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Improving quality of life of the children with mental disability Msingi ward is in the countryside middle of Tanzania. In the schools or any other public places there were no mentally handicapped children before this project. In Tanzania there are lot of traditional beliefs and prejudices. Human rights of mentally handi
capped children do not come true even in the slightest degree. The main aim of this project is to make the lives of mentally handicapped children better by increasing knowledge about handicaps and sharing information to the adults of the area. The aim is a
lso to activate the parents of mentally handicapped children to get in touch with other families.The goal is to create at the end of the project a day group or other kinds of activities for mentally handicapped children and their families.The additional fu
nding for the third year is asked because there are things that have not been taken into consideration in the original project plan.The beneficiaries are still mentally handicapped children and their families. The indirect beneficiary is the Nguna -Group w
hich is a central partner in empowering the families.With the sustainability of the project in mind additional funding is requested for teacher education and to empower the parents group. Also an open seminar will be held to the villagers with local profes
sionals. The aim is to provide new forms of action, professional teachers for mentally handicapped children and co-operation between the parents.Msingi ward is in the countryside far away from the other centers of population and so the costs of travelling 
are high. Because of everything presented above travelling costs are taken into account of the budget of this application.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kosovo Grate ne Biznes / Women in Business/ is a NGO /foundation/ established and operational since year 2010 as a response to women's needs in Kosovo especially in the fields of entrepreneurship and business. The primary goal of the project is to increase income
 of the women entrepreneurs in rural and urban areas by extending their market opportunities enhancing knowledge and expertise in marketing and by fostering efficient and high quality production in small scale facilities. Through this project the women ent
repreneurs members of the GnB network will increase production capacities with focus in production management quality management and inventory management as basis to establish sustainable production system for entering women's market centre. Project's over
all objective is: Increase of income generating potential of women entrepreneurs by promoting production services and marketing in Kosovo. Specific objectives are: New market opportunities in the segment of the vegetable production catering and services ar
e developed, Production of the participating women entrepreneurs is more efficient extended and achieved high quality, Women entrepreneurs are organized in order to:i)better meet market needs ii)increase productivity and efficiency iii)improve quality of t
he products and facilitate production for meeting WMC needs.
UNRWA Summer Fun Weeks Summer Games 2013 will build on the success of the previous Summer Games programmes - achieved despite the myriad challenges - organised since 2007 and offer children in Gaza a series of educational and recreational activities across a 6 week programme. In
 doing so and in accordance with UNRWA's wider human development aims Summer Fun Weeks hopes to provide a counterbalance to the backdrop of violence poverty and lack of recreational opportunities that drive radicalization. This will be achieved through the
 use of 156 locations (126 school buildings and 30 purpose built beach locations).
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Afghanistan Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit AREU does research on the questions of social economical and political development. Finnish funding is earmarked for core funding and specific project funding on the issues relevant to FInnish Development Cooperatio
n with Afghanistan. The research projects will be agreed upon on individual basis.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Ethiopia Improving the life of children youth and adult with disabilities residing in 5 woredas of N.Shoa zone (Amhara) through educational physical pyschosocial and economic empowerment program interventions.
Kofi Annan Foundation The Kofi Annan Foundation is an independent non-profit organization legally incorporated in Switzerland in 2007 by Mr. Kofi Annan former Secretary-General of the UN. The purpose and the mission of the Foundation is promoting better global governance and st
rengthen the capacities of people and countries to achieve more fairer more secure world. The Foundation has developed programmes and partnerships in three main focus areas: 1) Peace and Security 2) Sustainable Development and 3) Rule of Law and Human Righ
ts.
Demo Finland Political Parties of Finland for Democracy program 2013-2015 Demo Finland is an ideologically party-politically and religiously neutral organisation that arranges collaboration between officially registered Finnish parliamentary parties. Demo Finland works to promote pluralistic democracy by implementing co-operatio
n projects involving Finnish parties and political movements in developing countries. Demo Finland?s activities are based on the fundamental importance of democracy for development and the significance of well-functioning and responsible parties for democr
acy. Demo Finland supports the goals of Finland?s official development policies by getting actors from political parties involved. Political parties can play a key role in supporting true democracies. Demo Finland brings added value to Finnish democracy su
pport around the world by channeling expertise and contributing through our own work in this increasingly vital aspect of development. In Nepal Demo Finland will continue supporting the Joint Youth and Students platform formed by 18 political youth and stu
dent organisations. The objective is to enhance peaceful cooperation and dialogue between political youth and student organisations and  to strengthen equal access to political decision-making for youth. In Tunisia Demo Finland will continue to support the
 Tunisia School of Politics. The school aims to bring together youth from different political parties and provide them tools for strategic political thinking. The objective is to enhance political youth's capacity and constructive  and policy oriented enga
gement in politics across party lines. In Tanzania Demo Finland will continue supporting the Tanzania Women Cross-Party Platform (T-WCP) in order to enhance the capacity and cooperation of women politicians. The action aims at enhancing the equal represent
ation of men and women at all levels of politics and the increasing status of gender equality on the political agenda. In Zambia Demo Finland will start a new project in 2013 in order to strengthen political participation of women at the district level tog
ether with the Zambia National Women?s Lobby.In Addition Demo Finland aims to increase awareness of development policy and boost involvement in and positive attitudes towards development co-operation among actors within Finnish political parties. .
Meta-Evaluation of Development Evaluations (decentralised) in 2010 and 2011 There has been three Meta-analysis done on the entire evaluation volume of both centralised and decentralised evaluations one in 1996 (covering the years 1988-1995 150 reports) one in 2007 (covering the year 2006 29 reports) and one in 2009 (covering the y
ears 2007 and 2008 33 reports). When the conclusions of these three Meta-analyses are compared fairly little improvement in terms of sustainability and impact can be observed. The synthesis evaluation (Sustainability in Poverty Reduction: Synthesis 2010:4)
 from 2010 recommended evaluate not only the quality of development cooperation and evaluations but also how the quality has improved and how the results are better used where the development cooperation should continue and what can be learnt. The current 
Meta-evaluation covering the years 2010 and 2011 of decentralised ministry-wide evaluation activities shall also contribute information on new locally based evaluation methods addressing the human rights and diminishing inequalities according to our coming
 new policy. Lessons extracted from projects and programmes implemented in different countries and sectors can offer insights to the planning and management of other projects even if their fields are dissimilar.
Education in emergencies Humanitarian assistance through FinnChurchAid to DR Congo
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Regional Coordination. The Regional Coordination Programme focuses on increasing the capacity of project personnel to carry out high quality holistic development work in South East Asia. In addition, it aims to improve the mainstreaming process in the regi
on. The programme started in 2001 and soon proved so effective that similar programmes were established in other regions as well. Regional coordination is now an integral part of the global Fida strategy. In South East Asia, Fida partners with a large numb
er of NGOs, churches and even government departments. The main focus of the programme is to network the partners with each other. In addition, it offers the partners training in the areas of e.g. project administration and financial management. Special att
ention is also paid to training on gender, HIV/AIDS and other mainstreaming themes. As the partners are brought together, they will be able to share lessons learned and create partnerships with each other. Together they form a well-functioning network that
 implements high quality holistic development work.
Programme Planning Allocation for Regional Programme Planning will be used for project preparation conducting of studies seminar arrangements travel costs related  to prgramme monitoring and sectoral seminars. The funds will be used by the Department for Africa and the Middl
e East and  the Empassy of Finland in Pretoria. Based on delegation agreements the Department will earmark a certain amount of the funds for the Embassy.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Jamaica In the project the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) will purchase 12 computers to support the Programme for adolescent mothers which aims to provide continuing education for girls who have dropped out of school due to pregnancy and to return the
m to the formal school system after the birth of their babies.  Currently the Foundation operates various Centres and outreach stations island wide.  The purchase of computers strengthens the existing information Technology (IT) programme at main centres a
nd outreach sites. The goal is to continue improving the knowledge base of teen mothers through IT. Participants will be taught in Microsoft Word Microsoft Access Excel PowerPoint Presentation Internet Research Social Networking and Communication Programs.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) Assessing and supporting partners in organisational development. Training and other forms of capasity building in management and leadership issues.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finnish Red Cross) To support the Tajikistan Red Crescent Society to raise its own capacity to be able to respond the local vulnerability in the sustainable manner.
Storycrafting in Swaziland The project aims to develop early education in Swaziland by arranging education for workers working with children about method called story crafting. During the project about 40 workers will attend one-week course and practice the method in their instituti
ons. After the course the institutions will also be helped to develop the method to be useful to these institutions and suitable for Swazi culture and traditions. By story crafting children learn to express themselves to deal with difficult experiences and
 their self esteem gets better. It also develops learning and reading skills.
