The Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU
KEHYS ry

Kehys is the Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU, offering services to NGOs on
EU development policy issues.

Kehys provides:

• information on EU development policy and cooperation
• information on EU funding for Finnish NGOs
• training and consultancy
• support for NGOs to influence the EU

Kehys promotes:

• debate about EU development policy
• networking and information-sharing between NGOs in Finland,
in the EU and globally.

Kehys focuses on:

1. Advice and training on EU funding

Kehys provides Finnish NGOs  with information on EU funding opportunities for development cooperation and development education projects. Kehys also offers various forms of training and advice.

2. Development policy advocacy

Kehys actively engages in the debate on EU development policy and supports Finnish NGOs in understanding and influencing the EU by distributing information and facilitating policy activities. Kehys focuses especially on policy coherence for development.

3. Development education

Kehys promotes development education in Finland and acts as a link to European development education forums.

4. Networking

Kehys supports its members in networking with other NGOs in Europe and in the developing countries. In the enlarged EU it is important to encourage
NGOs to take up development policy issues and to collaborate with different stakeholders.

5. Information

Kehys operates a mailing list to inform about events, training courses and other themes related to EU development policy and EU advocacy. Kehys also operates a separate mailing list concentrating on EU funding and publishes a
monthly newsletter (in Finnish). For more information contact info(at)kehys.fi.

The work of Kehys is supported by public funds made available from the NGO budget of the Department for Development Policy of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.