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ZAM: ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION IN THE STEEL + METAL FABRICATION AND WOOD SECTORS The project aims to promote the conservation and efficient utilization of energy for production in the manufacturing sector. Specifically the project will have the following objectives,I. Facilitate energy conservation and efficiency in the Zambian manufac
turing sector thereby contributing to cost savings and environmental sustainability,II. Assess the energy utilization and management practices of the players in the sector and determine the level of energy efficiency wastage and implications. III. Assess t
he current energy technologies being used by manufacturing entities and recommend better and more efficient and environmentally friendly technologies,IV. Promote efficient use of energy and minimise energy wastage in the manufacturing sector,V. Provide act
ionable recommendation on how to replicate the interventions to the other subsectors.
Ghana/Rural Electrification Project in Ashanti and Eastern regions Rural Electrification Project in Ashanti and Eastern Regions Ghana. The proposed Rural Electrification Project was initiated by the Ministry of Energy of Ghana and ELTEL. The objective of the project is to contribute to the rural electrification in three d
istricts of Ashanti Region and one district in the Eastern Region. In order to promote the socio-economic development of rural areas the Government of Ghana supports rural electrification. The cost estimate includes all costs for planning design survey bus
h clearance material freight erection tests and commissioning of the project.
VIE/Capacity Building for the Development of Selective Breeding Programs in Vietnam The project Capacity Building for the Development of Selective Breeding Programs in Vietnam aims to improve the climate sustainability of the fishing industry and  minimize its environmental impact using fish processing means. Vietnam is very mountainous a
rea about 80% of the land is covered by mountains and water is too cold for fish normally growing in  warm areas. Fish farming has long traditions in Vietnam. The project aims at enhancing cold water aquaculture. One part of the project is a fish health pa
ckage which aims to protect the farming of cold water fish so that fish diseases do not ruin it.  The project supports sustainable use of natural resources and improves the climate sustainability which are mentioned in Finland's development policy and in t
he country strategy of Vietnam 2013-2016. The effects of the project in Vietnam are more far-reaching as it is providing a lot of work for the inhabitants of poor areas where also ethnic groups live. By this the project contributes to reduction of poverty.
 The project has its effects also on women as women usually do the most part of the fish processing work in Vietnam. The project is implemented by the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute and Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 in Vietnam and 
is carried out in the poor mountainous areas of the Northern and Central parts of Vietnam.
Support to women's political participation in Tanzania The main objective of the project is to promote women's rights especially in regard to societal equality and political empowerment. The means to reach this goal are i.a. legislative reforms strengthening the participation of women and youth within the part
ies as well as in election processes influencing general opinion among the leaders of the local communities and religious organisations as well as media.
Center for Local Capacity Building and Studies - Conducting a consultation and needs assessment activity establishing links with market forces credit institutions and woreda administrations to facilitate efficient and effective trainee take off in Dedder Combolcha + Gursum woredas of East Harrerghe (Or
omia)- Preparation of training material implementation of the training programs and providing follow-up support and monitoring- Evaluation of the training program impacts + outcomes
WFP Central African Republic Central African Republic is one of the poorest states in the world and need for humanitarian assistance has enhanced after the coup in March 2013. Fights between Seleka and anti-Balaka and attacks against civilians have deepened the need for humanitarian a
ssistance. Total of 25 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance including over 560 000 IDP's and from the beginning of the conflict about 370 000 refugees. Acute malnutrion rate among the refugees are between 20 and 30 per cent. Thousands of c
hildren under 5 suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition. WFP aims to support life-saving food and nutrition needs. Support is directed to Central African Republic Regional Response Plan and Central African Republic. Reogional plan includes Chad DRC Congo and
 Cameroon. UN organisations FAO IOM UNHCR UNICEF UNWOMEN WFP and WHO are included as well as NGOs. Total amount of the request is 274 196 087 USD of which the share of WFP 61 685 471 USD.
Frame agreement with NGO (FIDIDA) Empowering students with disabilities in Ethiopian Universities . WHAT: The project supports inclusive opportunities for students with disabilities in the universities of Hawasa, Addis Abeba and Mekele.WHY: In the target universities the education is not i
nclusive due the lack of teaching aid and accessible teaching facilities. In the university of Addis Abeba the attitude of the university management has hindered inclusive teaching.HOW: The project provides assistive devices for the students so they can st
udy at the universities. Inclusive events are organized for the students with and without disabilities in order improve attitudes towards disability. The project benefits students with disabilities who can take part in the more inclusive education.PARTNER 
ORGANISATION: The project is implemented by Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD).
