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Frame Agreement with NGO (Finnish Red Cross) Integrated Health and Disaster Preparedness. To improve health and psychosocial well being of the most vulnerable, and the people affected by migrating from rural areas to urban settings, through direct community-based welfare related activities, referrals
, advocacy and awareness raising endeavors.
Youth livelihood and participation, reduce urban poverty of vulnerable youth The aim of the project is to reduce urban poverty of vulnerable youth in Chamanculo through access to training and employment, to improve equal ooportunities to primary education, to promote youth participation in civil society and democratic processes, an
d to contribute to reduction of youth delinquency and number of new HIV infections.
Strengthening of hydro-meteorological services in Vietnam ICI project between Finnish Meteorological Institute and Vietnam's National Hydro-meteorological Service, NHMS. Problem: lack of ICT tecnology, modern forecasting tools and service production approach in NHMS strategy and implementation. Aim: To increase c
apacity of NHMS in the reduction of natural disaster risks and in the adaptation of Vietnamese society to climate change. To provide early warning services in the Red River delta, improve modern weather radar tools and technologies and enhance capacity of 
NHMS management staff. Activities: capacity building including on the job training, workshops and study tour to Finland.
Geological Survey of Finland's support to AGS Geological Survey of Finland?s cooperation in the sector of mining and exploration geophysics between the Geological surveys of Finland and the Afghanistan Geological Survey
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Tunisia The project aims to improve the quality of the farming land at the oasis of Gafsa through strenghtening the use of composting of the biodegadable waste of the oasis and using the end result as environment-friendly fertilizer
InfoDEV Multi Donor Trust Fund for Asia 2010-2012 Trust Fund is producing knowledge and good practices how ITC is applied to the achievement of development goals, how enabling environment needs to be developed for implementation of applications and how public-private partnerships can be fostered to suppor
t entrepreneurship,growth and innovation.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Promotion of Gender Equality ? Gender as a cross-cutting principle . Improving the quality of FCA programming and implementation
Promotion of sexual and reproductive rights and GBV with focus on HR and cultural issues in Solola Contribute to improve sexual and reproductive health of women in Solola and the reinvindication of their rights. Capacity building formation of indigenous women- and young leaders in human rights issues and fight against gender based violence.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) RIDE Ratanakiri Integrated Development and Education. Non-formal education for an ethnic minorities especially women and children. Producing  educational materials on basic health care and hygienie. Culture preserving activities.
Mental Health Interventions in high risk conditions The Project will develop mental health intervention practice to be applied in conflict conditions. The objectives are the provision of therapeuthic services by FGCSaida for needy children and adolescents around Saida area.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finnish Red Cross) Community Based Health Programme. To improve the lives and the general health and sanitation conditions of vulnerable communities through the promotion of the community based health care and water and sanitation activities.
NGO Support / Improving livelih and environm by rainwater harvesting in Mwanga Aim: increased use of rainwater harvesting and small-scale drip irrigation in rural drylands for fruits and firewood, improved livelihoods through diversified income and protection of environment. Activities: awareness raising, training, group forming, bui
lding water tanks for rainwater harvesting from roofs, agricultural and forestry activities.
Programme planning in Tanzania Programme and project planning for bilateral development cooperation between Finland and Tanzania.
Support to International Crisis Group's Africa Programme The objective of the programme is to contribute to crisis management and the prevention of new crises in Africa by providing independent information and policy recommendations as well as by strengthening the effectiveness of civil society.
SUD/LCF Khamas Al-Donkey Area Women Empowerment Project 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.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) READ Community Development Project. Non-formal education for Bunong ethnic minority in Mondulgiri Province. Bunong culture preserving activities, producing material in Bunong language
Local Authority Cooperation Programme Local Authority Cooperation Programme in Sub-Saharan countries.
Core support to UNEP Core support to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
PYM Romanien ja vammaisten sosiaalinen integraatio The project is supposed to enhance the social integration of Roma and people with disabilities e.g. through legal aid and education. The goal is to provide the target group with concrete tools to grab the opportunities for employment and lifelong learning.
Frame agreement with NGO (Plan Finland) Mainstreaming child-centred disaster risk management
Mekong River Commission Adviser The objective is to secure continued support for Component 4 (Modelling) of Information and Knowledge Management Programme for the years 2009-2012. The aim of modelling in MRC is to provide credible information to decision makers in the region on developme
nt impacts on environment and livelihoods.
