ICI Materials

The MFA does not define what school of thought of RBM approach its partners who receive development cooperation funding from the Ministry should utilise. However, it requires a results culture that supports the effectiveness of development policy and enables monitoring and evaluation for the MFA. This guiding document on RBM in Finland’s Development Policy - Managing for Sustainable Development Results - provides an overview of basic definitions, objectives and principles.

Theories of change and aggregate indicators constructed to support them are used to help those in charge of the strategic guidance and performance reporting related to development policy.

Finland applies a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to all of its development interventions. This means that, at a minimum, all Finnish-financed interventions should conduct a human rights assessment to ensure they do not contribute to further harm or discrimination when it comes to realising human rights. In addition, all interventions should ensure that the human rights principles (non-discrimination and equality; participation and inclusion; transparency; and accountability) are systematically reflected in the project planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. Beyond the minimum level, HRBA expects that the project’s anticipated development results aim for a concrete improvement in the realisation of a certain human right (or several rights) and that the expected outcomes increase the capacity of the duty-bearers to fulfill their obligations or the rights-holders to claim their rights. Disaggregated data (by sex, disability, and age) should be used where possible.

The ICI project needs to ensure that it supports the cross-cutting objectives of Finland’s development policy: 1) gender equality, 2) non-discrimination with an emphasis on disability inclusion,3) climate resilience, 4) low-emission development, and 5) protection of the environment with an emphasis on safeguarding biodiversity.
 The cross-cutting objectives are implemented as a continuum to the HRBA.

The manual provides instructions on how the MFA guidelines on RBM and HRBA direct the project work at different stages of the project cycle, as well as some other small updates on the implementation of the project cycle.

On 27 May 2021, the Government adopted this report to form a shared overall view on development policy, which is widely supported by Finnish society.

The 2022 General Terms of Public Procurement (JYSE) are contract terms maintained by the Ministry of Finance that take into account the contractual requirements laid down in the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts to the extent possible in general terms. These general terms are intended to be used as standard contract terms in procurement contracts between contracting entities and suppliers and service providers. They can be used to supplement the terms of the procurement contract itself.