Advance information on the upcoming 2024 Call for Proposals for International Non-governmental Organizations (INGOs)

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland will open a Call for Proposals for INGOs for support in development cooperation in the area of Human Rights in May 2024.

Finland’s foreign and security policy is based on the rule of law, human rights, equality and democracy. Finland’s support to INGOs contributes to Finland's Government Programme, foreign policy, development policy and international human rights policy in sectors that are of strategic importance to Finland. Finland’s support to INGOs is guided by the goals and principles of Finland’s development policy in accordance with the goals of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

This Call for Proposals targets applications in the following thematic focus areas: Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination; Human Rights Defenders in Defence of Democracy; and Business and Human Rights. 

Further information about the Call, including detailed descriptions of the thematic focus areas, will be published on the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland website in May 2024.

Support to INGOs is discretionary government funding granted by the MFA and subject to annual parliamentary approval in Finland. The Act on Discretionary Government Transfers (Valtionavustuslaki 688/2001) (unofficial translation in English) is applied to all INGO support procedures and the use of the grant.