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NGO Support / Mediation and gender based violence The absence of women from peace negotiations and insufficient expertise on gender-based violence (GBV) in peace mediation teams limit the success of peace processes. In 2010 CMI and the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) joined forces to develop
 policy guidance and recommendations on how to address questions of gender-based violence more effectively in all stages of peace processes from the pre-conflict period to peace mediation and the post-conflict phase.The continuation project builds on the w
ork of the project's first phase accepted for funding by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs for 2011-2012. Through the collection and comparative analysis of experiences from West African conflicts and peace mediation processes most notably those of 
Liberia and Cote d?Ivoire the original project has focused on increasing professional practice in addressing gender-based violence (GBV). The project brings its key findings to a dialogue with ECOWAS as well as local and regional mediators in West Africa i
n order to increase their knowledge on GBV and to influence peace and mediation processes to become more gender-sensitive. A senior-level Advisory Board composed of experienced regional mediation and peacebuilding professionals supports the high-level advo
cacy and dissemination of the project results.The proposal at hand aims to strengthen and consolidate the work commenced in the first phase of the project by widening the scope of the project advocacy and by expanding the case studies with complementary re
search. While the advocacy of the first phase has focused on bringing the findings into a dialogue with ECOWAS the continuation project aims to advocate for a higher level of acknowledgement and acceptance for the need to address GBV not only within ECOWAS
 but also among other relevant international organizations active in West Africa (e.g. the African Union the United Nations and the European Union).Moreover thorough external and internal evaluations of the project will be carried out during the continuati
on period.
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) The purpose of this project is: access to safe reliable drinking water, socially acceptable sanitation, and increased awareness of hygiene, for 130 households in two communities of Pujward cluster in Roshan district.The main partner in this project is the 
community of Pujward. Their role is to be the initiators and drivers of development in this project and the community. The project was conceived because of a request by the community elders and the community will have substantial involvement for the durati
on of the project. The target community is in a very remote part of Afghanistan where access in the winter is very difficult.The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development is the other partner in this project and their role is to make sure the projec
t fits overall national development goals, and to provide a place where appropriate collaboration with other stakeholders can take place.This project will bring clean water to the Pujward village cluster, build toilets and provide health/hygiene education.
 A school will also be provided with water, toilets and hygiene education. Because of the lack of toilets it is particularly difficult for women with regard to privacy. An important gender related benefit of the project is the reduction in stress and time 
for women in looking for private places for defecation.The goal of the project is to reduce the incidence of water-borne disease. With better health comes more productivity, less money spent on medicines and an overall increase in quality of life.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Capacity Building of Local Partners. Improved efficiency, efficacy and quality of local partners? implementation work.
NGO Support / Rehabilitation and prevention of War Trauma The aim of the project is to create a family centered approach in rehabilitation and prevention of war trauma. The PMRS will introduce psychosocial help for traumatized clients as an integrated part of all established PMRS activities. Together with the Fin
nish partner it provides training and education councelling and support through all PMRS activities: the women's health program community health centers community based rehabilitation program youth centers first aid group and the mobile clinic teams. The s
pecial emphasis is on children teenagers women and families. In addtion the project aims to increase the awareness about the psychosocial health issues.
