As a Fingo member, you are part of a broad and influential network that works to build a fairer world for everyone. Our membership provides concrete tools, support, and networks that help you succeed in this work. On this page, you can explore our membership services and benefits in more detail. Benefits intended for supporting members can be found toward the end of the page.
Our member organisations share a broad objective to strengthen civil society, and we see the protection of our members’ interests as part of safeguarding and reinforcing the operating conditions of civil society.
In practice, this means that Fingo’s advocacy work creates space for NGO actors to operate in the fields of development cooperation and sustainable development. By staying in contact with decision-makers, public officials, and funders, and by taking part in processes that guide organisations, we work to ensure that organisations have the conditions they need to act for a fairer world.
Fingo’s members can participate in trainings with reduced prices.
Fingo’s experts are here to help when you are planning a project, evaluate the outcomes or looking for new partners. We provide free advice on, among other things, project design, funding, finding partners, and developing global citizenship education.
Networking among organisations and with other actors is one of Fingo’s core tasks. Peer support among organisations is also invaluable. As a Fingo member, you become part of a wide community of organisations with extensive expertise in development cooperation, global citizenship education, and development policy advocacy. Learning, sharing, and supporting one another is increasingly important in an ever-more uncertain world.
Fingo’s working groups and networks offer our members and active citizens an opportunity for exciting collaboration and dialogue. The working groups operate mainly in Finnish.
Global education increases the understanding of citizens of all ages about how each of us is connected to global phenomena and how we can promote global justice through our own actions. These activities aim to achieve societal change and influence societal structures that perpetuate and deepen global inequality.
Fingo coordinates a broad network of global education organisations, engages in advocacy work, follows research in the field, and seeks collaboration with a wide range of actors to increase impact. Learn more and get involved at: globaalikasvatus.fi.
We support our members in planning and implementing cooperation with companies. We help organisations and businesses interested in cooperation to find one another and make use of new opportunities to reduce poverty and inequality.
We provide meeting rooms for our member organisations free of charge at our office in Sörnäinen, Helsinki. Information and booking: Meeting rooms.
We provide comprehensive information about development issues, current news, and highlight the work and results of NGOs. Fingo.fi, our newsletters, and our social media channels offer new and timely content, especially on topics of interest to Fingo’s member organisations.
Through our email lists, members can also inform a wide audience about their organisations’ events, send requests for comments, or address any other issues relevant to the entire NGO sector.
Every month, our member organisations receive a newsletter highlighting the most important events and news.
The World Village Festival, a festival for sustainable development, offers organizations, citizens, and other actors opportunities to meet, network, and collaborate. The festival provides significant benefits for Fingo member organisations, for example regarding stand spaces and advertising. To participate in the festival as a Fingo member, an organization must have joined Fingo by the end of the previous year.
We publish Maailman Kuvalehti (World’s Pictoral Magazine), which tells stories from around the world, provides background and depth to the news flow. The magazine also showcases the work of Fingo’s member organisations.
Maailman Kuvalehti publishes job advertisements from organisations and other actors working in the development sector. Members may publish two adverts per calendar year free of charge. More details on pricing are available here. We also offer members discounted banner advertising space on our website. More information available here.
To submit a job advertisement, send an email to maailmankuvalehti@fingo.fi or contact teija.laakso@fingo.fi for more information.
We also offer our members a discount on the first year of the magazine subscription. The regular annual price is 49 €, but for our members the first year is 39 €. After the first year, the price returns to the regular rate.
We are happy to organize events and other activities with our members. If you have an idea for an event or activity related to global development that could interest a wider group of members, please get in touch! You are welcome to make use of Fingo’s broad communication channels, meeting facilities, facilitation skills, and expertise. Send your idea to jasenpalvelut@fingo.fi.
DevelopmentAid is an information service provider for international development aid and economic and humanitarian assistance organisations. Their mission is to provide up-to-date and relevant information for organisations and individuals working in the international development sector. DevelopmentAid’s tools will help NGOs find and form partnerships for international and national projects.
As members of Fingo, the NGOs will be given the possibility to use DevelopmentAid’s services free of charge, until May 2026. For more information on how to make use of the service, contact: jasenpalvelut@fingo.fi
Fingo has negotiated a special offer for its members with Ravintolakolmio. Ravintolakolmio provides a diverse and comprehensive selection of venues for various meetings, conferences, and events. Fingo’s member organisations receive a 10% discount in restaurants owned by Ravintolakolmio.
See the full offer here (in Finnish).
As a supporting member, you contribute to the work for global justice and sustainable development. Our supporting members receive up-to-date information from Fingo, invitations to events, and visibility as part of Fingo’s wide network.
Intended for NGOs and other organisations who wish to support Fingo’s values and goals without actively participating in our activities:
Includes all the benefits of the basic membership model and, in addition, offers financial advantages for participating in Fingo’s activities:
Supporting membership offers individuals the opportunity to receive up-to-date information about the work and situation of development organisations and to express their support for the sector’s work: