dropping concerns more girls tahn boys. The project also aims at promoting the gender equality in the education.  Usually the prescolaire education is a precondition to start the primary education. The project consist of supporting the purc
hase of pedagogical material and organazing teacher's training.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) DRC Capacity Building . The objective is to improve LWF DRC capacity to implement their new Country Strategy. Activities will include selected training and other capacity building measures for the LWF management and staff.
Integrated Watershed Management in Ethiopia The Integrated Watershed Management Project in Ethiopia has emerged from the Nile Basin Initiative and is linked Eastern Nile Subsidiary Action Project. Similar projects are implemented in Egypt and Sudan. The complementarity aims of the project are to lif
t the communities out of the poverty trap they are in by raising their productivity whilst promoting sustainable use of the landscape and natural resources. This in turn is expected to lead to reduced erosion to the benefit of downstream users.
Partnership for Maternal Newborn + Child Health (PMNCH) Partnership for Maternal Newborn + Child Health (PMNCH) . The vision of PMNCH is to achieve the MDGs with women and children enbaled to realize their right to the highest attainable standard of health in the years 2015 and beyond.
Promoting bioactive compounds in the Andean food materials and diets The objective of this capacity- building project is to improve the skills of UNALM?s (Universidad Nacional Agraria) academic staff to produce and disseminate new knowledge to academia authorities consumers and industry about properties of Andean and Amazon
ian native edible plants and their use in promotion of nutrition. Peru has a vast amount of unexploited native food crops with potentially high nutritious and health-promoting properties. There is an acute need to characterize the potential health benefits
 of native food plants and promote their more efficient use for improvement of nutrition of Andean and Amazonian people. These activities require building of human and infrastructure capacity in the field of food and nutrition sciences.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) UMN Education Project. Imrpove the school administration and the cooperation between teachers and parents. Supporting literature classes in communities.
Humanitarian Aid to Congo Dem. Rep. through WHO Humanitarian aid to Congo Dem. Rep. through WHO
Humanitarian Aid to Central Africa and Great Lakes through UNHCR Humanitarian aid to the Central Africa and the Great Lakes region through UNHCR.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Colombia Training returned formerly displaced Afro Colombian communities on environmentally friendly agro forestry and support for the setting up of communal biodiversity reserves. The project addresses both human rights and environmental matters helping returned p
eople to attain food security while recovering the biodiversity of their traditional territories.
Civilian Peace Building Operations European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finnish Red Cross) To decrease the vulnerability of HIV by preventing the new infections through the increased awareness sharing and to improve the quality of life of the people living with AIDS through home care and advocay.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) Children's psychosocial supprot/new. Supprot children and adolescents and prevent them from being alienated from the society. Workshops, camps and short courses
Cooperation with the academy of Finland Financing of multi-year research projects for 2010 total 3 milloin euros. The ministry has a long standing cooperation with the Academy in co-financing development research. Funding enables the maintenance of high-quality development research capacity in F
inland and enhances cooperation with institutions from the South. In the Academy of Finland the selection of research projects is by the academic merits only provided that the topic relates to development questions. Development research projects are admini
stered by the Academy.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kyrgyz Republic In the Kyrgyz judicial system linguistic experts are often called upon to make determinations on the texts in media reports particularly with regard to their possibly libelous character or incitement to religious and ethnic hatred. However there are few tr
ained linguistic experts in the country and no uniform training materials.The project aims at strengthening the capacity of linguistic experts and journalists through trainings and by drafting the first reference manual on the subject. Linguistic experts t
rained in a uniform manner and aware of international media freedoms and standards are much better able to give informed and unbiased testimony in courts hence assisting individual journalists and media outlets in providing a qualified defense. Journalists
 also can resort to a professional linguist during pre-trial detention and in conflict on disputed texts.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Egypt The project?s aim is to give basics of general political education to the newcomers to the political human rights and media fields. The participants will be chosen to represent different political parties from different political currents different living 
areas religious ethnic regional and socio-economic backgrounds. Representation of women and handicapped people will be ensured. Fairness neutrality and impartiality will be ensured also by way of even-handed advertising of the activities in different forum
s.
Support through UNDPKO Support to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO), UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria
Frame Agreement with NGO (World Vision) Sagar Area Development Project. The overall objective is to empower the rural communities of Sagar and improve education and health facilities, agriculture, water availability, livelihoods and child rights.  Program is in the design phase, so specific obje
ctives are under development.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) Environmental Project of the ELCC
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kenya The overall purpose of the program is to enable IMLU to implement the strategic plan (2011-2016) that is geared towards supporting the implementation of constitutional and other reforms. IMLU is in the second year of the strategic plan.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) The objective of the training is that all partners of FCA in Haiti are able to effectively involve the rights? holders and other stakeholders in the planning, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the projects and activities. A consultant will be se
lected to facilitate the training. In addition to the training described above FCA will support the participation fees of the accountants of two partner organisations in the basic finance management training organized in Port au Prince.
Planning: Bhutan ICI Meteorology Sector Cooperation Planning phase: Finnish-Bhutanese Project for Improved capacity of the Government of Bhutan to respond to the increased risks related to climate change.