Student Union of the University of Helsinki promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
Frame Agreement with NGO (KEPA), general activities Frame Agreement with NGO (KEPA), part that is allocated in Nicaragua
Education Governance - Promoting Good Governance in the Rural Villages of Lalitpur (EGP) Although Nepal has made tremendous progress on educational attainment lately the hard to reach group children in the project location villages of Gimdi Asrang and Thuladurlung of Lalitpur district are out of school the drop-out rate is high and the quality
 of education and school management is not satisfactory. Effective management of school and education is seriously problematic highly centralized and with inadequate local ownership.  Besides many community schools have become hotbeds of corruption with lo
cal leaders fighting for the appointment of teachers and resources.  The overall development objective is to attain improved status of education and literacy in project locations through efficient education governance in active engagement of community loca
l government and participation of children. Immediate objectives of the project are enhanced engagement of local governments in education planning and interventions, improved access to school management and quality of education with capacitated accountable
 and democratic School Management Committees (SMC), and increased engagement of parents community and children in educational planning and implementation.The project will enhance the right to quality education for easily marginalized groups such as dalit a
nd tamang (or janajati) children. Inclusive education is promoted to children with disabilities. These actions contribute also to reduction of inequalities. Majority of the target group children are girls and therefore special attention is paid to consider
 gender equality in all activities. Climate sustainability is also taken into account in awareness raising campaigns conducted by child clubs.The project has a comprehensive target group who are key actors on changing school and education environment. It i
ncludes the 4100 target children and their parents policy makers civil society actors media schoolteachers SMCs Parents Teachers Association (PTA) members and education officials. These groups are reached through different interventions, such as capacity b
uilding collaborative consultations with responsible authorities along with wider awareness campaigns and mass mobilizations. The project will be implemented in collaboration of Department of Education Ministry of Federal and Local Governance respective lo
cal governments and District Education Offices and other NGO coalitions active in the sector.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Quality Assurance and Program Development. The quality of FCA programming and implementation is improved
NGO Support / Enhancing autonomous and sustainable use of forests and promoting education The project aims at protecting the sacred place of an indigenous people the wixarika and at supporting the education project of the Wixarika community of Tuapurie Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlan so that the school will get a status as a Mexican public school
.The federal government of San Luis Potosi in Mexico granted big businesses mining permissions for the holy place of the wixarika. The area is a nature reserve and a UNESCO world heritage site. The implementation of the permissions is suspended at the mome
nt due to a lawsuit by the wixarika but diverse judicial and political acts as well as networking and cooperation between different parties are still needed in order to protect the nature of the area and the wixarika culture.The wixarika community of Santa
 Catarina started to plan and implement the community?s own development model in 2008. In order to establish the effects of the 2010?2012 project the project continues to enable the community?s own secondary school to continue its activities thanks to the 
salary paid to the coordinator while the process of applying for public funding is unfinished. The project fits the cross-cutting themes of the Finnish development cooperation because it fights for respecting the human rights and land property rights of th
e indigenous people. Although this project does not focus on improving gender equality it is taken into consideration and the project tries to promote it. The project also includes significant factors which mitigate the effects of climate change and protec
t the environment both in Wirikuta and in Santa Catarina. The project does not create new structures but develops existing methods. The wixarika have created the defence front of Wirikuta which assembles several NGOs. In addition the community of Santa Cat
arina has organised itself autonomously and pondered on what kind of development it wants for the region.  The main beneficiaries are the wixarika people as a whole due to protecting their sacred place and culture and the teachers and the students of the S
anta Catarina school. The most central activities of the project are the legal proceedings connected with protecting Wirikuta and enabling the work of the coordinater of the Santa Catarina school by paying his salaries.
Frame agreement with NGO (Plan Finland) All children in target communities to develop to their full potential through an integrated, holistic, high-impact community-led ECCD programme that respects and observes the rights of children.
URT/Education through Sports in Lindi Region Education Through Sports in Lindi Region has raised the level of sports facilities in five (5) districts in Lindi Region within years 2010-13. The districts are Lindi municipal Lindi rural Ruangwa Liwale and Nachingwea. The statistics have shown that by im
proving the sports grounds providing sports equipment educating teachers on physical education and by organizing Bonanzas and other sports activities the pupils are more active in coming to school and they perform better in their studies.There are district
s in Lindi Region that have not been covered with the first 3 years of project implementation. The Regional Education Office has been closely involved in the implementation and they see the need to reach all the districts in Lindi Region. The main project 
activities will be primary school sports field rehabilitation in Kilwa District where 104  primary schools with approximately 40 000 pupils will receive goal posts for football and netball. The sports fields will be measured and maintained before the insta
llation of the goal posts.The Physical Education Teachers in Kilwa District will be called to field maintenance seminars organized by the project. In the seminars the teachers are taught how to measure the fields and they are shown the installation of the 
goal posts. They are also taught the basics of some sports games. The goal is to increase the knowledge in sports and also health education so that the teachers (of which most are unqualifield PE teachers) have more knowlegde to the subject Haiba na Michez
o in their school. Sports and personality has been a subject in the primary school level since 2006 but most teacher do not have a proper training to teach the subject.By educating the teachers rehabilitating the sports grounds and distributing sports equi
pment to the Primary schools the knowledge in sports and health education reaches the society. ETS Lindi will cover the costs for the seminars and the goal posts (purchase of pipes and welding to the right measurements). The Ministry of education has agree
d to set a sum for the districts to cover the rehabilitation of the sports grounds and transportation of the goal posts to each Primary School appointed.
