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Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Serbia The Project includes the following project activities: organizing and implementing the call for participants organizing of seminars workshops and conference as well as promoting and publishing of policy recommendations.The purpose of the project is to prov
ide young leaders the tools and knowledge in order to be efficient and effective in continuation of the reforms.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Kosovo The Non-Governmental Organization Voice of Roma Ashkali and Egyptians was established with a general mandate to improve the lives of Kosovo Roma Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) communities and further support their integration into Kosovo society by advocating 
for their rights living conditions and general situation before the competent domestic and international authorities and/or organizations. Roma inclusion is a crucial issue of the VoRAE program. The objectives of this project are: a) Improve the general le
vel of education among RAE communities by investing into their secondary and university education and by offering activities that support school enrolment  b)Break social barriers for easier integration of Roma community in post-war Kosovo society by learn
ing Albanian language and c) To build and strengthen the capacity of VoRAE in Kosovo to fully execute its mission and vision and foster integration of RAE communities in Kosovo society.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Peru This project seeks to build capacities among local grassroots leaders and authorities for an effective operation of the existing mechanisms for citizens' participation
General Budget Support III Zambia Based on the Finnish Development Policy Programme and the 2010 policy paper on General Budget Support and Sector Budget Support budget support complements Finland's other development cooperation efforts. Budget support is implemented based on the memorandu
m of understanding with Zambia and progress is evaluated based on the indicators of the budget support performance assessment framework together with implementation of the key principles of budget support. Zambia is an LDC country with every possibility to
 climb to the lower middle income country category. Zambia needs predictable and effective development cooperation during this transition period. Continuing Finland's budget support for the following two years is in this situation the right way to implemen
t the partnership between Zambia and Finland.
Development information of MFA: Library services Promotion of development awareness
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Enabling Communities in Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change Risks Adaptation
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) Local Partner's Staff Capacity Building. To increase the knowledge and skill of the staff to enhance their capacity for engaging the focus groups in empowerment processes.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Zambia Support to Transparency International Zambia's strategic plan component on Citizens Engagement for Domestic Accountability. Project objectives are:1. To empower citizens to confidently participate and engage in the promotion of transparency and accountabil
ity through our local partners. 2. To enhance the provision of simplified and user friendly anti corruption information to citizens so as to increase the number of citizens participating in the fight against corruption.3. To increase the identification and
 collaboration with organisations and stakeholders and citizens working at community level so as to reach a wider sector of society and engage them in the anti-corruption fight.Expected results:1. Improved ability and greater numbers of citizens actively t
aking action and engaging in anti corruption activities.2. More citizens/communities access information on anti-corruption initiatives3. Strengthened and more effective coalitions in the fight against corruption
Integrated land use Assessment (ILUA) II Integrated Land Use Assessment (ILUA) II project is aimed at strenghtening capacity in planning and implementation of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) through better information cap
acity building dissemination of information and improved multisectoral dialogue. First two years (2010-2011) concentrate on effective means of dissemination of the information and multisectoral dialogues as well as improved methodological and human capacit
y in collecting and analyzing forest resource information for SFM REDD monitoring and carbon inventory. Implementation of ILUA II mapping and field survey will be done in 2012 and 2013.
Deaf Empowerment and Awareness in Cambodia Deaf Empowerment and Awareness in Cambodia
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Ethiopia Support to female students in the girls' boarding school at Komame/Afar to retain them in school to complete their education promote gender equality and empower them so that they influence their own community.
