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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Development Financing for Development Least Developed Countries Private Sector Social Development Sustainable Development Taxation Policy Trade and Development Volunteerism Financing for Development: Addressing systemic issues International Cooperation in Tax Matters Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Mobilizing international resources for development Social Development: Poverty Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Climate change Finance Gender equality Indicators Information for decision-making and participation International cooperation for an enabling environment Partnerships Poverty Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Zambia Finland Kenya United Republic of Tanzania Mozambique Uganda Zimbabwe
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Fingo´s extraordinary general meeting approved the statutes in the founding meeting in June 2018. According to the statutes, “Fingo is an umbrella organisation, which promotes global justice, sustainable development and strengthening of global civil society". Fingo is also an organisation fostering the cooperation of its member organisations and other stakeholders such as the Finnish state or private sector. organisation and a special interest group. It gives support and creates space for its member organisations in their work to eradicate poverty and inequality in the world. It also defends their operational preconditions and acts as their voice, aggregating their messages. Fingo also actively influences political decision-making. Fingo´s work is guided by the principles of openness, courage and commitment to multi-stakeholder cooperation.
Year established:	2018
Year of registration:	2018
Organizational structure:	The ultimate decision-making power of Fingin lies in the hands of its member organisations that wield their democratic powers in annual general meetings. AGMs elect and appoint every second year the Fingo´s board that is in charge of Fingo´s strategic leadership. The management unit consisting of six directors is in overall charge of operations. Fingo has a line-management structure and each director acts as superiors to teams which each of them have 4-10 staff members.
Number and type of members:	Fingo has approximately 300 member organisations which is very diverse in the size and interests. More than half of member organisations work in development cooperation field and almost the same proportion reports to do some advocacy work and global awareness-raising.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Affiliation with various European and international networks such as Civicus, Forus and Concord.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Grants from Governments Foreign and international grants

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