Promotion of Development Awareness. Public Events The realisation of the objectives of Finland's development policy requires support from citizens and their confidence in the effectiveness and potential impact of any actions taken.  The MFA's Development Communications Unit is responsible for raising publ
ic awareness about global development issues and the objectives themes and results of Finland's development policy.  Effective development communications require that medium and message meet citizen and stakeholder needs that texts be written in clear lang
uage and that each message be tailored to its target group.  Information is made available not only through traditional official channels but also via social media and at public events.  Specific programmes are being prepared to help the media learn about 
development issues and development cooperation.  The Ministry for Foreign Affairs should be open and tell about the use of development cooperation appropriations and what has been achieved.  In 2014 the Development Communications Unit (VKO-40) will take pa
rt in at least the following public events: Travel Fair World Village Festival Suomi Areena public debate forum in Pori and European Development Days (EDD).Public events provide opportunities for meeting citizens to discuss about Finland's development poli
cy and development cooperation. Material to be handed out to the public is being produced to increase knowledge about development policy and development cooperation.
Frame agreement with NGO (SASK) The project will reinforce the Philippine Metalworkers Alliance (PMA) by increasing its? membership base, by improving its? union dues collection and expanding its? educational activities.During the project phase PMA organizes new company-based trade union
s as affiliates, forms four council for the automotive, electrical-cable, electronics, and iron, and steel industries, whose task is to enhance the sector-specific organizing, lobbying and educational activities. PMA leaders? and officials? capacities will
 be developed using various trainings and affiliates performance will be improved and stabilized using industry-specific membership events and training sessions. Also, PMA's financial sustainability will be improved by enhancing recovery of dues and shifti
ng to percentage-based membership fees system.Trade union work in the Philippines is very difficult, since forming the company-specific trade union is legally extremely heavy and slow process that takes resources from the trade unions. PMA's organizational
 capacity to respond to sector- and workplace-specific problems in very challenging operating environment is inadequate. The union simply does not have enough officials to do interest representation, organizing and training of the members and elected offic
ials.Expected immediate results are PMA?s growth in membership and affiliates (14 new company-specific trade affiliates and a total of 10 000 new members). Union activists? and leaders? capacity is growing as a result of the trainings and also the economic
 situation of PMA improves because of union membership growth and increase in efficiency of recovery of dues.The beneficiaries are PMA?s members, activists and leaders.The project is implemented by Philippine Metalworkers Alliance (PMA) which represents 70
00 metalworkers in Automotive-, Electronics-, Electrical-Cable-, Iron and Steel and Shipping sectors.
Improving livelihood opportunities among the youth in Nyanza province Western Kenya. This project aims to address the employment situation among the youth and disabled groups in Kendu Bay and Kabondo area. The purpose of the project is to provide adequate business training and support to registered youth- and disabled groups in order to cr
eate a sustainable livelihood. The support will also include if needed and appropriate small group loans.
Capacity building for Mongolian deaf people by empowering their NGOs During the first project period (2013-14) significant progress was made in strengthening deaf people?s rights in Mongolia. An Information Centre for deaf people was set up 53 people were trained to provide SL interpretation services to deaf people and the 
organizational capacity of deaf NGOs was strengthened.While the capacity of deaf people?s NGOs is slowly increasing more work needs to be done before they become strong organisations capable of fully representing deaf people in Mongolia. The continuation p
roject will build on work carried out in the project?s first phase through further strengthening local deaf NGOs particularly in the areas of advocacy and employment for deaf people.Adequate means of communication are essential for deaf people to be able t
o lead normal lives.  Since most non-deaf people cannot communicate through sign language sign language interpretation services are of crucial importance.  The project will provide advanced training to interpreters trained in phase 1 of the project as well
 as training new interpeters and training SL teachers.Unemployment is a major problem in the deaf community albeit one that is currently poorly researched. Anecdotal evidence collected during the project?s current phase suggests that high unemployment amon
g deaf people is due to several factors. Firstly deaf people find it difficult to read and respond to job advertisements due to poor literacy levels in the deaf community. Secondly due to the low numbers of sign language interpreters it may not be possible
 for deaf people to communicate should they be offered a job interview.The project will address these issues through strengthening cooperation between deaf people?s NGOs and the ?Labour Exchange Central Office? providing job training to deaf people making 
relevant employment legislation accessible and working with (potential) employers to raise awareness of issues related to employing deaf people.  During the first year of the continuation project research will be carried out into the challenges facing deaf
 job seekers.The Information Centre for the Deaf in Ulaanbaatar is an important place for deaf people to get advice and access information.  We will continue and further strengthen the services offered through offering psychological care and peer counselli
ng. The Information Centre?s website will also be further developed.
