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Balkans Policy Research Group//Strengthen the state institutions and peace in Kosovo The Balkans Policy Research Group (BPRG) is a non-profit non-governmental think tank researching and developing policy recommendations on peacebuilding and state building issues in South-eastern Europe. The founding staff are veterans of Crisis Group?s Bal
kans and Kosovo projects. Webpage: http://balkansgroup.org/. The organisations? staff is highly experienced (adequate qualifications) the objectives of the project and activities areclear beneficiaries well defined and the expected results are realistic an
d concrete. Kosovo has made a considerable progress in setting up its institutions negotiating the integration of the North but still after six years of its independence Kosovo?s sovereignty and democratic government remain fragile and dependant on interna
tional support.  The four Northern municipalities are in transit from Serbian to the Kosovo system largely against the population? preferences. The new elected leadership in these municipalities have little popular legitimacy and no experience with the Kos
ovo system. Their effectiveness in addressing these needs helping people to exercise their rights their ability to provide effective governance are the keys to securing stability justice and development in the North. In order to address the above mentioned
 problems BPRG will conduct a research in order to identify best ways for smooth and prosperous transition establishment and empowering of local institutions and enhance services for the citizens. The organization will also develop practical policies that 
address the weaknesses of local institutions. Beneficiaries: Specifically- the population in the Northern municipalities and whole Kosovo populationThe overall objective is to identify and remove the most salient obstacles or weaknesses in two  broad areas
,a) State-building: Strengthen state institutions increase service-delivery quality to citizens and enhance citizens? rights and access to services and rights. Identify obstacles weaknesses that prevent and promote policies that help strengthen the state i
nstitutions increase quality of government services human rights and citizens? access to services. b) Peace-building institutional and human capacity building: Effective use of local governance by the local communities particularly in the Serb areas. Addre
ss challenges and promote rights and effective governance in the northern Kosovo.
KV.RAH.LAIT/AfDF-XI Core support to the African Development Fund, AfDF-XI, during the years 2008-2017.
Support to Forest Sector The programme supports the implementation of Kenya's new Forest Act. The support is allocated to the development of relevant government organisations as well as to the sustainable use of forest and woodland resources. The programme promotes the sustainable
 use of forests by supporting forest and woodland related entrepreneurship and livelihoods as well as the integration of good governance and human rights into the forest sector reform in Kenya. .
Humanitarian assistance, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Finnish Red Cross Ebola tammikuu 2015
MCA/Training Support to Rural Crafts Producers and Market Access The purpose of the project is to train 125 craft producers of Mumwa Crafts Association (MCA) to produce better quality and variety of products especially those currently in demand. These products are mainly hand woven baskets made out of different natural 
materials such as grass and roots. These 125 training of trainers are supposed to train in turn on average three other craft producers thus the number of direct beneficiaries increases up to 500 people. The average income of these producers is expected to 
increase towards the end of the project and this development will be monitired. The trainings will be organised in four districts of Western Province and in five different MCA training centers. In addition the project will support market access in Zambia a
nd Finland by developing a website contacting potential customers in Finland and recruiting a Finnish unversity student as a trainee if possible. In addition MCA will carry out a baseline study in the beginning of the project to research income levels livi
ng standards challenges successes as well as MCA's impact. Around 50 craft producers will be interviewed.
