As Fingo’s member, you are part of a broad and influential network that works to build a fairer world for everyone. Membership brings together actors in development cooperation and sustainable development, and provides concrete tools, support, and networks that help you succeed in this work.
As our member, you receive a wide range of benefits: expert advice, training, extensive information on development issues, and new opportunities to influence and collaborate with different actors. We advocate for the interests of our member organisations and organize events where members can showcase their work. Member organisations can also take part in Fingo’s trainings at discounted rates and use our meeting facilities free of charge.
You can also join Fingo as a supporting member and thus express your support for global justice and sustainable development. Fingo offers certain membership benefits exclusively to its supporting members.
Have a look at the brochure (in Finnish) describing our membership benefits in more detail and see all our member services here. More information about membership fees is available here.
Applying the membership
Membership in Fingo is open to legally capable associations or foundations whose activities support Fingo’s purpose and relate to sustainable development, development cooperation, or global citizenship education. In addition, members may work in areas such as humanitarian aid, peacebuilding, human rights, or other activities that promote sustainable development. Organisations whose work relates to the above-mentioned themes alongside their primary activities may also apply for Fingo’s membership.
Supporting membership is open to legally capable associations, foundations, or companies whose activities relate to Fingo’s key thematic areas and who accept Fingo’s purpose. The activities of a company applying for supporting membership must be directed toward supporting themes of sustainable development in a way that does not seek to misleadingly reinterpret or redirect their meaning for the sake of increasing business profit. Private individuals may also apply for supporting membership in Fingo.
All applicants for membership or supporting membership must accept the principles of Fingo’s work as laid out in Fingo’s founding statement, and their activities must meet Fingo’s membership criteria. An organization applying for membership must have been entered in the Finnish Register of Associations or Foundations at least one year earlier.
Fingo’s founding statement
Fingo was founded on 19th June 2018 to promote global justice and sustainable development. Fingo’s work is based on the persistent work of the Finnish development sector to eradicate poverty and inequality. Following the principles of sustainable development, we wish to protect the ability of current and future generations to lead a good life within environmental boundaries. Fingo’s strength lies in its members: together we are stronger and able to make a bigger impact.
We are aware of important changes happening in our field, challenging us to search and find new partnerships and new ways of working. These include climate change and other environmental threats, increasing inequality, the narrowing space of civil society and the disputed status of multilateral collaboration. We are committed to creating new ways of working and acting in collaboration with different actors that share our main goals and values: global justice, sustainable development, human rights, equality and democracy.
Fingo’s work is guided by the ability to cooperate, openness to interaction, a courageous and innovative attitude and respect for diversity. These core principles will be implemented in all aspects of Fingo’s work.
Fingo’s member criteria (in Finnish)
New members are approved by Fingo’s Board, which meets approximately ten times a year.
Member application
You can apply for membership with a signed member application form (pdf). You can fill out the form and send it electronically. Please do not forget to sign your application! Applications should be accompanied by the following appendices:
- Rules of Association
- Certificate of registration in Finland’s official Register of Associations (yhdistysrekisteriote)
- Annual report (toimintakertomus)
- Action plan (toimintasuunnitelma)
- Income and expenditure statement/report (tilinpäätös)
- Financial plan (talousarvio)
In order to participate in the World Village Festival as a member organisation of Fingo, the applicant must have been accepted as member by the end of the previous year.
Get in touch
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Adviser, Member Relations Sara Levänen