Frame agreement with NGO (Pelastakaa lapset) B8 Programme support to West African Region
Support for institutionalising the CDF mechanism in Ethiopia Finland intends to to provide GoE strategic technical and financial support for mainstreaming and scaling up the use of Community Development Fund (CDF) on federal level. The key feature of CDF is that it transfers funds and project management responsibili
ties for physical construction directly to communities via a micro credit institution. The communities are fully responsible for the development process through planning, implememntation and maintenance. The results of CDF have been promising.
Frame agreement with NGO (Frikyrklig samverkan FS rf) "Capacity building, """"Saber Viver"""", Brazil. Social center in the slum of Georgetown with food distribution, daycare and technical training. Building of a carpentry and a social center for technical training in Hauraruni and Tapacuma. "
Frame Agreement with NGO (KEPA), general activities Information costs in Finland
Development of sector policies Development of sector policies, new instruments and methodology, support to expert work and seminars, support to the auditing of and training on the use of local cooperation funds, support to quality assurance.
ASEM Education Hub for Peace and Conlict Studies Thematic Network on Peace and Conflict Studies of the ASEM Education Hub Program aims to launch and implement policy relevant teaching and research projects on peace and conflict studien in various Asian conflict zones.
Colombia: institutional cooperation in the field of meteorology COFIMET The Institute of Meteorology Hydrology and Envionment is a public establishment within the Ministry of Environment Housing and Territorial Development. Its key mission is to provide technical and scientific support to the National Environmental System (SIN
A) of Colombia which comprises the Ministry of Environment and other environmental regional and local authorities. One of the key tasks of IDEAM is to inform the government and general public of the likely risks of natural disasters and issuing alerts and 
warnings on severe weather. This task is of growing importance as the societies have become more vulnerable to the effects of the climate change due to extreme weather phenomena in Colombia and in the Andean Region.The overall objective of the ICI-project 
is to reduce risk for the loss of human life and property caused by hazardous weather and changing climate in the Colombian society. The project purpose is to improve readiness and capacity at IDEAM to manage and produce safety servies on extreme natural p
henomena for the Colombian society. The cooperation focuses on training and demonstration on observation networks weather radar product development and customer oriented services which will be reflected in the development planning of IDEAM.The implementing
 organisations are Finnish meteorological Institute and IDEAM. Project duration is two years 2012-2013 and budget 250 000 Euros.
Project planning and follow up in Andean Region countries Project planning and follow up in the Andean Region programs 2011-2012.
Micro and Small Enterprises (MSME) Support Programme in Kenya This project aims at the creation of employment among the young micro-entrepreneurs of the informal economy and the development of a training programme for the unemployed underprivileged youth in technical and entrepreneurial skills in Nairobi. The program
me will enhance the participants' entrepreneurial skills and help them to start and consolidate their business. More specifically the action aims at: 1. Reinforcing the technical and managerial skills of the small and micro-entrepreneurs operating in the i
nformal economy, 2. Establishing the Department of Small Businesses of the Eastlands College of Technology so as to have appropriate means to conduct the training,3. Designing a modular system of technical training so as to make it suitable for the informa
l sector actors,4. Designing hands-on tools for teaching business (case study) and teaching technical skills in accordance with the needs of the informal sector5. Increasing the income and improve the socioeconomic outlooks of the small and micro-entrepren
eurs, The particular results expected from the launching of the action are:- Implementation of modular and flexible technical and professional training,- Design of pedagogical instruments in cooperation with the micro-enterprises (SMEs) and other actors of
 the formal and informal economies such as ?case study? hands-on practice dedicated business mentoring. It will benefit the poor young and adult worker,Kontkanen Eija,keo-30 kyt
HADYA - community theatre for women in Somalia Women in South and North Somalia are trainded to be community theatre instructors in order to put forward societal problems and strengthen their consciousness and self-esteem and their role in social development
Frame agreement with NGO (Fida Int.) Regional Coordination and Organisational Development. The Regional Coordination and Organizational Development Programme aims to empower partners in the Balkans for high quality development work through training and networking. In addition, the programme o
ffers a support network for project coordinators in the region. Fida?s partners in the Balkan region consist mainly of small evangelical churches. Due to their small size the churches often lack resources and capacities for effective development work. They
 are, however, very motivated to work in the local communities. Through the programme the partners learn important tools and methods in e.g. project planning, evaluation and management. In addition, the programme offers them an opportunity for networking w
ith and learning from each other. As the partners? capacities build up and their network becomes stronger, the quality of the development work they do will improve further. Networking within the region will also support cooperation and peace-making between
 different ethnic groups in the Balkans.