Haweenka - Women in Somalia's decision-making The project is based upon the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. The CEDAW convention and the Security Council Resolution 1325 lay the f
oundation for women's rights what constitutes as discrimination against women and how they apply in conflict situations. The project aims to empower women on a local village level in Somalia. The objective is to teach women how they can participate and get
 involved in local decision making processes which are controlled by men as well as learn about their own rights as women based on the new Somali constitution. The first part of the project is to arrange a two week seminar in Somalia (Mogadishu) where lead
ers from different women's organizations from different parts of Somalia will participate. Experts from Finland who work with women's rights issues (Security Council Resolution 1325 and CEDAW) will teach in the seminar and together with the local leaders d
esign a road map for a three year project plan. The three year project would continue the actions already taken in 2014 taking them on a larger scale across Somalia. The final project design and project application will be completed in Finland during April
 and May. In the latter stages of 2014 (September-October) a three week training program will be implemented in a Somali village. The program includes three weeks of teaching and seminars three days a week. Teaching staff from Finland will include three ex
perts and an African expert. The aim of the three week program is to educate women on their rights and get them involved in the grass roots decision making of their village. The objective would be to include as many interested women as possible to the proc
ess hence the risk of someone being singled out would be diminished significantly.    Village elders would also be included in the process as they are key figures in decision making  and they are always men. This would make it easier for women to take part
 in the program as it would be condoned by the elders. If funding were to continue in the following years the same program would be used in villages across Somalia in order to encourage as many women as possible to take part in local decision making and th
us enhance the rights of women and their living conditions as well as empower women to make decisions about their own future.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in South Africa The project title- Capacity Building in Human Rights and Gender for Peace Building in AfricaThe overall Objective  is to promote durable peace justice and sustainable development in Africa by contributing to the promotion and Protection of Human rights thr
ough  constructive management and resolution and in so doing to promote the understanding that Human rights are inclusive of Women Rights. The target groups will be Government National human rights institutions officials from Political parties Women and ge
nder focused group grassroot organisations gender activist and civil society groups
Global Partnership for Education GPE Finland has been a partner in the Global Partnership for Education since its inception as EFA Fast Track Initiative in 2002. Finland is co-funding bilaterally and through multilateral channels education sector programs in a number of GPE countries and thus
 we are working closely with GPE in many contexts (e.g. Ethiopia Mozambique Nepal). Education has obtained a higher priority in the present Government's Development Policy Programme.
Trade and Development /Funding for a frame agreement of consultant Funding for a frame agreement of an external consultant to support the implementation of Aid for Trade. Instead of smaller separate consultancy assignments one framework agreement is created and tendered for. The consultancy resource is invoiced on an hour
ly basis. The framework consultant team works with and in the guidance of Aid for Trade Coordinator.
UNIDIR Supporting UNIDIR's activities related to development countries Finland's Development Policy Programme states that there is no development without security. The Programme outlines that Finland promotes human rights democracy and responsible society by participating national and international projects to prevent the spr
ead of illegal small arms as well as the unregulated arms trade.UNIDIR (UN Institute for Disarmament Research) is a voluntarily funded autonomous institute within the United Nations. The Institute generates ideas and promotes action on disarmament and secu
rity. The development of the small arms standards (ISACS) started in 2008. ISACS is a tool by which international small arms instruments (UNPoA International Tracing Instrument Firearms Protocol) would be easier and more effective to implement.  After deve
lopment of standards UNIDIR and the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) proposed to develop a set of indicators in implementing global commitments to SALW controls. The newly developed International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) will 
be the basis for these indicators. In the Phase I MIIS and UNIDIR developed a software tool which allows the user to generate statistics on ISACS implementation efforts prioritize critical areas measure implementation trends over time and identify areas fo
r improvement. In Phase II up to five countries will test the indicators and software and give feedback to the research team. In practice the Finnish contribution will support Kenya and CARICOM (Caribbean Community and Common Market) countries in using the
 tool. Small arms problems is especially challenging in Africa and Latin America. Small arms are Africa's weapons of mass destruction. In Africa and Latin America in all areas of small arms control like stockpile management marking and tracing exist proble
ms. With the developed tool it is possible to improve all areas which are covered in the small arms instrument.
Improving the status of disabled people in society The project is realized in cooperation with Association of Central Asian Nations Julduz Organization of People with Disabilities of Uzbekistan (Bektemirov Tashkent region) and Art Centre Sanvikt. The project will be operated in Bektemirov and Hamza areas o
f Tashkent. These areas are populated by many poor and low-income families. Economic distress is an everyday family life where the breadwinner is unemployed single parent or in many cases a disabled woman. The country's infrastructure is out of date. Unemp
loyment and social services are mainly collapsed or disabled and poor. The deterioration of public services is in particular due to the poverty. The biggest challenge is the exclusion of these families from the social and economic problems of the society.T
he project development objective is to improve the social position of people with disabilities. This project will promote small businesses and related training and regional networking with other organizations and private sector.The main features of the pro
ject are, support environment allowing training to invest into entrepreneurship development of responsible business create decent jobs and stimulate private sector and civil society partnerships networking. Functions will prevent the beneficiary families f
rom exclusion from the society. The project will reinforce the existing structures and support the anti-poverty development.
Frame agreement with NGO (Pelastakaa lapset) B5 Programme support to Eastern Africa Region.