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Community Development Programme in the Republic of Srpska. The Community Development Programme in the Republic of Srpska (Republika Srpska) in Bosnia-Herzegovina focuses on training and motivating a local partner to carry out community development work of 
their own in the local communities. During the rebuilding phase after the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Serb part of the country received less international aid than the Bosniac and Croat dominated part of the country, the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina
. Although this was mostly because the later was materially more damaged, the imbalance has become a source of bitterness among the Serbs. This background highlights the importance of development work done among the Serbs. In the Republic of Srpska, Fida p
artners with a local evangelical church. Negotiations with a possible new partner are currently on-going. Through this programme that is composed of several smaller projects, the partner is equipped with the essential know-how and skills for carrying out s
uccessful development work in the local communities. Special attention is paid to motivating the partner towards networking and cooperating with local NGOs and other actors. As the partner?s capacity to carry out high-quality community development projects
 increases, they will be able to take up an active role in meeting the needs of and developing the local communities. This, in turn, will contribute towards the improvement of the quality of life in the communities.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Indonesia The BRENJONK organic village development is an inovation program which solves the social problems in the village community such as, poverty health and environtmental issues. Through this model  the village expects to have a self-reliant village community w
hich improves the health and financial quality. The application is that one area of the village is designed in such a way to optimize the potential of it such as, natural sources technology and the human sources. Then that optimized potential is expected t
o give advantages to the village community. A village becomes an organic area and this area will also be  the industrial area of organic products (vegetables local fruits rice and many kinds of spices). After that the products will be certificated as organ
ic with the standart of SNI and will be sale on supermarkets hotels restaurant domestic or international tourists and public. Another product is organic compost produced by the community from processing the organic waste. This village is also designed to b
e an educational tourism place for all people so that the model of this village will spread more quickly.
Frame agreement with NGO (SASK) The aim of the planning phase is to achieve an agreement and policy line between the project country pulp and paper sector organisations with respect to lobbying and networking and to support these goals through the 3-year project plan.
European Humanities University (EHU) The European Humanities University (EHU) is a private non-profit liberal arts university founded in Minsk in 1992. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year the university has been based in Vilnius Lithuania since authorities expelled it from Belarus in 2
004. EHU serves mostly Belarusian students offering undergraduate graduate and postgraduate degree programs and promoting research in the humanities and social sciences.
Support to Global Donor Platform for Rural Development Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD)is bi- and multilateral donors' international financing institutions' and research institutes' a global network for for rural develompent.The objective of the networks is to increase the effectiveness and 
harmonization of the aid channelled to agriculture food security and rural development. Finland has and associate member status in the organization. Financial support to the platform would show our commitment to harmonization and donors cooperation in the 
rural sector. It is proposed to support the platform in total with 150 000 euros in 2011-2013.
Frame agreement with NGO (SASK) The aim of the project is to reduce occupational accidents and disease among workers in the poultry industry. This will be done by improving working conditions and increasing awareness and education among factory workers and, particularly, union activists.
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management SAICM The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) was established in the Dubai Ministerial Conference 4-6 February 2006. A joint initiative of the EU Switzerland and Norway on an interim (5 years) Quick Start Programme (QSP) was launched
 as part of the SAICM. The QSP enables developing countries and economies in transition to evaluate and define policy measures and concrete actions to enhance chemicals related risk management and implement them. Finland's contribution during the five year
s (2006-2010) was in total 1 million euros.  The outcome of Rio+20 Conference strenghtened SAICM and the third SAICM Ministeriall Conference (ICCM3) that followed the Rio Conference decided to extend QSP untill 2015 after which a new financement model woul
d enter into force. Support to SAICM QSP during the transition phase is important to ensure the continuity of on-going programmes and project agreements.
Nepal Peace Trust Fund In February 2007 the Government of Nepal established a Nepal Peace Trust Fund in order to ensure sustainable peace in the country. The overall objective of the Fund is to support successful implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed between
 the Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in November 2006. The Peace Trust Fund provides the Government a joint financing mechanism which enables the Government to channel and coordinate resources for the politically agreed key ar
eas. Nepal Peace Trust Fund has had a major role in closing down the military camps of the ex-maoist combatants and in their disarmament and integration.  Providing financial support  to  constitutional assembly elections in November 2013 will be the next 
major challenge for the Peace Trust Fund. Finland has provided 3.0 million euro to the Fund in 2007-2009 and made additional replenishment  of 3.5 million euro in 2010-2013.