Development for African Education (ADEA) Association for Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) is an organisation that develops the educational sector in Africa. ADEA brings together donors and  African ministries of education. ADEA maintains a dialogue on educational policy between the minis
tries and the donors and supports the countries in strengthening their administrative and planning capacity. The aim of the Finnish support is to strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of the African educational field. Finland's support to ADE
A in 2014-2016 is 1.2 million Euros in total.
Legal and psychological support for women victims of gender based violence - Phase II This is the continuation of a former successful project. They are already working in the matter with the women of the area. They estimate that in a couple of years the services they provide might be assumed by local authorities or national government. As a
 matter of fact they have previously transferred to local government a similar project about children's rights and current Bolivian government has just set as a national priority the fight against gender based violence. They are already working on the matt
er in collaboration with local governmental agencies./ Chuquisaca (Central Andes of Bolivia).
Contribute to the prevention of armed violence in Guatemala Contribute to the prevention of armed violence generating tools for research so the State can tackle with the theme and increasing visibility of impact.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Capacity building support is needed by the implementing partners as well as FCA own staff in the field to be able to implement a quality programme. The capacity building will be carried out by providing financial and technical support to partners in order 
to enable them to enhance their skills as effective stakeholders of civil society and by offering capacity development of e.g. FCA?s own thematic focus areas and approach. FCA will build the capacity of staff and partners for example in the areas of DRR an
d Emergency response, Education in Emergence (EIE), advocacy, peace building and conflict resolution, conflict sensitive programme management and other thematic areas.The overall objective is to improve effectiveness, quality and impact of programming by b
uilding capacity of FCA and partner staff on thematic focus areas, cross cutting themes, PME and advocacy.
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) The project aims at strengthening the rights of the IDP's, returnees and the targeted communities in the Lunda Sul and Moxico provinces in eastern Angola.Angola's 27-year civil war destroyed the political and community structures in the rural areas in part
icular and left 1.8 million people as refugees. The peace agreement in 2002 led to repatriation and reconstruction, but the war-torn areas are still highly under-developed.The project areas are among the poorest in the country and their biggest challenges 
are land mines, organization of repatriation, low financial and human capabilities, lack of infrastructure and basic services, as well as the lack of administrative structures in remote areas. By empowering the targeted communities the project aims at incr
easing the capacity of communities to promote human rights and to advocate for increased access to social services. As a result of the project the targeted residents are trained, their skills have been developed and basic services improved. The communities
 have been empowered.The beneficiaries of the project are the residents of the Lunda Sul and Moxico provinces.The project is implemented by the Lutheran World Federation Angola Program, which has over 25 years of experience in disaster relief and repatriat
ion of refugees and returnees, especially in Lunda Sul and Moxico states in eastern Angola.