Decentand Safe Jobs In the framework of  Wider Europe Initiative International Labour Office ILO has been implementing in 2010-2013 a project  From the Crisis towards Decent and Safe Jobs in Southern Caucasus and Central Asia. The project aimed at assisting the national partn
ers (Government Trade Unions and Employers' Organisations) to put into practise the prioritites that they have themselves identified in the pursuit of Decent Work. The main pillars have been occupational safety and health employment and social protection. 
The project was funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs  with 4 million euros. Phase II of the project will be implemented in 2014-17 in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It will continue with the same goals as the previous phase concentrating on the implement
ation of Decent Work Country Programmes. Total budget of the project phase II is 4 million euros.
Political empowering of women in Palestine- From woman to woman Women is Palestine are still separated from policy-making due to a set of political economic and social conditions and struggle in order to reach high authority possessions which are usually occupied by them. the project will try to rebuild trust bridges b
etween men and women in addition to improve how society looks at women. The project aims at enhancing the participation of women in political parties and to build the woman capacities. The project targets 90 women who candidate in the municipality and vill
age councils regardless they succeeded or not.  Four main activities will be implemented under the framework of the project. The first one is to conduct training courses about the vision of political parties the civil society human rights lobbying and advo
cacy and media. The second activity is to give the women who submitted to the training courses the chance to train and addressee other women from their villages and municipality councils. The third one is to raise up the voice of women in Palestine and enc
ourage her to take an action by organizing an advocacy campaign related to the political situation in Palestine.  And the fourth activity is recording television episodes and radio spots  so as to become more  involved with the others in their Community an
d to expand the circle of awareness and the knowledge base throughout.  Women candidates  will play the main role in this project. They will be like pressure teams, they will organize lobbying campaigns to raise the women awareness regarding the electoral 
law importance of democracy and educate them on the qualifications and characteristics that the ideal candidate should posses. Through this project the targeted women will also be motivated to increase their participation in policy making on local level th
rough participating in the  local council's electoral process. We hope that this project will eventually contribute to a social change in the targeted districts were the candidates are elected because of their performance not on tribe basis.
Fuliyuan district heating project Fuliyuan district heating project, delivery of district heating system.
Financial Sector Development Plan Phase II Financial Sector Development Plan in Zambia Phase II.
Institutional cooperation in the field of meteorology COFIMET in Colombia The Institute of Meteorology Hydrology and Envionment (IDEAM) is a public establishment within the Ministry of Environment Housing and Territorial Development. Its key mission is to provide technical and scientific support to the National Environmental Sys
tem (SINA) of Colombia which comprises the Ministry of Environment and other environmental regional and local authorities. One of the key tasks of IDEAM is to inform the government and general public of the likely risks of natural disasters and issuing ale
rts and warnings on severe weather. This task is of growing importance as the societies have become more vulnerable to the effects of the climate change due to extreme weather phenomena in Colombia and in the Andean Region.The overall objective of the ICI-
project is to reduce risk for the loss of human life and property caused by hazardous weather and changing climate in the Colombian society. The project purpose is to improve readiness and capacity at IDEAM to manage and produce safety services on extreme 
natural phenomena for the Colombian society. The cooperation focuses on training and demonstration on observation networks weather radar product development and customer oriented services which will be reflected in the development planning of IDEAM.The ben
eficiaries of the project are the personnel of IDEAM whose capacity and knowhow is fostered with the cooperation. Furthermore various strategic sectors and the general public will benefit from the project with enhanced accurate and reliable weather and ear
ly warning services.The implementing organisations are Finnish Meteorological Institute and IDEAM.
Project Planning in Mozambique Programming of Finnish bilateral development aid to Mozambique. Focus being on the implementation monitoring and planning of the government development policy activities and programmes.
Improving the quality of education The objective of the project is to improve the quality of education and to improve access to educational facilities of primary schools in Far Western Dadeldhura District Nepal. At school and community level beneficiaries are trained and sensitised and scho
ol facilities improved. At district level education sector stakeholders are sensitised and trained, special focus is on the governmental bodies. Expeced results are improved enrolment and quality of education and improved management of the educational bodi
es.
NGO Support / Support the Employment of Mentally Disabled Persons The project is to advance the employment of mentally handicapped persons in Guangzhou China. The second goal is to create transferrable knowledge pertaining to the supporting of employment of mentally disabled persons.
