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Natural Forest Protection The project aims at developing a method to protect small-sized natural forests in Madagaskar, where fargmentation of the forests is a problem. In the pilot phase, the methods of conservation are forest restoration and creation of buffer zones by planting t
rees which provide food and wood for local people. This benefits also local agriculture and water resources, which promotes local participation in conservation. In the second phase, the purpose is to develop a forest monitoring system utilising remote sens
ing. In the future, the results can be applied in REDD projects for instance.
Frame agreement with NGO (Int.Solidary Foundation) Household Poverty Reduction, planning phase. Finalising the project plan for Household poverty reduction through enhanced production and access to markets among rural poor in Namayumba sub-county Wakiso district.
Small holder Production Promotion on Programme (S3P) The overall objective of the  S3P programme is to decrease poverty and accelerate growth in smallholder agriculture in Zambia by increasing sustainable income as well as food and nutrition security for poor agricultural households. The programme will start
 in eight districts in two provinces (Luapula and Northern) and will expand to cover up to 24 districts in three provinces during the third project year.The programme is targeted for 60, 000 smallholder farming households, equivalent to 300, 000 thousand p
eople, and it is expected to benefit directly half of them. More than half of the winners are women.Further, a larger community benefits from the generally strengthened infrastructure, services and organizations. The programme is align with the long-term d
evelopment cooperation between Finland and Zambia, and it is continuation of the PLARD programme.
North-South capacity building of higher education institutions Insitutional cooperation between Finnish and partner country insitutions of higher education aims at building administrative and teaching capacity of partner institutions and at strengthening north-south cooperation. Cooperation provides opportunities for 
utilising Finnish know-how in the domaine of higher education and enables long-standing parnerships and mutual learning.
NGO Support / Capacity Building for Disaster Prevention in Rural Maya Reduction of impacts of natural catastrophes and creation of systematic crisis prevention and disaster preparedness in the area.
Humanitarian aid to Mali through ICRC Support to the ICRC's humanitarian assistance Programmes in Mali.
NGO Support / Improvin sexual and reproductive health The project builds on the previous efforts of improving sexual and reproductive health of young people.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Right to Livelihoods Project. To promote livelihoods and self-sustainability amongt the most vulnerable population.
Support to PARIS21 Paris21 strives for strengthening statistical capacity in developing countries in order to monitor for instance progress in achieving Millennium Development Goals.
NGO Support / Green Village Community Livelihoods Improvement of agricultural productivity and access to market in line with sustainable development principles.
Humanitarian Aid to Kenya through WFP Humanitarian Aid through WFP's assistance programme in Kenya  to help victims affected by crop failure.
University exchange programme (CIMO) North-South-South - programme is a higher education exchange network programme between Finnish and developing countries' higher education institutions. The goal of the programme is to enhance human capacity to ensure that people in all participating countr
ies may better contribute to the cultural, socio-economic and political development of their communities.
NGO Support / Ambonese Malay-based Childhood Education Many areas in Indonesia suffer from delayed educational development with low basic literacy skills among primary school children. The use of indonesian contributes to that. Education through a mother tongue can improve the situation. Ambonese Malay playgro
ups (early childhood education) program seeks to facilitate a better way to improve education.
ZAM/ICI/Developing agricultural prodution through disease free plantimng material Increasing food security in Zambia and reducing poverty support MDGs.decrease rain-dependencycy. Income increase among small-scale farmers.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kazakhstan The main objective of the project is to train potential and currently working employees of mass media in how to use modern methods of information visualization in order to improve information perception, speed of its remembering and convenience of its appl
ication. Results to be achieved include better trained media workers and more attractive and stronger media. At least 50 students in four groups are to be trained.  These pilot training courses are to be held at MediaSchool, which is a training center belo
nging to the MediaNet.
