1. South East Asia Finnish Red Cross supported DRR/DP/DM projects
Marko Korhonen
Regional representative

2. AFGANISTAN

3. FINNISH RED CROSS and ECHO / DIPECHO
First ECHO funding at1996
Since then there has been projects every year up to date
2013 two running Dipecho projects:
Honduras
Argentina and Paraguay
Finnish Red Cross is known for:
ERU’s (Emergency Response Unit)
Especially Field Hospital
Large delegate reserve and strong training dept.
(400+ active members)
Currently largest ECHO application in process.
Jordania/Syria Field hospital
Consortium with other European Red Crosses and IFRC

4. 1996 – 2010 ▲ + 23,864,713€
Ten projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 1,465,000 ECU and 4,270,555€
Tajikistan
Six projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 1,950,000 ECU and 1,650,000€
Azerbaijan
Two projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 184,676 ECU and 675,588€
Russian Federation
1999
Two projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 1,600,000€
Federal Rebublic of Yugoslavia, Albania and FYRoM
2001
One project, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 2,102,500€
India
2002
One project, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 300,000€
DPR Korea
Two projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 691,971€
Palestine
A/O T
Four projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 2,385,759€
Swaziland
Two projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 2,273,163€
Iran
One project, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 2,000,000€
Pakistan
Five projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 1,590,706€
Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
Two projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 893,221€
Trinidad & Tobago, St.Vincent & Grenadines
2008
Ethiopia
One project, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 380,700€
Zimbabwe
2010
Two projects, funding to Finnish Red Cross totalling 2,698,900€
Haiti

5. Philippines Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Project
Implemented at Aklan Province and Caloocan City
Project started at Aklan 2010
Both Urban and Rural environments
Includes Both “software” and “hardware” components
overall budget ca €
Successes and challenges
co-operation with local government
Great networking at Urban regions
Disasters affect projects timetable
Strong district organizations
Increased capacity at local level

6. Cambodia Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Project
Started at 2010 and continues up to 2015
Implemented at Kampong Thong district
Close co-operation with FRC supported CBHFA project
Both “software” and “hardware” components
budget ca €
Successes and challenges
Co-operation between health and DRR projects
Increased capacity at district and local level
Sustainability issues at some of the hardware components
Strong co-operation with local government