WHO 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion in Helsinki 10-14 June 2013 support for participants from Least Developed Countries Finland in hosting the 8th WHO Global Conference on health promotion in Helsinki 10 - 14 June 2013. The aim of the Conference is to promoto cross-sectional cooperation for health promotion in accordance with the health in all policies -principle. Themes to
 be discussed are e.g. the role of health promotion in the advancement of the MDG's and in the Post-2015 framework and sustainable development. The Conference is will be opened by President Sauli Niinisto and WHO Director General Margaret Chan. Other speak
ers include Minister Hautala and former President Halonen. Aroun 700-800 people are expected to attend from member states international organizations and finance institutions public and private sector and NGO's from all over the world.Due to the substance 
goals set for the Conference it is vital to ensure the participation of as many cuntries as possible. Participation from the least developed countries is only possible by supporting the travel costs of the delegations. This funding will be used to cover pa
rt of these costs.Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is the national counterpart to WHO. MFA has supported the Conference preparations before by financing the participation from LDC's to the preparations with 127 139 e and publishing of book Health in a
ll Policies that is published during the Conference with 42 000 e. The MFA has also taken part in the Conference Organising Committee led by the WHO and also in the work of a thematic group linked to the Conference.This additional funding is proposed in a 
situation where the WHO has not been able to secure the needed funds. The gap was found out about in a very late phase.
Administrative cost of MFA missions abroad for BELARUS Administrative cost of MFA missions abroad for BELARUS. Costs generated from the Embassy of Finland
Support to Land Administration The overall objective of the Finnish support which is adopted directly from ESIF (Ethiopia Sustainable Land Management Investment Framework) is to improve livelihoods and economic well-being of rural population promoting sustainable land management practis
es. The project promotes enabling policy legal institutional and financial framework for land administration builds capacity for an entry-level land administration in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region supports sustainable 1st and 2nd level land certification in
 areas with high potential for investments and enhances responsible land delivery for investments.
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finnish Red Cross) Regional Disaster Preparedness Programme. To support the National Societies in the area to implement the effective and well focused integrated programmes that improve the lives of the most vulnerable people, reduce the threat of the disasters and  increase
 capacity of the population to respond and recover.
Promotion of Youth Employment and Life Skills The project seeks to contribute to the employabilty of youth in Peru. The direct objective of the project is to support the employment of 300 youth from 15 to 20 years old through enhancing their skills through employment and entrepreneurship trainings as 
well as life skills training. The project aims to support young people's participation in the development of their communities in the suburbs of Rimac and La Victoria in Lima. The project activities will be implemented in 6 schools and three shelter homes.
 In addition 50 teachers will be trained in the methodology of youth employment life skills and active participation of youth.
Active labour market programmes 2 The development cooperation budget of Finland for Kosovo is 15 million euros annually. The sum includes the local cooperation funds for 300 000 euros per year. The themes of other Finnish supported projects in Kosovo are economy and employment. Unemploymen
t is one of the biggest problems in Kosovo. Youth unemployment is a big challenge in Kosovo and women's unemployment rate is generally high compared to the unemployment rate of men. PWDs' and minorities' employment situation is poor. Active labour market p
rogrammes 2 will increase employment by developing the labour market system in Kosovo taking into account the gender aspect and participation of the most vulnerable groups.The project aims at strengthening of the links between labour market actors -employe
rs job-seekers policy-makers public employment services and vocational training and educational institutions -through:a) improving human capacities and financial resourcesb) continued implementation of active labour measures for vulnerable groupsc) enhance
ment of the labour market knowledge base in order to ensure evidence-based decision makingUNDP has supported the employment sector of Kosovo since 2005. UNDP has organised training and employment opportunities for 11 000 long-term unemployed women and men 
in cooperation with aroung 3500 private companies. According to the evaluations the activities have been successful. After the project the employment rate of the beneficiaries has remained remarkably higher that the employment rate of the control group. Fi
nnish supported projects on Gender based violence and Sustainable development in Dragash have also had employment components implemented.The recommendations of the appraisal will be taken into account in the project.Kosovo is not a priority development coo
peration partner of Finland and Finnish funded projects are implemented mainly through international organisations -in this case through UNDP.
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Honduras Contribute to strengthening citizen participation and social dialogue in Honduras especially the young generation. Promote the defense and exercise of human rights amongst young people in Honduras
Empowering women with disabilities in Central Asia Empowering women with disabilities in Central Asia