Conflict Resolution in Southern Thailand The conflict in Southern Thailand is entering a critical phase. Violence is on the increase but so are efforts to bring peace. For the first time since the re-emergence of the conflict in 2004 the Thai Government is making a concerted attempt to draw the i
nsurgents into a dialogue process. The challenge moving forward is to maintain the momentum generated through the Government's intervention while addressing the deep flaws in the design of the process including the exclusion of the army.  After several yea
rs of patiently nurturing relationships on both sides and building trust with key constituencies PACTA is well-placed to assist in this and play an important bridging role influencing the speed and direction of the process and encouraging all parties to en
gage with sincerity and commitment.  The goal of the three year program is to contribute to a mutually acceptable and sustainable settlement between the conflicting parties. We envisage the following as interim objectives towards the goal:i. Confidence-bui
lding measures between military and genuine insurgents asverification of authenticity of representatives and confirmation of political commitment,ii. Preparatory support and training for representatives from both sides provided through exchanges and lesson
s learned from Northern Ireland and Aceh,iii. Secret dialogues to agree framework and modalities for negotiations ,iv. Negotiations underway with support and accompaniment from PACTA,v. Coordinated support from international community,vi. Agreements implem
ented and monitored. Principal activities include:Advocacy and lobbying to shape the Government's approach to the peace process,Developing a back channel of communications between army and insurgents through confidence-building measures,Strengthening and d
eepening contacts with and access to insurgent/opposition groups,Preparatory training and support in peace processes for both insurgent and government delegations,Organisation and facilitation of secret dialogues,Support and accompaniment to negotiations,M
onitoring and follow-up to peace process as appropriate.The primary beneficiaries are the people of Southern Thailand Buddhist and especially the marginalised Muslim population. Violence will be reduced dramatically lives saved rights promoted and developm
ent made possible.
NGO Support / Provision of community-based social care services for the most vulnera The overall objective of the project is to alleviate the impact of poverty among the socially vulnerable groups in the four rural centers and in Ulaanbaatar city by providing comminity based social care services.
Cooperation with the academy of Finland 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. Financing of multi-year research projects for 2010.
ICI project, Building Innovation Management Capacities at UEM (InnoUEM) The objective of the project is to build and develop capacity to manage innovation among UEM staff and students, to develop innovation management and STI curriculum programme together with UEM to be implemented in the future, and to improve the electronic 
and distance learning facilities at UEM to teach STI courses.
International Peace Institute (IPI), Africa Program IPI?s Africa Program will sustain its support to the African Union?s Panel ofthe Wise and will explore ways to expand its partnership with African subregionalorganizations. The Program will keep a strong focus on elections inAfrica. In collaboration with t
he United Nations Office for West Africa(UNOWA) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) IPIwill organize seminars and roundtables on elections. The Program will alsocontinue organizing meetings on Africa in New York including its AfricanLead
ers Series to help raise the profile of important African issues in the UNcommunity.
Platform for social advocacy and community mobilisation The project aims to effectively mobilise Namibian domestic resources for more equal development and rights-based approach by applying participatory methods in vulnerable communities. Awareness and capacity of the members and affiliates of the Council of Ch
urches in Namibia (CCN) is increased to address the plight of the poor and marginalised. A public advocacy platform for CCN, government and civil society is created to strengthen community mobilisation and pro-poor develoment.
NP/FLC NGO Federation of Nepal Promoting NGOs' Governance and Management in Nepal The project aims to contribute for creating democratic and credible governance and management system in NGOs/CSOs of Nepal that could be scaled up to Nepali politics and society. The overall objective of the project is to increase access and voices of peop
le to basic services and entitlements as the rights-holders by expanding the roles of NGOs/CSOs in democratic governance and development which ultimately contribute for sustainable peace and conflict transformation in the country. The project aims to devel
op the capacity of NGOs/CSOs for embedding the key elements of institutional good governance which will enhance effectiveness of NGOs/CSOs in development process of Nepal. It will give a greater credibility to them for the development process they facilita
te. The specific objective of the project is to improve governance and management of NGOs/CSOs for effective delivery of basic services in the country by enhancing their legitimacy transparency accountability and integrity.
To support Women's Union of Phu Van Commune to build up 'Phu Van Organic Village' The project aims to support Women's Union of Phu Van Commune Phu Ly town Ha Nam province to build up 'Phu Van Organic village'. The project activities include i) raising awareness for local communities on environmental protection through application of saf
e production techniques for environment and high quality products to society, ii) enhancing the ability of market access for organic from Phu Van Organic village towards sustainable agricultural prodcution development and environment protection.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Namibia The project is based on two previous projects which are designed to enhance the Namibian learners' understanding of the principles of sustainable development and the protection of the environment. This projects concentrates on the future decision-makers in
 specific schools in Erongo region. Activities include visits at Gobabeb-centre as well as learning in classrooms. An additional element to this project includes the digitalisation of the database of the centre, which will be used later for the improved le
arning experience of Namibian learners in various schools.
