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LGBTI Rights project + project for ending impunity in Latin America PEN International is seeking support for its program on LGBTI rights, pilot project will build awareness throughout the international literary community of the threat that homophobia poses to writers and freedom of expression throughout the world. The orga
nization will enable PEN centres from every continent to join in developing a consensus framework for advocacy on LGBTI issues and an initial blueprint for that advocacy and equip PEN centres to engage in public discussions and carry out advocacy initiativ
es that respond to the rise in homophobia and discriminatory laws and policies in their own countries. The objective is to build the capacity of key PEN centres in three countries where the threats posed by homophobia are especially acute to participate in
 advocacy initiatives influence the public debate and mitigate damaging national policies and provide support and solidarity to those affected by violations of LGBT rights. PEN anticipates that the direct beneficiaries of this pilot project will be PEN?s g
lobal membership which will emerge with a sense of urgency and common purpose and a framework for confronting LGBTI issues. PEN centres in countries where homophobia is growing will be fortified by a sense of solidarity and support from the global communit
y and with new ways to enter the discussion of LGBTI issues in their own countries. PEN centres in targeted countries where writers and free expression are most urgently threatened by rising homophobia will receive training and capacity building support to
 design and implement advocacy plans specifically tailored to their countries. A more focused active PEN community that is engaged in challenging the rise of homophobia at the national and international level will in turn be able to offer more direct suppo
rt and solidarity to LGBTI writers and activists worldwide. The project will have a specific focus on Africa where training and seminars will be organized but in addition PEN aims to equip its centres in Nigeria Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lithuania Russia and other 
countries that are currently witnessing a rise in homophobic laws policies and attacks with a new PEN framework for confronting LGBTI challenges in their own countries.
Frame agreement with NGO (Siemenpuu) Several things happened in Kenya in the last few months in relation to the national policy.  What does all this mean for the Ogiek, Sengwer and other forest communities in Kenya? Are they organizing effectively to maximize these opportunities to their adva
ntage? Are they speaking with one voice? The project will involve 5 community sensitization workshops and a forest dwellers hunter-gatherer representatives meeting to develop a common advocacy strategy on the above issues with the objective of strengthenin
g their land rights and natural resource rights. These communities came together in January 2014 to form the Forest Indigenous Peoples Network (FIPN is currently hosted by CIPDP while it is in the process of registering as an NGO). The meeting recognized t
hat its first task was to consult with forest communities through sensitization and consultation workshops which would involve both informing communities of the opportunities and challenges at the national and international levels, and understanding their 
opportunities and challenges in each of their contexts.  The most important objective of the project is to ensure greater security for hunter-gatherer community forest land rights through influencing national law and policy frameworks.  The project will al
so support forest dwelling hunter-gatherers to arrive at a common strategy, as well as sensitizing communities on various laws and policies that will impact them. www.chepkitale.org
Regional artist, Development Cooperation Regional artist participates and promotes development aid projects in the field of arts. Support through the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the international organisations in Africa and the Middle East and related Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of development cooperation by participating into international development forums and international development conferences of relevant organisations (incl. board meetings and invitational meetings) that receive 
direct or indirect support from the Department for Africa and the Middle East or are in the scope of aid.
KOS/Forest Sector Support Finland supports the forest sector reform in Kosovo. The project channelled through FAO supports the implementation of the Kosovo national forest strategy (2010-2010). The support directed to institutional development integrated forest management and pract
ices and climate change mitigation. The intervention supports the decentralization process and promotes participation of local communities in municipalities especially in rural areas. The goal in supporting multifunctional and sustainable use of forestsis 
an increase in the share of the forest sector in Kosovo's national economy. In the first phase of the project 2011-2014 (3 million euros) the coordination in forest issues has been improved. Support is given to the establishment and functioning of the Fore
st Management Board consisting of high representatives of different ministries. In addition Kosovo Forest Information System Monitoring and Evaluation System Kosovo Forest Health System and National Afforestation and Reforestation Programme have been devel
oped. Participatory forest management and planning have been introduced. The above mentioned tools and participatory principles have been incorporated in the new draft forest law. In 2013 a Mid-Term Review of the project was conducted. The MTR highlighted 
the importance of the activities on the grassroot level. This was taken into account in the implementation and in plans of the project. In order to ensure the sustainability of the results and integration of the forest management of Northern Kosovo under K
osovo administration the project is proposed to be extended with 1 million euros for the years 2015-2016. The support to the North is politically important because it supports the implementation of the agreement between Pristina and Belgrade.  In the imple
mentation of the extension phase also UNDP participate. UNDP has experience in livelihood and employment projects and also in projects in Norhern Kosovo.
