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Women for Democracy and Equality, Stronger Participation of Women in Political Decision-Making The overall objective of the action is to empower women in the decision-making positions within political parties and the Parliament of Serbia. For the most effective realisation of its objectives the 20-month long action will be implemented through a seri
es of 11 core activities structured in a way that:-  a series of public events (1 women?s pre-election convention 2 public hearings 3 public round table discussions) will provide opportunities to attract attention of the general public on the importance of
 greater participation and influence of women in politics, - 3 parliamentary capacity building seminars will facilitate subsequent practical implementation of acquired knowledge and skills,- 1 study visit of a selected group of women MP to Finland will all
ow for the skills and knowledge gained on the seminars to be applied to concrete examples,- the initiative to establish a cross-party caucus group on gender equality (to be presented at the closing conference) will contribute to mainstreaming of gender equ
ality policies and facilitate peer learning and building lasting alliances among particip,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Programme for agriculture and livelihoods in western communities Programme for Agriculture and Livelihoods in Western Communities
Decarbonizing District Heating in Serbia Project ?Decarbonizing District Heating in Serbia? which will be  implemented by CeSID( Centre for Free Elections and Democracy)  include the following project activities: desk researches field surveys preparation design and printing of study ?Green Invest
ment Oppurtunities in District Heating in Serbia? organization of the final project Conference as well as the preparation of three  prefeasibility studies for two selected municipalities in Serbia- Zrenjanin and Pirot.Immediate objective of the project is 
preparation of nation-wide information base for prospects for energy efficiency and renewable energy sources deployment in district heating systems in Serbia and dissemination of the information to interested national and international parties.The informat
ion gathered will be structured in a report ?Green investments in district heating systems in Serbia? in a way that enables that main messages are clearly sent. Final project conference aims to gather together problem ?owners? decision makers and possible 
investors from private and public sectors and to convey both main messages in justified manner. Conference will also represent a vehicle for knowledge transfer and dissemination of best practices from Finland possessing technology positive experience inter
est to finance or any other interest in the green development of district heating sector in Serbia.The study ?Green Investment Opportunities in District Heating in Serbia?will utilize the results of the desk and field surveys build on past experience on Ce
SIDassociates numerous past and future consultations and analyses in order to gather together existing scattered information and to convey main messages to all stakeholders primarily investors in district heating systems from both public and private sector
 from Serbia and abroad.
Support for the peace process in Somalia Finland's support is directed towards supporting the implementation of UNPOS (United Nations Political Office for Somalia) strategy in Somalia, especially in relation to its outreach + reconsiliation initiatives.
NGO Support / Maygaagle's nomad life improvement Litteracy and school enrollment will be improved through repairing and equipping school premises. Access to clean water for the 400 inhabitants of the village and their cattle wil be improved by constructing wells.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) BUR Community Empowerment Project . The Community Empowerment Program (CEP) is a course designed to lead vulnerable people and their leaders to realize their own potential to change their circumstances for the better.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Promoting the Democratic Process/OPT . To raise awareness of Palestinians in general and youth and young adults (both sexes) in particular on the democratic principles based on the Palestinian Declaration of Independence
Women Entrepreneurship Development The objective is to enable women entrepreneurs to effectively manage their business through innovative business training courses. Sustaining their businesses will create local jobs a boost to economic and social growth whilst alleviating the human rights v
iolations of women made vulnerable by accepting overseas jobs. This project promotes gender equality so that women gain confidence and knowledge enabling their effective participation in economic development.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Egypt The overall goal is to contribute to electoral transparency in Egypt. The specific objectives of the project are to assess the integrity of the electoral process, encourage peer learning and, gain firsthand knowledge of the local context in Egypt while est
ablishing contacts will local stakeholders whom EISA will work in the post election phase in the area of political governance.
Support to water sector in Vietnam, Phase II The planning of the second phse of WSPST has started. The planning mission has done the first draft project document. The appraisal mission will start in May 2008. The aim of the WSPST II is 1) to expand the construction of water and sanitation system to n
ew target towns, 2) to support the sustainable administration and maintenance of water supply and sewerage, and 3) to institutionalise the revolving fund in the Vietnam Development Bank. The second phase will last 2009-2012 and the budget will be 12,7 mill
. euros. Finnish contribution will be 10,5 mill. euros.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Local Partners Capacity Building. The objective of the project is that the local partners are able to deliver quality program work in Central America and know better FCA.
Support to the Human Rights and Business (IHRB) The premise of the Institute?s work is that economic, ecological and social sustainability needs to be underpinned by respect for the inherent dignity of humankind and the rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the two UN Human Right
s Covenants and the relevant Conventions. The role of the private sector is a powerful corollary in determining the rate of progress towards some of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the United Nations endorsed ?Protect, Respect, Remedy? Framewor
k on Business and Human Rights represents a significant advance in efforts to ensure that private sector actors contribute to sustainable development and respect for fundamental rights.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kosovo Main objectives of the project are: a) Active participation including the interests of people with disabilities (PWD) during the process of creating new policies and strengthening self-representation, b)Ensuring, upgrading and sustaining service provision 
for PWD, and c) Economical independence of PWD, and the main activities are:providing the primary physical rehabilitation for children with disabilities (ChWD),providing psychological activities for ChWD,identifying new children with disabilities and invol
ving them in the CBR centers,direct home visits, continuing the update of the data-base,organizing advisory meetings with parents of ChWD, referring children to the relevant institutions, etc.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Namibia The Association for Children with Language, Speech and Hearing Impairments of Namibia (CLASH) aims at strengthening towards a centre of excellence by building the capacity of the caregivers, empowering parents and families, improving early identification o
f special needs in collaboration with relevant Ministries and advocating for issues concerning children with disabilities.
Intercultural photography workshop for children This project aims to encourage reflection dialogue and intercultural integration around the identities of migrant children from neighboring countries and its relationship with the Chilean society particularly the right to non discrimination.The project is 
planned to be developed within one year during the school months and  as an extra workshop program of 32 classes per school 2.5 hrs. of teaching 15 children in seventh and eighth grade. The schools where the workshops are conducted are called Republic of P
anama School and Republic of Germany School both located in the municipality of Santiago.
Bak Kan water supply and sanitation project Bak Kan water supply and sanitation project
NGO Support / Training of women journalists The aim of the project is to organise additional professional education for the women journalists in Afghanistan and to form mentoring pairs between the women journalists in Afghnistan and Finland. The education will contain special courses of journalism, 
ethical rules, the role of the media in developing democracy and women's rights. The idea is also to give a possibility to few afghan women journalists to get to know the activities of the Finnish media houses.
Support to the Institute of Social and Economic Research The project (Finnish support to IESE) aims to support the implementation of the national poverty reduction strategy PARPA II through supporting independent, high- level, cross- sectoral socio- economical research. Dissemination of conducted research is don
e through seminars, conferences and training. Through supporting IESE Finland contributes to the development of mozambican research capacity and dialogue, as well as supports research of Mozambique conducted in Mozambique.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Chile The project aims at 1) identifying through studies potential candidates to become micro-entrepreneurs in the field of special interests tourism in Central Chile and 2) to capacitate them. The beneficiaries represent the indigenous mapuche community of the 
Tolten municipality which is committed in the project along other government-linked institutions that can support the beneficiaries once the project ends through their instruments.  There will be two courses of capacitation for a target group of 15 micro-e
ntrepreneurs. The project is implemented by the faculty of economics, Universidad de Chile.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Guatemala Strengthen Maya youth and Maya community authorities in cultural identity, conservation of the environment and create local leadership in order to influence decisionmakers to consider the indigenous rights in the law making process and law enforcement. Str
engthen the local indigenous institutions in the Ixil region.
Frame agreement with NGO (Frikyrklig samverkan FS rf) Agla Health Center. The purpose of the project is to empower poor rural people with new ideas and resources to develop their agricultural efforts
Medical equipment investment project for General Hospital of Cao Bang Medical equipment investment project for General Hospital of Cao Bang. Modern equipment and instruments provided by Finnish company GE Healthcare.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finnish Red Cross) Integrated Food Security and Disaster Preparedness. Integrated food security and DP programme
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Equipping Sudanes Communities for Civic education.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Syria Caritas Syria has built an informal network within the Iraqi refugee community and has established an extensive information exchange system which enables the organisation to identify the most vulnerable cases in order to offer them support and assistance. 
Within the project supported by the Embassy of Finland, Caritas Syria will offer counseling sessions with a gynecologist and a psychologist on issues related to gender-based violence. The project also includes English language courses as well as practical 
training in hairdressing, makeup and cooking in order to facilitate the readjustment of the refugees after migration. Most of the beneficiaries are waiting for immigration to different countries in Europe, North America (United States and Canada), or Austr
alia. Their formalities are processed through UNHCR.
Justice Sector Support Facility in Central Asia Justice Sector Support Facility for Central Asian countries: training of judges and justice sector authorities to pay attention to easily marginalized groups.
Humanitarian Aid to Congo Dem. Rep. through ICRC Humanitarian aid to Congo, Dem. Rep. through ICRC.
Asian Development Bank GCIV Finland's participation in the Fifth General Capital Increase of the Asian Development Bank.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Honduras Consolidation of the previous 2 years work on human rights amongst indigenous and black people in Honduras.
Education sector capacity building, Visit of funcionaries of education of Miranda State Venezuela to Finland Funcionaries of education of the Miranda State Juan Maragall and Adriana D?Elia visit Finland on 12-16 March 2012. In 2010 Miranda was the first Venezuelan state to participate in the PISA evaluation. Familiarization with the Finnish educational system fro
m day care centers to upper secondary schools brings additional value to developing education in the state. The visit is carried out in coordination with the visit of the Minister of Education of the Dominican Republic Josefina Pimentel as well as Vice Min
isters Minerva Vincent and Victor Sanchez to Finland. The visit program includes visits in different schools at the Ministry of Education and Culture in the Finnish National Board of Education in the Department of Teacher Education of the University of Hel
sinki meeting with Minister of Education Jukka Gustafsson as well as meetings with the Trade Union of Education in Finland and companies in the education sector.
Frame Agreement with NGO (World Vision) Integrated Food Security Programme Ambegaon. The overall objective is to contribute to the socio-economic development of 23 rural tribal communities. The food security in the target villages will be improved through sustainable natural resources management
 in the drainage basin. The health status will be improved through preventive and curative health care. The education of children and the situation of girl child is supported. In addition, community-based organisations are strengthened.
Academy of Finland Development Research call for proposals 2013 and 2014 Development research administered by the Academy of Finland.  Enables the maintenance of high-quality development research capacity in Finland and enhances cooperation with institutions from the South.These research projects usually span several years and 
they are jointly funded by the MFA and the Academy of Finland. MFA funds two thirds of the total budget and the Academy one third. The aim of development research support is to enhance understanding of development related issues as well as to engage Finnis
h and international research communities to contribute to the planning of our development policy and cooperation.
Tahadi education for handicapped children Supporting the education of handicapped children through awareness workshops and material production.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Zambia The expected outcomes of the project are: - APNAC Zambia will be an effective, well informed and committed body of Parliamentarians pursuing a common vision of a corrupt free Zambia - APNAC Zambia will have strengthened the capacity of its members to provi
de effective and ethical leadership in the fight against corruption - APNAC Zambia will have raised the profile of the fight against corruption to a level where members of the constituencies are fully engaged - APNAC Zambia will have positioned itself as a
n important reference institution and actor in the fight against corruption. The project activities fall under four programme areas: 1) leadership development 2) advocacy and networking 3) community outreach 4) governance and management.
CIJM Conflicts of Interests and Incompatibilities in Eastern Europe The aim of this initiative is to provide the policy-makers experts in the field with insights from theformulation and implementation of policies preventing and sanctioning conflicts of interests andincompatibilities. In the project Center for Investigative
 Journalism (CIJM) looks at the practice onconflict of interests and incompatibilities in three countries that find themselves on different positions inthe relationship with the European Union ? Romania Croatia and Moldova. In the framework of thisparticul
ar project the study on conflicts of interest will be conducted in the Republic of Moldova asExpert Forum will conduct the similar study in Croatia and Romania.CIJM will not only assess legislation but also the institutional framework that is put in place 
in thisfield and the results achieved so far. The analysis will identify the remaining challenges and willpropose policy solutions for all three countries. The report will be discussed with representatives of allthree countries at the end of the project du
ring 2 conferences one to be held in Brussels (Belgium) andto be attended also by European experts) and one to be held in Chisinau (Moldova).For a better reasoning of the study starting from the state of things related to conflicts of interests andincompat
ibilities in Moldova the CIJM team of journalists will produce a series of 9 journalisticinvestigations on conflict of interests integrity of the dignitaries and incompatibilities but also on thefunctioning of the Integrity Commission and other structures 
meant to implement the legislation onconflict of interests. The investigations will be published simultaneously in 10-15 publications webportals and TV stations of Moldova. CIJM journalists with journalists from various media will work onthe investigations
. The production and publication of investigations aims at informing the citizens aboutconflicts of interest and officials? integrity so that citizens do not tolerate such cases but report themand put pressure on the governors to eliminate all the situatio
ns of conflict of interest and others.