NGO Support / Sinsibere-3Combating desertific. w. women's sustainable livelih. The Sinsibere project supports the women in rural communities South of Bamako to develop their resilience to climate change and to protect their environment. This is done by supporting alternative sources of income to the firewood trade that accelerates de
sertification. The last phase of the project concentrates on ensuring the permanence of project impacts by 1. reinforcing the economic viability of the women?s cooperative  2. strenghtening the tree protection spirit and tree planting possibilities in the 
project area. The direct beneficiaries are 300 women who are the members of the Sinsibere cooperative based in Bougoula village. The members of the cooperative form a board which coordinates the production activities. Cooperative activities empowers the wo
men to work as active members of their communities. From a human rights perspective the Sinsibere project enhances women's right to income by supporting the cooperative as an environment which enables women to actively work and network to achieve this righ
t. In the project the livelihoods are generated by sustainable use of natural resources and  women's right to income is understood to require the women's  responsibility of the cooperative activities.The project objectives are reached bya) improving the co
operative?s central actors? economic administration skills with education and by learning by doing supported with project workers.b) raising the amount of shea butter produced by guaranteeing access to a larger amount of nuts. Nut storage trainings in the 
project villages will give the women who collect nuts abilities for better processing and also increases the availability of nuts for the cooperative. The price of nuts is monitored and the nut collectors will be offered a competitive fee.c) diversifying t
he income sources of the cooperative by chicken and sheep growing and by reinforcing the previously started henna and peanut farming.d) involving the members of the cooperative more closely in the activities by improving the economic benefits by strengthen
ing the board members? ability the monitor the cooperative?s revenue and expenditure by organizing inclusive annual meetings networking opportunities and forums for cooperative members.e) establishing a shea tree nursery and plantationf) providing support 
for the cooperative members to initiative action in influencing tree protection in the area.
Gudri Entrepreneurship Training  to Women It has been widely recognized that women have the potential to be the engine of economic and development progress. The Gudri Entrepreneurship Training for Women -project's main objective is to tackle the gender inequalities faced by the target group on a s
ocial and economic and level in their societies. The project will capacitate 300 underprivileged women and adolescent girls (16+) from 6 slum districts to become self-earning empowered women with sufficient skills and capacity to manage their own micro-bus
inesses. The women are offered a one year training consisting of several different training modules: skills training (Gudri-handicraft techniques) entrepreneurship and sustainable income leadership capacity building on economic empowerment and human rights
, basic education.  The training enables the women to start their income generating micro-projects with experts supporting them in the process.  The Gudri-project will establish a social enterprise based on a self-owned co-operative model which will be run
 by the women themselves with support of experts. This ensures their ownership and management of the enterprise.  The participants will be forming groups consisting of 20-25 women and a mentor.  The co-operatives are offered set-up grants (micro loans) tha
t will enable them to become self-reliant. Support is offered to the women on a regular basis also after the training. Experts will facilitate the workshops with additional support of volunteers. The beneficiaries are from the most disadvantaged communitie
s of Jaipur city. They are from the lowest caste or untouchables, illiterate, alienated from society, living under poverty line, lacking regular income, lacking house or sufficient food and water supply. Background study on the target communities was done 
in 2013. The project will build on lessons learned from the pilot project of two womens' groups that started in 2012.The training modules and methods have been formed and improved together with the beneficiaries based on their capacity gaps and needs.  Pos
itive impacts can be seen in the pilot communities in Jaipur. The women have seen improvement in their status within the community both socially and economically as their voices are being heard and they are able to earn a living which has raised their fami
lies' standard of living. The women have also invested in the education of their children.
ANAD Advocacy, Organisational and Interpreter Training Project ANAD Advocacy, Organisational and Interpreter Training Project
Ingo Aid for training of civil servants in Moldova and Georgia Project is financing scholarships for two groups of three young Moldovan and two Georgian civil servants/diplomats to study at ESD (Estonian School of Acadamy) in the academic year 2011 - 2014. The scholarship covers all expenses related to participation i
n the ESD nine-months (60 ECTS) training course ?International Relations and European Integration. Finland has financed the project with 239 760 euro.
Fondo Gobernabilidad (Civil Society and democracy) in Nicaragua Fondo Gobernabilidad Support for Civil Society and Democracy supports the Nicaraguan civil society in order to promote good governance in Nicaragua.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) Health Work of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Angola. A basic health care programme in Kunene province: supply of medicine and vaccinacion, clinic maintenance.
Programme planning in Zambia Planning and monitoring of the development co-operation programme between Finland and Zambia.