EDA - Strengthen Political Parties Outreach to the Society In Egypt most of the newly formed parties have very limited outreach in civil society. The main objective of the project is to strengthen political parties' role in enhancing pluralism reaching out to the population and to promote broad democratic debate a
nd to encourage civil engagement in local deciison making and political participation in Egypt.
Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue of Cultures ALF The Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) is a parent organization for the national ALF networks operating in 44 countries across the EU and the Mediterranean region. The Foundation was founded in 2005. The operations of the Foundation are based on the idea of advan
cing intercultural dialogue and co-operation between civil society organizations in order to decrease tensions in the Mediterranean region.In addition to the Foundation?s programs the national ALF networks develop projects together which are jointly implem
ented. These projects advance the knowledge of youth women educators and media about different cultures. This is done at grass root level through human contacts and cultural exchange and is simultaneously decreasing mutual prejudice.The Foundation also org
anizes high level meetings and discussions as well as takes part in similar events as a representative of the EU-Mediterranean community. The Foundation works in synergy with e.g. the UN?s Alliance of Civilization in the region. Supporting the Foundation i
s especially important now when due to the Arab uprisings a new civil society and democracy is being built also with the strong support of the women. The ALF bodies in addition to the EU have called for increased support to the Foundation and have supporte
d the idea of developing an enhanced status for the Foundation as an international institution to ensure long-term sustainability. The Foundation has fine-tuned its strategy to meet the changed working environment by focusing on human rights issues and str
engthening of civil society skills. A total amount of 710.000 Euros is being proposed as Finland?s funding to the Anna Lindh Foundation for the period 2014?2017, from which to the Foundation 510 000 Euros and to Finland?s national coordination 200.000 Euro
s.
Maternity Clinic and Training Project The maternal and infant mortality rates in poverty-ridden Somalia are amongst the highest in the world: According to  UNICEF one out of 12 women die of pregnancy related causes and only 9% of births are attended by a skilled birth attendant. Due to Somalia
's malfunctioning government and lack of education NGOs bear great responsibility of organizing healthcare for the population. Hence the long-term objective of this project is to strengthen the provision of public healthcare and to improve maternal/sexual 
health in Somalia. These aims coincide with the UN Millennium Development Goals of improving maternal health reducing child mortality and promoting gender equality and empowering women.  To achieve these objectives the project continues the operation of th
e FinSom Maternity Clinic in Afgoye near Mogadishu and gives trainings to traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and community health workers (CHWs) in different locations in Somalia. Additionally as a new element the project also aims at upgrading the suppor
t services given to rape victims by establishing a hotline at the Afgoye Clinic.By improving maternal health the project works directly towards reducing inequalities which is one of the cross-cutting themes of Finnish development policy. Furthermore when w
omen achieve better health they are better equipped to participate in society and hence the project also promotes gender equality. Therefore an additional long-term development goal of the project is to encourage women's participation in society and decisi
on making.The day-to-day implementation of the project done by African Care's local partner Volunteers for Medical and Development Service (VMDSO) based in Afgoye. The FinSom Clinic has been governed jointly by African Care and VMDSO since 2012 and around 
1300 babies are delivered and circa 15 000 outpatients treated there annually.The direct beneficiaries of the project are the women living in the Afgoye area who now have the chance to deliver in a safe environment with the help of trained staff as well as
 the victims of sexual violence who can make use of better support services. Direct beneficiaries also include the TBAs/CHWs who receive training within the project and the women and children they treat. In addition the surrounding communities will benefit
 since the trained TBAs/CHWs as well as the mothers treated at the Clinic are expected to spread the knowledge they have acquired in their own communities.
Exile and Return: Memories of children and adolescents Analyze and understand the narratives of a group of people who participated in the PIDEE programs in the 80s and early 90s during the dictatorship of Pinochet, linked to the experiences of returning from exile and the socio-cultural impact and investigatin
g the processes of those people today. Deliver this synthesis of collective memory to the Museum of Memory and Human Rights as a contribution to that institution's Oral Archive for research and dissemination.