Gender at the OECD Development Centre OECD Development Centre has created a variety of databases to promote Gender Equality, including WIKIGENDER, Sigi and GID-DB. Furthermore they have developed analytical tools that use information technology with the aim of improving the gender-related poli
cy discussions and enhancing the quality of gender mainstreaming efforts. The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base (GID-DB) which concentrates on the status and significance of social institutions and the networking forum WIKIGENDER, have already
 an important role in the international gender equality work. During the 2009-2010 project cycle the Development Center launched and helped implement the ?Social Institutions and Gender Index? (Sigi), a statistical tool designed to measure the impact of so
cial institutions on gender equality.
Support to Magaliesberg initiative The North West Provincial Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Rural Development in South Africa has initiated cooperation with the Finnish Environment Institute   based on financing by the Institutional Co-operation Instrument (ICI) of
 the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland concerning support to the Magaliesberg Biosphere Initiative. These are the project partners. The development objective of this ICI Project is to promote sustainable socio-economic and environmental development, 
cooperative governance, natural and cultural heritage protection and educational/ research opportunities for current and future generations by registering the Magaliesberg Biosphere Area with UNESCO Man and Biosphere Programme. The Project Purpose is capac
ity building for biosphere area application, establishment and management in the North West Province.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Namibia The mandate of the Museum Association is to be a facilitating organisation for museums and other institutions in the heritage sector. In this project the Museums Association is the Partner for a project that has three main components: 1) Develop the self s
ustainability of Nakambale Museum, 2) Establishing Onandjokwe Hospital Museum, and 3) write up of the biography for Toivo ya Toivo.
Ethio Wetlands and Natural Resources Association (EWNRA) To reduce land degradation in the watersheds of Abaya and Bangiz  that is newly identified micro watersheds through integrated soil and water conservation and promoting fuel wood saving stoves.
PYM Investing in the New Constitution for Accountability and Justi Investing in the new constitution for accountability and Justice. Project activities, Justice System ICC - Map the victims in the current operational programme for the organization Empowering communities at county level and electoral reforms and monitoring
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) Regional Development Work Coordination . Support for FELM's partners in terms of capasity building on managing FELM projects
Support to Nepal's School Sector Reform Programme The GoN has requested the Development Partners to support the education sector through the School Sector Reform (SSR) Program. The overall objective of the SSR is to contribute towards poverty reduction through inclusive, responsive and accountable local g
overnance and participatory community-led development. The Program Development objective is to increase access to and quality of school education especially for children from marginalized groups.
Development of Referral Mechanisms for Provision of Solutions to the Identified Community Social Needs based on successful EU practices "Activities of the project 1) Contracting a Consultant/Expert to develop referral mechanisms for provision of solutions to the identified community social needs based on successful practices of communities in EU countries 2) Trainings for LSGs (Local Self 
Governance organizations) and COs (Community organizations). The activity number 1  is to assure that the identified community social needs are not just identified and listed down in the Community Development Four Year Plans but there are also working mech
anisms enabling the local authorities to solving those issues.  The referral mechanisms will be developed by an International Expert.  The activity number 2 is to assure the presence of trained cadre of LSGs and COs capable to solve the social needs/issues
 based on the European model and successful practices for referral mechanisms thus assuring sustainable growth and basics for improving the social conditions of the community residents. The training will be conducted in Yerevan with participation of the In
ternational Expert. A ""Guide on referral mechanisms for provision of solutions to the identified community social needs"" will be developed printed and distributed to representatives of LSGs and COs of all communities in 10 marzes (areas) of Armenia to as
sure their awareness and further solving the community social issues outlined in the Community Development Four Year plan based on those referral mechanisms. The Specific Objective of the Action is to support to poverty reduction in the regions of Armenia 
in close cooperation with the local authorities and community organizations to provide sustainable community development based on the identified community social needs."
Support Nordic Africa Institute Support to the Nordic Africa-Institute for research, seminars, conferences, publications, library and policy related activities.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Uruguay The aim of the project is to bring family women that are outside the official job markets back to working life. The women are encouraged, guided and trained to start their own micro business around the field of their expertise (e.g. gastronomy, textile, se
rigraphy). They are taught the profession and educated about business administration, as well as helped with the selling of their products. The purpose is to strengthen and solidify the program in order a bigger number of women join the activities. Through
 the project program the women, most of which are single parents, will get the tools needed to run their own micro business and through it enhance their families? basic livelihood. The beneficiary group is formed by 50 motivated women that will get a forma
l education of their field, support in defining action plan, strategy and product lines, and gain access to distribution canals through organizations own point of sale and collectively organized selling. Organization also provides women with material (glas
Technical support for Kontakt plus radio In Mitrovica the city with approximately 17 thousand of inhabitants Radio Kontakt Plus is the only existing radio station with news programs.  Contact Plus is by far the most popular radio station in Mitrovica and Zvecan and also among the thirty most list
ened stations that broadcast stations in the Serbian (minority)  language in Kosovo however due to the bad conditions in Mitrovica regarding electricity the station has been unable to broadcast programs because of the frequent power cuts. Radio station doe
s not own a equipment (aggregate/generator) to continue work when electricity is cut. In this project the station will procure a generator that will guarantee the electricity flow on the radio station Kontakt Plus to ensure the normal broadcasting of their
 programs. Project objectives:- To improve daily radio station broadcast- Improve regular information flow toward the citizens of Mitrovica
Global Alliance for ICT and Development Support for UNOICT project Global Alliance for ICT and Development.
