Funding decisions

In Afghanistan, HALO will conduct manual mine clearance in areas most affected by mines and unexploded remnants of war, provide risk education and assist victims of mine accidents. Lately, HALO has foc...

Finland supports UNODC Regional Programme for Afghanistan & Neighbouring Countries (2016-2019). The Programme promotes cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbors namely Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzs...

Minister level Afghanistan pledging conference is organized in every fourth year. Conference was held in 2012 in Tokyo and in 2016 in Brussels. Finland will be organizing 2020 conference in November in...

Afghanistan suffers from a complicated and protracted conflict combined with climate change, natural disasters, demographic shifts, limited job opportunities, gender equality issues and food insecurity...

Inter Mediate project supports negotiations for sustainable political settlements in Afghanistan by facilitating the different stakeholders of the peace process. Project is so called track-1 project th...

UNICEF WASH-Programme (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in Afghanistan aims to enhance the access and use of improved drinking water supply and sanitation facilities. It promotes also hygiene behavior. P...

Important advances in gender equality and women's empowerment have been made in Afghanistan over the past 18 years. These advances have enabled greater promotion and protection of women's and girls hum...

Finland supports UNODC Regional Programme for Afghanistan & Neighbouring Countries (2016-2019). The Programme promotes cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbors namely Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzs...

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commision is the most important actor in the country in the field of human rights.The structure, duties and mandates of the AIHRC have been defined in a special...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan UNAMA, Salam Support Group (SSG) supports the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. The SSG II programme 2019 - 2020 has five main focus...

The Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) manages donor contributions for the payment of civil servants' salaries, recurring budgetary expenditures of the Government and priority projects to reb...

Finland provides financial support to the Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA) established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2002. LOTFA has a new Terms of Reference, an...

Afghanistan has potentially very large mineral resources. The exploitation of these resources in the future would increase the economic growth and positively support the development of the society. Ge...

UNMAS’ project will build on Finland's long history of support to the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) through supporting the coordination of the MAPA over twelve months. The continued finan...

UNICEF WASH-Programme (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in Afghanistan aims to enhance the access and use of improved drinking water supply and sanitation facilities. It promotes also hygiene behavior. P...

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commision is the most important actor in the country in the field of human rights.The structure, duties and mandates of the AIHRC have been defined in a special...

The integrated Reproductive and Maternal Health project will improve the availability, accessibility, quality and acceptability of sexual and reproductive health information and services for vulnerable...

Finland continues to support Afghanistan in implementing Afghanistan’s National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 – Women, Peace, and Security, NAP. Finland and Afghanistan started twinning cooperation on UNSC...

HALO will conduct manual mine clearance in the areas of Afghanistan most seriously affected by mines and Unexploded Remnants of War. During previous years, HALO has cleared especially grazing land in A...

The Support to Afghanistan Livelihoods and Alternatives to Migration (SALAM) is a joint programme of UNDP, ILO and UNHCR in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabl...