Appropriations and their use
Finland is committed to reach the 0.51 % minimum figure set by the European Council in 2005 for the EU-15 by 2010, and to reach 0.7% by 2015.
Finland's official development assistance 2010
- appropriations 965,6 million euro
- actual development cooperation 734,9 million euro (Ministry for Foreign Affairs)
- other ODA 230,7 million euro (MFA development cooperation administration, costs of refugee reception, share of the EU's development budget, disbursements to other international organisations)
- appropriations 0,56 % of GNI
- appropriations 180 euro per capita
- actual development cooperation 137 euro per capita
The appropriations of actual development cooperation administered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are allocated to nine budget lines
- Multilateral development cooperation
- Country- and region-specific development cooperation
- European Development Fund
- Non-country specific development cooperation
- Humanitarian aid
- Planning, support functions and development information
- Evaluation and internal audit of development cooperation
- Support to NGO development cooperation
- Interest subsidies
The allocation of appropriations is guided by the Government’s development policy programme adopted in 2007. The eradication of poverty and ecologically sustainable development are the most important objectives of Finland’s development cooperation according to the Millennium Development Goals agreed jointly in the United Nations.