Humanitarian assistance to the victims of drought in the Horn of Africa Humanitarian assistance to the victims of drought in the Horn of Africa through FAO.
Frame agreement with NGO (Plan Finland) Support to 'Because I am a Girl initiative'
Frame agreement with NGO (Int.Solidary Foundation) Empowering Farmers, planning phase. Finalising the project plan for Empowering farmers project
Strengthening Provincial Drug Control through UNODC The UNODC Afghanistan programme Strengthening Provincial Capacity for Drug Control aims to enhance the institutional and operational capability of the Provincial Directorates of the Ministry of Counter-Narcotics, with a particular focus on alternative live
lihoods.
EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction) SEMED (Southern and Eastern Mediterranean)  transition fund Finland participates in EBRD's (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) SEMED (Southern and Eastern Mediterranean) fund in order to give support to Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Jordan in their transition processes. These countries have so far requ
ested to become recipient country of EBRD. Countries will be offered eg. technical assistance through TAM and BAS programs. The Finnish support will be earmarked for enhancing good governance, gender equality, democracy and human rights targets in banks' o
perations in the region.
Kasanka Trust Community Relations Project: Strengthening Democracy and Livelihoods Capacities in Kafinda Game Management Area Kasanka Trust Limited Community Relations Project (KTL CR) was established in 1997. It serves 80000 people residing in the chiefdom of Chitambo. The project aims at reducingpoverty by supporting local communities in community based conservation income gene
rating activities capacity building natural resources management and effectiveparticipation in decision making. The project is demand driven and community representatives actively participate in monitoring and evaluation of the programme. The Embassy of Fi
nland has supported the KTL Community Relations (KTL CR) project in three phases namely:Phase 1 period Nov 2004-Oct 2005 total grant ?41 000Phase 2 period 21.8.2006-30.4.2008 total grant ?42 000Phase 3A period 8.1.2010-31.8.2011 total grant ?55 500The obje
ctive has been to enhance the local economy in the Kafinda Game Management Area through improved management and sustainable use of natural resources. This project covers KTL CR project activities for two years Apr 2012 - Apr 2014. This phase of KTL CR proj
ect intends to expand successful initiatives consolidate results achieved and to strengthen capacities with a view to enhance the sustainability and organisational capacity of the community based structures already established in the Kafinda Game Managemen
t Area (GMA).There are two project objectives:1. To enhance the management of the resources of the Kafinda GMA by GMA institutions (CRB VAGS traditional authorities) through strengthened capacity oflocal institutions that respect good governance principles
.2. To improve sustainable livelihoods for the Kafinda GMA population.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kenya The activities are meant to compliment, consolidate compound and support the realisation and implementation of the recommendations of the independent review commission regarding among others, the reform of the electoral justice system particulary on electo
ral dispute resolution processes. Further the activities aims to consolidate the fragile gains that have been achieved in the handling of 2007 election petitions resulting from previous advocacy. In 2007 the Organization embarked on advocacy towards the re
form of the electoral justice system in Kenya. Further the organization continuausly engaged members of the public on matters of reforming the electoral justice system in Kenya. As a result of the advocacy, there has been a discernible improvement in the m
anner in which the election petitions filed after the 2007 elections have been handled by courts.
Fufeng Cold Storage Project Developing a CA -Cold Storage in Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province in P.R.o.China.
NGO Support / Supporting Democracy through Investigative Journalism The development problem the project seeks to address is the need for well-researched, in-depth reports for increasing the quality of the depate for supporting democratisation, peace building and governance in Nepal. Nepal began it's peace process in Novemb
er 2006 and it is believed that the media can play a major role in moderating expectations through fact-based research and therefore contribute positively in the transformation processes.