LDC funding for the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action The Istanbul Programme of Action seeks to eradicate poverty and to promote equality and sustainable development in the least developed countries which are the priority in the Finnish development policy. The UN-OHRLLS project aims to promote the implementat
ion of the Istanbul Programme of Action and to bring out the voice of the LDCs in the processes preparing for the new UN development agenda post-2015 by commissioning a research report and organising a string of events. Prioritising the special needs of th
e LDSs will also strengthen the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action.
Audio-visual material and videos 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.  Each year the Development Communications Unit (VKO-40) awards funding for the production of TV programmes on development issues.  The purpose is to promote production of Tv broadcasts dealing with developmen
t policy and development cooperation and to give them a higher profile on Finnish TV channels. The objective is that sponsored programmes would handle issues relating to development problems and development cooperation from different angles and support glo
bal education provided in schools and elsewhere in the Finnish society. Finnish production companies can apply for the support. Of the appropriation EUR 10 000 has been reserved for the purchase of photographs/videos and rights to them.
Frame agreement with NGO (SASK) The project aims to develop a multi-stakeholder alliance at the national level in the natural stone quarry sector that shall feed into and lend further strength to the ongoing interventions by the BWI and its affiliate at State-level (Rajasthan). The proje
ct shall bring together different stakeholders on a common platform including various certification programs such as TFT, Xertifix, ETI to form an alliance and come up with strategies and actions at the country level. According to a recent study carried ou
t in the sector reveals that salaries of the stone quarry workers are really low, working and living conditions are appalling, a exposure to serious Silicosis is wide, social security and government of India programs do not reach out to Rajasthan stone qua
rries, and the use of child labour is widely spread in this hazardous industry. Through a strong alliance in between trade unions and certification bodies, an effective advocacy process will be jointly carried out, in order to influence poor working and li
ving conditions, to enable social protection and eradicate child labour use.The project shall establish a National-level Alliance of different key players in the natural stone quarry sector including various certification programs to collectively pursue de
cent work agenda with their respective networks and interventions. The project shall also strengthen efforts to bring about policy level changes at the State level (Rajasthan) so as to include the stone quarry sector under the State Construction Workers? W
elfare Board as has been done in other states. Joint meetings on specific issues including social security, OHS and child labour shall form key feature of the project. Broadly, following outputs and results are expected from the project, i) Multi-stakehold
er National-level Alliance established to collectively work to improve working conditions and lessen of child labour use, ii) Regular dialogue established with concerned Government departments, CSOs and Certification agencies, and iii) Inclusion of Stone Q
uarry sector in the State Construction Workers? Welfare Board.Advocacy work carried out through the National-level Alliance will ultimately benefit workers in India stone quarry industries, particularly in Rajasthan state. Also the trade unions involved an
d the certification bodies will benefit from this cooperation.The project is implemented by Building and Woodworkers? International BWI, their local affiliate RPKNMS and certification bodies Xerti
Abo Akademi Human Rights training Participation of approximately ten Ph.D. students and scholars from developing countries to the professional training organized by the grant recipient is supported   by the discretionary government grant. The professional participant will be chosen amongst
 researchers teachers government officials and jurist. The participants are given the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the latest developments of the international human rights protection and of different national mechanisms for implementing human 
rights. During the previous years the participants have possessed key positions in universities governmental offices and non-governmental organizations. The participants come from ODA-eligible (the OECD list of development assistance countries ODA-DAC) cou
ntries in Africa Latin America and Asia. Therefore the training benefits mostly an enlarged group of people in developing countries. The government grant will enable the recipient to organize two different trainings1) Advanced Course on Realizing Human Rig
hts through Criminal Law (18.-22.8.20142) Advances Course on Justiciability of Economic Social and Cultural RightsOne aim of the first mentioned course is to find ways for improving women?s rights by punishing engendered criminality based on international 
criminal law. In addition gender equality is considered as a cross-cuttingly in other components of the course.The second training aims at developing legal remedies for implementation of economic social and cultural rights on national and regional levels. 
The training aims at advancing the enforcement of ESC-rights by teaching effective use of legal remedies. Both of the courses correspond contentually to the Human rights Strategy for the Foreign Service of Finland in the aspect of aiming at advancing  and 
strengthening the justiciability of ESC-rights as well as improving women?s and girl?s rights and their opportunities of participation. Gender equality and reducing inequality are crosscutting themes in Finland?s Development Policy Programme and Government
 report on development policy. The realization of ESC-rights is a key component in reducing inequality.