Institute for Law and Environmental Governance - Stregthening Local Communities Participation in Forest Governance The Constitution presents considerable challenges for the forest sector. The most critical issue is how forest management obligations will be shared between the national and county governments. At the county level counties are required to be largely self-s
ustaining. This demand is already making communities and county leaders lay strong claims over natural resources which they target as source of revenue. Many new issues with important links to local forest governance are emerging in the global arena. There
 are emerging trends towards large land acquisitions by foreign firms for biofuel and agriculture. There is a lot of misconception misinformation and concern about these issues at national and local level. Most local communities do not understand what thes
e means for their livelihoods and the sustainability of their forest resources.This project is premised on the need to empower local communities to actively and effectively participate in the implementation of Kenya?s Constitution 2010. It aims at empoweri
ng communities to realize the host of constitutional provisions and rights on environment and natural resources.Project Objective: -  to build capacity of local communities to participate effectively in forest governance by strengthening community institut
ions (CFAs and CFA networks)- support implementation of the Constitution at county level by fostering participatory forest governance influencing the development of county legislation on forest management benefit sharing and forest concessions
Ensuring a future for orphan and vulnerable children through educational support and the economic empowering of their mothers The objective of the project is to improve the educational and nutritional status of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and to sustain their welfare through the economic empowerment of their mothers or caregivers. The main beneficiaries of the project 
are disadvantaged and OVC children enrolled in Maedot's Alternative Basic Education (ABE) Centres as well as their mothers or care givers and other family members. The project will benefit 1200 OVC children (550 male and 650 female) and their families in t
he worst slums of Addis Ketema and Gullele Sub-Cities of Addis Ababa and urban and rural Woredas of Woliso and Zeway Woreda of Oromia Region. Although primary education is free in Ethiopia OVC are unable to attend school because of poverty. Even if the chi
ldren are enrolled in school they may not be learning because they are hungry or unable to concentrate due to their difficult situations at home. Through this project OVC are provided with access to Alternative Basic Education nutrition and tutorial suppor
t. After the three year cycle these children are able to integrate into formal education. They receive a nutritious meal at school and their mothers or caregivers are trained to prepare more nutritious food from locally available ingredients. Project susta
inability is guaranteed by ensuring the economic empowerment of the OVC mothers or caregivers who are provided with training and organised into saving and credit cooperatives. The mothers and caregivers are trained in basic business and leadership skills. 
The project highly encourages the involvement of women in economic activities and leadership affairs and promotes gender equality. As the women are able to support their families through their own income their decision making power in household affairs is 
increased and their status in the family improved. The local authorities are closely involved in the project and the local communities will also be sensitised about the issues of OVC. Psycho-social support to the OVC and their families is organised through
 community support groups community volunteer workers and child clubs.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Foundation for Human Rights/KIOS) Access to Justice and Para-legal Training Programs for Badakhshan Province
Srijon -creating vocational education and work opportunities for the young adults with ASDs  in Bangladesh The development problem for the project is to create work opportunities and develop vocational education for the adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)  in Bangladesh at the SWAC   (Society for the Welfare of Autistic Children)Schools. The overall ob
jectives are to make a clear structure and model for the work activities at the SWAC Schools in Dhaka and Rangamati and create possibilities for safe and meaningful adulthood for the adults with ASDs. The SWAC personnel will be resourced so that they can s
ufficiently implement the working activities. Bangladesh government together with a local bank donated a plot of land to the SWAC last year. The architectural plan for the future work and activity center will be done following the principles for sustainabl
e development and using local materials and labour. The job coach is at work and working places for some students at the SWAC are found.  Parents participate actively in their networks and the local model of adaptive training has been introduced to the act
ivities of the SWAC. The project follows the crosscutting development policy objectives. It promotes gender equality and democracy reduces inequality and promotes the rights of the minorities by creating vocational education and possibilities for better fu
ture for the adults with ASDs in the capital area and in the tribal district of Rangamati. The project builds new structures and the most important of them is the work and activity center for the young adults with ASDs.  The main beneficiaries of the proje
ct are young adults with ASDs their parents siblings and other relatives and the teachers of the SWAC. The key activities are: to educate and support the SWAC personnel by giving them information arrange workshops evaluate and monitor their learning and ex
change ideas with the  Finnish educational team. The architectural plan is made together with Finnish and local architects on 2015.The job coach will be trained to work at the SWAC. Adaptation training for the parents and families will be modeled to the lo
cal context as part of the SWAC activities by the support of Finnish educational team. Awareness campaigns on disabled adults employment will be arranged countrywide in a co-operation with the sister associations of the SWAC.
Aktiv ? Strengthening the Institutional Response to domestic violence in northern Kosovo The overall objective of this project is to foster a women's rights agenda and to promote gender equality in North Kosovo through tackling domestic violence at a local societal and institutional level.The specific objective is to improve the status of the 
victims of domestic violence in North Kosovo through institutional capacity building and the implementation of the Kosovo law on domestic violence through application of regional and European best practices.The main target groups are:a) Local professionals
 working in relevant public institutions who provide services for victims of domestic abuseb) Female victims and potential victims of domestic violencec) NGO sector workers who work with women and women issuesd) The international donor community and its re
presentatives who work in related fieldsThe action will be focused in the four municipalities in the North of Kosovo.  There is an institutional deficit in responding to violence against women in North Kosovo. According to researches as many as 96% of wome
n surveyed stated that they were not satisfied with the response of public bodies (police and municipalities) to domestic violence. This project will work directly with local institutions and the police in order to establish the groundwork for the construc
tion of a safe house in North Kosovo which will cater to the needs of victims.