Empowerment of Dom-people The Domaris live in the Middle East. In Palestinian territories there are less than 10000 people of them 2000 live in East Jerusalem and 7500 in other parts of the Palestinian territories. Domaris experience discrimination in all ares of life. Illiteracy i
s common. Domaris are mostly poor and a large part of them don't have regular income.The project arranges hairdresser training to domari women. In Nablus a workcentre is opened. it will also provide training in sewing. The Finnish project workers will adju
st  a training model (TuRom) suitable t the situation of the Domaris. It developped in Finland for two way integration of Roma-people. This provides the Domaris information about their rights and on the aother hand provides correct information to the surro
undin society and to the authorities. The training also builds bridges between these groups and helps them to meet each other over the cultural gap. This practical experience of interaction between the groups is an effective way to reduce misunderstandings
 and discrimination.
Darimu Integrated Rural Development Project (DIRDP) The Development problems in Darimu woreda area are: -Not enough clean water in the area but water born diseases. -Education is not available for all and not for girls especially. -No access to clinics hospitals and government offices during the rainy seaso
n. -Not enough income generating possibilities for women. To get more clean water the project will protect 18 springs and dig 6 hand dug wells. 900 school children will get enough class rooms. School girls will get their own toilets which will make it poss
ible also for older girls to continue schooling. The maintained road and the constructed bridge over Bambi River will make the transportation and business easier for Alga-Bendo people. The people have better access to offices and hospital even in the rainy
 season. To improve income generating possibilities for women: Six women saving and credit schemes will be organized.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Nicaragua Contribute and increase the knowledge of women and adolescents in the region of Chontales on gender and violence through the implementation of training processes and exchange
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Nepal The overall objective of the project is to increase biodiesel feedstock and promote clean energy and rural income generation through management and cultivation of Jatropha curcas. Specific objectives are: 1)to analyze the land use patterns and suitability 
for Jatropha curcas cultivation 2)to increase awareness on collection management and cultivation of Jatropha curcas 3)to produce Jatropha seedlings for commercial plantation 4)to improve local economy through Jatropha seed production 5)to establish marketi
ng linkage between Jatropha producers and biodiesel company 6)to conduct trial experiment for optimization of Jatropha genotype and place 7)to conduct a pilot scale biodiesel testing program.
Core support to NDF-IV To promote economic and social development in developing countries through financing on concessional terms of projects of interest to the Nordic Countries
Frame agreement with NGO (SASK) The aim of the project is to increase the cooperation among unions in Aceh to formulate Joint Strategies to cope with the common challenges. The project will further increase the strengths and capacity of the union members in Aceh region.
Programme for agriculture and livelihoods in western communities PALWECO's objective is to reduce poverty by improving in different ways the living standards and livelihoods of the poor in Busia County in Western Kenya. The programme places special emphasis on the improvement of the status of women and vulnerable groups
. Finland supports the programme in 2010-2016 with 27 million euros.
