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World Village Festival to be scaled down in spring 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a prolonged state of uncertainty for event organisers. This is why the organiser of the Word Village Festival, Finnish Development NGOs Fingo, is forced to considerably scale down the event. One of the largest festivals in Finland, this spring’s World Village Festival will be organised on a smaller scale online and, if permitted by the pandemic situation, also live on sites around Helsinki.

The 2018 Nicaraguan spring and the role of civil society organization

The deterioration of democratic institutions in Nicaragua shows the important role of CSOs in the defense of human rights and sustainable development, writes José Valdivia.

Fingo’s Letter to Commissioner Urpilainen on EU HREDD

Fingo's letter to Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships, on EU human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD).

Call for Fingo members: Carry out a community-driven experiment

Fingo Powerbank launches a new round of experiments for its member organizations and their partners in the Eastern African countries. The goal is to implement ten experiments next year.

Evaluator for Fingo’s PMEL system

Fingo is looking for an evaluator to design and conduct developmental evaluation of Fingo's PMEL system.

Evaluator of Fingo Powerbank

Fingo is looking for an evaluator or team of evaluators to design and conduct an evaluation of Fingo's Powerbank-project.

Consultant to assess policy coherence in the context of the EU Farm to Fork strategy and linkages to selected African countries’ climate adaptation and mitigation efforts

Letter from 79 CSOs and trade unions: Defending real public country by country reporting in trialogue negotiations

Letter signed by 79 civil society organisations, trade unions and networks from across Europe and all regions of the world expressing our support for the European Parliament's defence of meaningful transparency and urging you to stand firm.

Finnish Development NGOs Fingo calls for an immediate international response to safeguard democracy, human rights and civic space in Myanmar

As the umbrella organisation of 300 development organisations in Finland, Fingo strongly condemns the military coup that took place on February 1st in Myanmar which has suspended civilian government and effectively grabbed full power to the military, and the associated violence.

Report: NGO-Private Sector Collaboration in Kenya

The NGO-Private Sector Collaboration in Kenya -report looks at the current nature of engagement between NGOs and private sector actors in Kenya and analyzes companies and startups working with NGOs in Kenya.

Consultant to develop an advocacy strategy and action plan on European commission staff working document Delivering on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals –A comprehensive approach