East Europe Foundation - Partnership for transparency in local governance The overall long term objective of the project is to contribute to enhancing good governance and democratic process in local communities in Ukraine. The project will help build the capacities of the local government related to modernization of public servi
ces through e-governance.
Frame agreement with NGO (CMI) The project seeks to strengthen the mediation capacities of African national, regional and sub-regional actors to respond to serious conflict situations. The project aims to reach
Vocational education for agrarian business initiatives in Chira river basin They seek to design a new training programme to enable young people in the region to launch and manage their own agrarian business initiatives and to test and verify its validity through a pilot implementation for its further adoption as standard model by 
the educational authorities in the region with whom they have a regular close collaboration expressed in formal agreements. / Piura (Northern Coast and Andes of Peru).
Central America Security Strategy / Prevention of violence against women in Central America Support to the Prevention of Violence against Women in Central America as part of the Central American Security Strategy (ESCA). The project seeks to contribute to the reduction of violence against women trafficking in women and femicide through interventi
ons on the factors that contribute to it. Specifically the project will support the strengthening institutional capacities to prevent and address violence against women trafficking and femicide at regional national and local levels. The project will be imp
lemented in Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua and Panama and is organized through three results : 1) Improved regional and national coordination for the implementation of prevention and response to violence against women traffickin
g and femicide  2) Capacity of the institutions at regional national and local levels strengthened to prevent and deal with violence against  women trafficking of women and femicide 3) local plans and mechanisms for comprehensive care violence against wome
n trafficking and femicide implemented in selected territories.
Legal protection of media through strengthening the capacity of juricial system One of the main reasons of considerable worsening of freedom of speech in Kyrgyzstan is the increase of the number of court issues where one of the parties  is media and journalists. At the same time started to increase amounts of court claims. Also the ma
ximum material amount of claims has increased from  thousands of soms to millions of soms. Most of the cases with claim amount 1 million soms already became usual for Kyrgyz courts. There even was the case when claimant tried to demand 1 000 000 USD from t
he media outlet. The tendency of growth of evaluation of the scandal reputation depends on the position in society of the claimer or in the state hierarchical ladder. The practice of Media Policy Institute  shows that higher status of the plaintiff means  
more expensive valuation of  his reputation. It is necessary to mention that all the norms of the media legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic meaning the responsibility mass media and journalists are estimated. And there is serious question of ?bringing? or ?
not bringing? to responsibility.  The amount and the type of the punishment depends on personal evaluation and judge?s relation to this case. In the project international experts will be invited to gain experiences. The project focuses on journalists' righ
ts. High-level expert  from Finland will  be invited to the train judges. The judiciary and media cooperation will be developed. Journalists want fair trials. Supreme Court decisions are followed.
Sustainable livelihoods for farmers in Sulawesi The Sustainable Livelihoods for Farmers in Sulawesi ?project will be carried out by the Student Union of the University of Helsinki and Payo-Payo in 2013-2015. The project is the continuation of a previous project of HYY Payo-Payo and LPTP on the same them
es. This project aims at influencing agricultural policy providing better agricultural methods for farmers improving post-production methods and teaching farmers to work collectively. The main themes of the project are environmental sustainability self-sus
tainability and the empowerment of farmers. The project is directed at smallholders and landless and near landless farmers in three villages in South and West Sulawesi Indonesia. The project plans to form villages that are decently self-sufficient and sove
reign in their livelihoods. This means that the villagers should be more empowered and free from dependency on governmental institutions. The project works towards sovereignty in the use of natural resources and agricultural production by the villagers. Th
is way the villages should be able to provide sufficient livelihoods in terms of both income and food in a healthy and sustainable environment. Also the idea is to give the villagers a sense of security from the availability of basic social services in the
ir own villages to become pools of knowledge that are a source of pride for villagers and to sustain harmonious relations of villagers by keeping up collective social traditions. Payo-Payo will enhance sustainable production and agricultural practices at t
he village level. Working through farmer groups in three villages the project will strengthen the financial basis of farmer groups by improving their post-production methods and creating new forms of income. Project activities will take into account the di
fferent characteristics of each village. Tombobulu village will concentrate on post-production. In Bonne-Bonne the main theme is to continue promoting organic farming methods and in Soga to find ways to increase household incomes. The project will also cov
er policy advocacy and public education at the district level to influence government policies that in turn will support work in the field through sound policies and programs.