Training and support for urban refugees in Kampala The development problem that the project aims to alleviate is poverty defined as lack of certain minimal or basic capacities needed for generating human well-being. The overall objective of the project is to alleviate poverty among the urban refugees in Ka
mpala. The poverty is alleviated through increased self-reliance of beneficiaries which is achieved by building the capacities of participants throught training counselling and supporting refugees income generating activities.  The project has human rights
 based approach enabling participation of different groups of refugees in the planning and implementation of the project. Special emphasis is put on participation of women and minorities. Training and group discussions will include topics on gender equilit
y human rights and democracy. The improved level of knowledge and skills of the participants will result in increased self-esteem and better capacity to take actively part in the decision making and development activities in their communities. This support
s also UNSC Resolution 1325 Women Peace and Security as the knowledge and the skills acquired during refuge will be used also after return contributing towards peace building and reconstruction in the post-conflict areas. The project arranges special couns
elling and support for the most vulnerable women and girls to improve their well-being and participation in order to reduce the social inequalities. The project is implemented in cooperation with the FRC field staff and refugee associations. Refugee Law Pr
oject organises the psycosocial support component. The refugee associations have established the supported learning groups as well as chosen the instructors. The main beneficiaries are the refugees participating in the trainings and other supported activit
ies. Annually 900-1000 refugees - majority of them being women and youth - benefit from the project. 20-30 voluntary instructors who receive training and mentoring are also main beneficiaries. Other beneficiaries are the members of the supported refugee as
sociations and family members of the learning group members and instructors. The key activities are: 1) support to functional adult literacy and English training through mentoring instructor training and learning materails 2) business training and support 
to IGA 3) Youth training and counselling and support to Youth clubs 4) psychosocial support to women and youth and 5) strengthening the refugee associations by training and mentoring.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme for Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). Support World Council of Churches in its global coordination of Ecumenical Accompaniement Programme for Palestine and Israel, human rights, peace, international observers.
INGO Aid to the International Press Service (IPS) IPS is an international organization with a global news agency is at the core with over 400 journalists in 145 countries. IPS provides news in 20 languages focusing on dev (Inter Press Service) elopment environment human rights and civil society. Cross cut
ting themes are reducing poverty MDGs sustainable development climate change human rights and gender equality especially from the point of view of countries and communities of the South. IPS trains journalists in developing countries and increases dissemin
ation of information and networking.  The organization was founded in 1964. IPS has ODA-eligibility and a consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Finland has supported the organization since 2000. IPS's activities 
support good governance democracy and gender equality. Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and IPS have made an agreement of co-operation for a three-year-period (2013?2015).
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Right to Peace Project. To promote peace and civil participation and create public dialogue and advocacy.
Green Rural Development The nature in Somaliland is very fragile and even its people are western xposed to climate change and recurrent droughts. Three rural communities will be supported in Somaliland in organizing training and activies in order to ensure and enhance best practi
ces and innovative ideas for sustainable and green development. The focus will be both in better and more diverse farming  methods water supply management and community development e.g. information dissemination entrepreneurship and youth empowerment.
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Capacity Building Programme for Social Responsibility. The programme aims to motivate and train local partners for social responsibility, that is, to successfully plan and implement projects addressing local social problems. In each of the six South Americ
an countries Fida partners with the national Asambleas de Dios (AdD) church. This rapidly growing church has already close to 20 million members in the six countries altogether. Through the programme the partners? know-how and skills are strengthened in va
rious ways. The partners are offered training on e.g. Community Health Education, project management and value-based education. Networking between the six national churches as well as with local authorities and organizations working in the education sector
 is an essential part of the programme. As the partners? capacities build up, they can begin independent work in their own countries and have a positive influence on solving social problems within their society. This will contribute to the overall strength
ening of the civil society in each country.
Platform for social advocacy and community mobilisation The project aims to effectively mobilise Namibian domestic resources for more equal development and rights-based approach by applying participatory methods in vulnerable communities. Awareness and capacity of the members and affiliates of the Council of Ch
urches in Namibia (CCN) is increased to address the plight of the poor and marginalised. A public advocacy platform for CCN government and civil society is created to strengthen community mobilisation and pro-poor develoment.