CJDH / Participation of Mexican NGO's in the UPR-process The objective of the project is to allow the Mexican NGOs to participate in the UPR-process of the UN Human Rights Council. The Council will regularly review all of the UN's human rights obligations of the Member States and the implementation of commitment
s. Mexico's human rights situation is under review in the latter half of 2013. Based in Mexico City Centro Juridico Para Los Derechos Humanos is a NGO is preparing a field contribution to the national UPR process by organizing debates participation in the 
UN Human Rights Council on its 17th session and following the human rights situation in Mexico.
Together women adolescents and  girls taken charge off our rights to live a full life free from violence. Contribute and increase the knowledge of women and adolescents in the region of Chontales on gender and violence through the implementation of training processes and exchange
Frame Agreement with NGO (Foundation for Human Rights/KIOS) Awareness Raising and Promoting Implementation of Women?s Access to Land
Eettisen kaupan puolesta promotion of development awareness Promotion of development awareness
Frame Agreement with NGO (Plan International Finland Foundation) The project aims to improve protection mechanisms and community practices against female genital mutilation (FGM) and Child Marriage particularly in Amhara and Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) Regions. FGM and Child Marriage are among the 
most serious violations of children's right in Ethiopia, and they are the product of various forms and degrees of gender discrimination in Ethiopia that generally value boys more than girls. Victims of FGM suffer physically, and psychologically, and the he
alth consequences are severe. Child marriage often results in girls quitting school, and it also results in sexual abuse as victims are forced to start sexual relationship at an early age. Hence, the project contributes to the improvement of community, sch
ool and district level protection structures and mechanisms for the elimination of these harmful practices. The project also works towards improving knowledge and positive attitude of girls and boys towards equality of girls, and towards sensitizing the co
mmunity on the fight against FGM and child marriage. The project also supports the institutional and technical capacity of key district government offices to improve their response to cases of FGM and child marriage. Girls but also their families and the c
ommunities in the two districts (Fagtalekuma in Amhara and Bonazuria in SNNP) are the primary beneficiaries. A total of 20 kebeles (smallest administrative unit) are addressed in both districts. Professional Alliance for Development (PADet) and Kembatti Me
nti Gezima (KMG) are the implementing partners respectively, working in close partnership with the Bureau of women, children and youth (BoWCYA). Overall project implementation is led by Plan International Ethiopia.
Productive Workshop for Trainees with Intellectual Disabilities  piloting an innovative and sustainable process for inclusive tra The main focus of the project is to strengthen in particular educational and training opportunities for children and young people with special needs in the area of the Mathare slum in Nairobi Kenya.  The project aims at improving the living standards of yo
ung people living in urban slums and to reduce their vulnerability to various crimes violation of human rights and chance attitude toward people with special needs by giving them basic education and vocational training in an inclusive environment giving th
em entrepreneurial or employment skills and finally giving them the opportunity to be self-reliant full members of their society.The vehicle for the project is to raise the MSTC?s ability to function inclusively and effectively in supporting children with 
special needs. In the process the MSTC will become a pilot ? exemplary ? inclusive school in Kenya which is open to all and which supports the development of children with disabilities to find their place in society.The project is based on the human rights
 of everyone. The project plan is made in light of Kenya and the region's own resources to implement the project as well as to take into account the needs of children. The project utilizes the different stakeholders? own strengths. The project will be clos
ely monitored and will set clear measurable long-term objectives. All the functions of the project to be developed are based on financial and environmental sustainability. In particular the project's business environment is based on the principle of sustai
nable development to use recycled materials or renewable materials. The development of the training center and the construction of the workshop environmental issues are taken into account including pollution-free operations as well as recycling. An importa
nt long-term goal is to in the process develop good governance activities which on its part will contribute to a stable social development and democracy in Kenya.
Frame agreement with NGO (CMI) CMI will support the implementation of the National Dialogue Conference outcomes and further conflict resolution related to them. The overall objective of the project is to support inclusive and effective implementation of the NDC outcomes. The specific ob
jectives are: 1) Inclusive national-level dialogue on key transition issues supported, 2) Tensions and violence at the local level reduced in an effort to create a more enabling environment for political reforms and humanitarian access, and 3) Meaningful p
articipation of women in the transition process and conflict resolution efforts supported.