Frame agreement with NGO (Siemenpuu) The project involves making a documentary film on the struggles of the communities living in the Sundarbans area to preserve their sustainable livelihoods. The focus is on the Sundarban Rural Development Society (SRDS), which has been formed by the local v
illagers and which operates particularly in the Gosaba island in West Bengal. The goal is to document how the people in the area can sustainably maintain the local ecosystems without destroying them, and how the rights of these communities are nevertheless
 being undermined with strict conservation policies and fostering tourism business in the area. The planned length of the documentary is 45-50 minutes. It will be sent to various international film festivals, and it will also be published in internet (YouT
ube / Vimeo). The film is aimed to increase international consciousness on the situation of the mangrove communities and strengthen the voices of these communities in decision-making over the forest areas. The director will be Moushumi Basu, who is a film-
maker and well acquainted with the situation in the Sundarbans. DISHA functions as the accounting organization in the project.
INT/Academy of Finland Development Research thematic research 2012-2013 Academy of Finland Development Research two thematic  call for proposals in 2012 and 2013. In 2012 the supplementary call for proposals is focused on Academy's climate change research programme (FICCA) and the 2013 supplementary allowance is focused on a W
ater and Developmetn theme research. The ministry has a long standing cooperation with the Academy in co-financing development research. In the Academy of Finland the selection of research projects is by the academic merits only provided that the topic rel
ates to development questions. Development research projects are administered by the Academy.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Foundation for Human Rights/KIOS) Protecting and promoting the rights of Bambuti indigenous peoples
AO/School for the teachers of the future The project addresses the lack of access to and quality of primary education in Angola. It will create considerable teacher training capacity in one of Angola's 18 provinces Kuando Kubango. This will be done by establishing a School for the Teachers of the
 Future in partnership with ADPP the Angolan Ministry of Education and the Provincial Government of KK. The project will secure the pre-service training of a team of 50 new teachers who will have one year and a month left to graduation when the project fin
ishes.
Central African Repulic and the neighbouring countries, Humanitarian Assistance via UNICEF Cenral African Republic is going through the most difficult political and humanitarian crisis in its history. UN estimation is that about one million people have been forced to leave their homes and out of them 416 000 have fled to neighbouring states Came
roon Chad Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo. All these countries were hosting Central African refugees already before the beginnig of the present crisis in December 2013. Neighbouring countries have generously kept the access to asylum possible but th
e burden to host communities is enormous and more and more difficult to bear. Within the UN Cluster coordination mechanism UNICEF is Lead Agency in WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene)- Education- and Nutrition and Child Protection Clusters of the Central A
frican Republic Regional Response Plan.
KAZ/Creating conditions for inclusive education for disabled children: piloting success The Project will help to promote the first pilot efforts on inclusive education for disabled children in Kazakhstan. Inclusive education is proclaimed as one of state priorities in the policy towards people with disabilities. However there is still limited
 state support for creation of necessary conditions to make it successful. Discriminatory mentality stigma and physically inaccessible environments at schools make it almost impossible for disabled children to enrol in the standard primary education which 
in turn constrain their opportunities for higher education and employment. The Project will facilitate inclusive education at pilot school in Astana by creating necessary technical methodological and cultural conditions further promoting best practice to t
he national level.
Humanitarian assistance, Save the Children Finland Spring 2014:Save the Children applies funding for two operations in 1) Mali and 2) Somalia. Operation in Somalia protects the children from the abuse and violence. As results communities and families are able to create a safe environment to children childr
en have an acces to local protection services and have the skills and knowledge to protect themselves. Activities: enhancing dialogue organizing psychosocial trainings establishing the child welfare committees direct support creating child groups and givin
g trainings to teachers. The financing of the operation is 482 500 euro.Operation in Mali protects the children from the abuse and violence. As a result of the operation communities and families are capable to identify and redirect children to the protecti
on services. Activities: establishing the child friendly spaces psychosocial support training of child protection committees and local partrners and co-operation with the local authorities. The financing of the operation is 517 500 euro.