Frame agreement with NGO (Siemenpuu) The people of the area are not aware of their basic rights, Govt. Schemes + facilities and hence do not avail them. The literacy rate is very low in the area. Several factors including economic, family attitudes, social practices, traditional knowledge and
 behaviours limit the access and participation of common person in developmental process. Poor families are often cited, as being ?not interested in programmes?, but this is most often a reflection of the lack of quality and delivery of services that is tr
ansparent, accessible and relevant for community. The absence of collaborative and informative processes in the initial years is a significant contributing factor to increased participation in the poverty reduction programme. Major issues of governance tha
t have affected the performance of the social sector in antipoverty programmes include lack of motivation of the key implementers, poor monitoring, the lack of transparency with regard to the micro level planning. Public management and delivery systems req
uire strengthening, particularly in disadvantaged areas. Elected Representatives of Panchayat, women collectives and local CBOs have to play crucial roles in implementation of national flagship programmes addressing poverty reduction including FRA and NREG
A. That is, to translate schemes into actions and benefits for the social excluded population
Frame agreement with NGO (SASK) Trade Union Rights in the Public Sector in Venezuela
Foreign Policy Association Enhancing the role of local authorities and media in implementing the Law on Ensuring Equality The Law on Ensuring Equality entered into force on 1st of January 2013 in the Republic of Moldova yetits implementation is endangered by lack of clear understanding and awareness in the Moldovan societyabout the meaning and extent of the discrimination phe
nomenon as well as about the existingprotection and safeguard mechanisms that citizens can use to defend their rights. Thus the key purposeof the current project is to raise Moldovan society's awareness on the need to prevent and combatdiscrimination pheno
menon as well as to break its stereotypes about the Law on Ensuring Equalitythrough unbiased and fair information of the local authorities regional mass-media and local civilsociety organizations about the real content of the law its opportunities and impl
ementationmechanisms.The aim of the project is to help local authorities and journalists to understand and assume their part ofresponsibility in eliminating various forms of discrimination. Therefore Foreign Policy Association(APE) will undertake 20 traini
ngs on implementing the Law on Ensuring Equality for local authoritiesand regional journalists. It also will publish anti-discrimination information materials in the local pressof 20 regional centers. The trainings will be organized in partnership with the
 National Council forpreventing + combating discrimination.
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) for trade-related assistance for LDCs The EIF is a multi-donor programme which supports LDCs to be more active players in the global trading system by helping them tackle supply-side constraints to trade. In this way the programme works towards a wider goal of promoting economic growth and sus
tainable development and helping to lift more people out of poverty. The Government of Finland has been a long-standing donor of the programme. EIF has achieved significant results in mainstreaming trade in LDC-countries as evidenced by a Mid-Term Review t
hat was concluded in November 2012. It is proposed to continue Finland's support to the EIF in 2013-2015 by 50 million.EUR.
Teacher Training for Better Primary Education in Manica Province Central Mozambique The project will contribute to the improvement of the quality of primary education in Manica province through pre-service training of 90 teachers (young men and women) improving the learning environment and the teaching quality of the Teacher Training Coll
ege (Escola de Professores do Futuro EPF) in Chimoio to successfully implement the new 3 year teacher training program. It will support the future graduates to become part of the Graduated Teachers Network which aims to be a forum for teachers to support e
ach other in their profession as teachers of rural primary schools. The 90 qualified teachers will work mainly in the districts of the Manica Province and that will impact on 11.000 primary school pupils yearly who will receive a more child centered educat
ion.The EPF students will receive training on the following main topics: child-centered education annual teaching and lesson plans active learning time management preparation of a lesson life skills in primary education early reading and writing skills bil
ingual education involvement of parents gender equality integration methods school management etc. The students will be coached by their teachers to develop a close relationship with selected primary schools in the province where they will initiate their t
eaching practice in the second year of the training course.The project aims at the improvement of the quality of primary school education and creation of pupil friendly environment n primary schools. In the long term perspective the performance of children
 at school will improve especially in terms of early reading and writing skills the dropout rates will decrease and completion rates from grade to grade will increase. The children will enter the adult life equipped with more skills than their parents.  A 
proper educational base for the children paves their way out of poverty. Included in the teacher training program is a component of community development: the students will carry out different activities including adult literacy training agriculture and in
come generation projects in the nearby communities.In all its components the project puts emphasis on the participation of women and girls in education economic activity and decision making. The capacity of both UFF and its partner for mainstreaming disabi
lity issues will be strengthened during the project through cooperation with Fidida (Finnish Disabled People?s International Development Association).
Training and Support of Burmese Refugees The immediate objective of the project is to increase the literacy level and capacities of refugees to improve their living conditions as well as to streghteh the organizational management of the refugees' community based organizations (CBO).The project wi
ll provide functional adult literacy training to illeterate refugees and training ans support in establishing income generating activities. To build the capacities of CBOs the project will provide organisational management training for CBO staff and suppor
t their educational activities in the camps.
Support to Kenya's government oversight agencies The programme supports the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights the National Gender and Equality Commission and the Commission for Administrative Justice (Ombudsman) which are independent constitutional commissions. The aim of the programme is to str
engthen citizens' access to justice and to consolidate a human rights-based approach in the government. Finland supports the programme in 2013-2014 with 2 million euros.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Katakwi Integrated Rural Development Project. Support to internally displaced people and local organisations. Promotion of HIV/AIDS awareness, improvement of food security, livelihoods and sanitation.