Improving West-African Capacities in Mediation and Peace Process The project aims to contribute to West-African capacity-building in conflict prevention through the creation of a training programme for multi-track mediation and conflict analysis targeting key decision-makers in the region. After the identification of st
akeholders, peace-mediation professionals and civil society representatives are interviewed and filmed for training purposes. Workshops are organised for members of civil society and diplomats in order to share experiences and recommendations on work in pe
ace processes. Thereafter a workshop for conflict analysis is organised in order to develop good practice and policy options. All information is gathered and used for the creation of the training programme. The pilot course will take 30 participants who wi
ll evaluate the course for its further development.
NGO Support / Luth. Churches Diakonia and social justice program Improve capacity in diaconal involvement of the Churches in Botswana.
RedMATE (Digital support material for the blind students) "Improving the quality of education for the blind by enhancing their ""TifloTIC"" competencies (TifloTICs is technology that enables the blind the usage of information technology). The project teaches TifloTICs for visually impaired students and their teac
hers and assistants. Project also changes educational and general information material into digital format for the blind to use with TifloTICs. The goal is empower the blind by enabling access to high-quality and diverse education. Also the aim is to stren
gthen and expand Red MATE network which is a network of organization's training centers. "
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kenya The Investigative Journalism Fellowship is a competitive fellowship that supports talented journalists to investigate topical public interest cases and publish compelling stories of public interest in the area of governance and anti-corruption reform. It i
s aimed at enhancing expertise in investigative journalism, generating a body of incisive investigative reports on key governance, anti-corruption and public interest issues and promoting permanent civic vigilance by highlighting the structural causes of g
overnance and anti-corruption challenges.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Tanzania The general objective of the project is to eradicate the house crows in Zanzibar, basically to, create awareness campaign on the house crow and call for assistance from institutions, companies, hotels and public, deploy house crow traps widely, monitor dep
loyed crow traps across the island,carry out a crow poisoning and nest destruction campaign and gun shoot the last segment of the crows out of town village roots.The house crows cause huge losses to indigenous wildlife especially birds and presents a serio
us longterm health hazard to humans. It carries the causal agents of chicken diseases also.
NGO Support / Support of environmental movements in developing countries Promote globally the protection of environment and human rights.
European Evaluation Society (EES) Conference in Helsinki 1-5.10.2012 "The European Evaluation Society (EES) conference and pre-conference workshops will be organised in Helsinki 1-5.10.2012. The topic of the conference is ""Evaluation in the networked society: New concepts new challenges new solutions"". The conference prov
ides an opportunity for evaluation experts from public sector and civil society institutions in developing countries for exchange of experiences capacity development and networking."
Support to United Nations Mine Action Service Additional core contribution of 140.000 euros for 2009 to UNMAS.
Luochuan Cold Storage Project Luochuan Cold Storage Project developing Cold Storage Chain.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Palestinian Adm. Areas DATA is the Palestinian component of the Israeli-Palestinian AIX Group, a research network and economic forum that has been active since 2002. The project is a sub-component of the larger AIX Group research project ?The Arab Peace Initiative and Israeli-Pa
lestinian Peace: The Political Economy of a New Period?. The support of the Representative Office will focus on the component ?Cooperation in Infrastructure?, and provide funding for a working group dealing with this topic. The project will concentrate on 
three critical areas: energy, transportation and environment. The working group will thus address different forms of cooperation in infrastructure and recommend concrete policies and/or projects which will solidify the economic benefits which stand to be g
ained by the Arab Peace Initiative.
NGO Support / Dry Sanitation Project in Msunduza Township Aims: improve environmental sanitation through use of dry toilets and waste management, improve health conditions, develop organic home gardening. Activities: building dry toilets in public places, schools and selected households, development of toilet mod
ells, training and environmental education.
Land Management and Administration Project in Cambodia Develop land administration and management systems in Cambodia.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finnish Red Cross) Community Based Health . To improve the lives and the general health and sanitation conditions of vulnerable communities through the promotion of the community based health care and water and sanitation activities.
Nairobi Embassy Planning Funds Planning funds will be used i.a.for the preparation and monitoring of the Kenya development cooperation programme and to the training related to development cooperation.
Cooperation between UNECA and Finland on ICT development in Africa The objective of the second phase of ECA-Finland cooperation on ICT development in Africa is improved capacities at national and regional level to formulate, coordinate and implement information policies and strategies, and to analyse, monitor and evaluate
 the impact on African development. This is to be pursued through two thematic sets of activities. These are aimed at stimulating and supporting the development of National Information, Communication and Infrastructure policies (NICIs) in the ECA Member St
ates, as well as regional strategies. Over the medium term the focus of the programme will shift from awareness raising and policy development initiation to implementation.