"HN/Rural Electrification project ""ESSE-FN-2008""" The rural electrification project is part of the country electrification project denominated National Social Electrification Programme aimed at rural and urban-rural areas.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Moxico Integrated Rural Development Project. Improvement of local democracy, promotion of food security and children?s educational facilities and improvement of rural health care
Mekong Regional Water Dialogue Phase II The purpose of the project is to mainstream participation by multiple stakeholders including communities and civil society, in decision making related to management of water resources for strengthening the sustainability of livelihoods and equity of benefi
t sharing in the Lower Mekong Region.
Integrated Watershed Management in Ethiopia The Watershed Management Project in Sudan has emerged form the Nile Basin Initiative and is linked Eastern Nile Subsidiary Action Project. The complementarity aims of the project are to lift the communities out of the poverty trap they are in by raising th
eir productivity whilst promoting sustainable use of the landscape and natural resources. This in turn is expected to lead to reduced erosion to the benefit of downstream users.
Project preparation in Asian countries Preparation of projects in Asia and Oceania.
NGO Support / Wellbeing for the elderly Health professionals will be trained in geriatrics and members of the partner NGO in self care in university programmes.
EU/Mobilizing Youth for Gender Equality in Politics Discrimination and unequal share of power are considered the major bottleneck for democracy in Nepal. Discrimination has restricted women and members of other marginalized groups from equal access to the state?s policy making positions. The proposed Action
 supports building up the pluralistic and representative democracy in Nepal by supporting cross-party forums for dialogue promote the use of non-violent activities for transformation and increase women's capacity to engage in political processes. The actio
n is based on notion that Women's meaningful participation in political processes reinforces sustainable peace and reduces the risk of politically initiated violence and halt in democratic processes.The Joint Youth and Student Platform in Nepal with suppor
t of DEMO Finland has experience and proven strengths of challenging the status quo of political party organisations as well as together tackle difficult cultural matters in society. This project will strengthen the Platform as a cross-party dialogue centr
e which has the will and the know-how to promote inclusion pluralism and equal participation in political parties.The duration of the project is 29 months in 2013-2015 and the proposed funding for the project is 37 500 euros which will be used during the f
irst year of the project .
NGO Support / Information Society for the Zavhkan province To strenghten the information society, to train the teachers in Zavhan province in information technology.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kenya The project goal is to increase the capacity of ordinary Kenyans to take control of their lives, and empower them to bring the new constitution to life. The project activities include: one major documentary per year (3 year project), short educational film
s, road show, community discussions, training of videographers, interactive website and research.
UA/FLC Regional Tourist Information Center (RTIC) - Art Palette of Prykarpattya Strengthening women's position in Prykarpattya by supporting the graftswomen in the region as well as promoting tourism.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kenya The project underscores the importance of establishing a forum for development actors, field based demonstration sites for showcased ecosystem conservation practices, a monitoring system to tract impacts and outcomes, and a mechanism for sharing data and i
nfomation on on-going conservation initiatives within the Eastern Mau Forest Complex. The ecosystem is currently faced with land degration, increased human health due to pollution of river systems with high faecal loadings, escalating resource-based ethnic
 conflict which has eroded consultative utilisation of renewable resources across the watershed communities, and degraded landscape, hydrological and ecological systems.
NGO Support / Strengthening Local Governance and Participation for the Reali The overall objective: to support the development of primary education services to reach and respond to the specific needs of morginalized groups and remote communities in realizing their rights to education in Lao PDR.
Supporting health center activities in Somalia To improve the basic health situation in Af-Madow, Southern Somalia through repairing the health care centre, training and recruiting health care personnel, and spreading information of the deseases and sanitation.
Conserving water resources: Western Amazon Basin in Peru, Colombia The project promotes integrated water resources management in the Western Amazon Basin in Peru and Colombia as well as conservation of biodiversity. The project aims to test and promote an intergrated management approach that can serve as a mode for a regi
on-wide system of watershed governance in the Andes-Amazon region. The project employs a rights-based approach including gender equity and considers the role of women and men, indigenous groups and youth throughtout the implementation to improve the partic
ipation of these groups and the ability of civil society to participate in decision-making and management of the water resources together with public sector, as well as conservation of the ecosystem in view to offer ecosystem services.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Capacity building. Ensure appropriate and adequate staff competence to carry out the Country Strategy 2010-2015,  develop comprehensive fund raising strategy, strengthen management structures, systems and accountability etc.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) People with hearing impairments -project/new