Advancing Disability Equality Project In 2008 Zambia Federation of Disability Organisations (ZAFOD) with the support of Irish Aid through Power4Good Ireland launched a three years project called Advancing Disability Equality Project (ADEPt) whose aim is to set legal precedents in the violation
 of the rights of persons with disabilities. During this period a large number of high profile legal cases on accessibility to public buildings / institutions, employment rights violations and social exclusion issues were handled. In its three year tenure 
the project focussed on handling rights violation matters from within Lusaka Province. Subsequent to this funding was secured by the ADEPt Senior team from the Finnish Embassy to extend the life of the project for a further one year from September 2010 and
 vitally to expand the service being provided to Western and Northern Provinces by the attachment of qualified Caseworkers to ZAFOD Offices in these Provinces and the establishment of appropriate referral mechanisms.The mission of the project is to ensure 
sustained protection defense and advancement of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons with disabilities in Zambia. The purpose is to establish principles and precedents which achieve improved rights of persons with disabilities through capac
ity building litigation and publicity. The precedents are notably around key issues/themes of i) access ii) education iii) employment iv) women and children v) electoral process vi) health and vii) HIV /Aids. Activities include: 1) Casework support and out
reach 2) individual litigation 3) strategic litigation (public interest litigation) 4) accessibility audits and 5) advocacy and awareness raising. Special emphasis will be given to women and children with disabilities. A template for replication of project
 design will be done during the period and roll out to Zimbabwe Malawi and Mozambique is expected.
Aid for Trade for Central Asia, South Caucasus and Eastern Europe UNDP shall implement the flagship project on the theme Aid For Trade in the framework of Wider Europe Initiative. The first phase of the programme (2009-2010) consists of three components: 1) Aid for Trade Road Map in Central Asia: Identification of nation
al and regional AfT priorities, 2) Support to Economic Development along Trade Corridors, 3) AfT Needs Assessments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The phase I shall provide a background for broader AfT support during the Phase II. The phase II is based
 on the results of the phase I and will be implemented during 2011 - 2013.
Academy of Finland, Development Research Extra funding for the Academy of Finland to separate thematic research programmes from which the first allowance to the research programme on Climate change, for the separate development research application round. The 2013 allowance will be focused on the
 same theme research or theme to be later agreed on according to development policy priorities.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Assessment on Peace/Rights in Lebanon Finding new partners in the peripheries with emphasis of livelihoods issues, assess the situation in South Lebanon in terms of the thematic focus areas of Livelihoods, Peace and Education.
UNCTAD Trust Funds for Research and Technical Assistance Helping developing countries in various aspects to integrate into the world economy and trade.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kosovo "Mundesia (NGO) will function as consultant for ""Roma Woman for Roma Women"" (NGO), preparing the reports for this project, providing the skills, training and technical advice required to develop basic operational plans and provide different activities on
 community services and support. Purposes of the projects are: strengthening of the human capacity within ""Roma Woman for Roma Women"" (RWRW), training of the Roma and Albanian women under the management of RWRW and ""Mundesia"", in order to assist their 
reintegration and support social activities that will improve the social welfare of Roma women."
Electoral observation of the presidential election in Venezuela October 2012 The objective of the project is to support independent electoral observation by the civil society in the Venezuelan presidential election of October 2012. In the project local observators are trained at least in 12 different states of Venezuela before the 
election day. The financiation is directed to the travel and accommodation costs and daily allowances of two trainers.
Humanitarian Aid to Sri Lanka through Fida International Relief aid to IDPs in Sri Lanka through Fida International ry.
NGO Support / Support for Aids-orphans education The project aims to support the AIDS orphans in the Arumeru and Monduli district and to enable the children's schooling. In the project there will be support for construction materials of schools,sanitary facilities and dining room, acquiring school uniofo
rms, study supply and furniture. The aim is also to plant trees around the school. Afternoon activities for children will start as a new component of a project in 2011.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Namibia Project is a film project where a documentary will be produced about the initiation of the independence struggle of Namibia. In addition, a lot of recorded material will be collected to contribute to the documented history of Namibia. DVDs will be produced
 for public distribution together with educational brochures and pamhplets. R0ecoded data will be made available for education and research purposes at the National Archives of Namibia.