Appointed by the Government for its four-year term of office, the Development Policy Committee is the only body monitoring and evaluating Finnish development cooperation and policy on a systematic and broad basis.

Analysis, statements and press releases

Assessment report 2018 by the Development Policy Committee

Assessment report by the Development Policy Committee: Development policy focusing on equality […]

Development Policy Committee calls for transparency in the allocation and use of financial investments

The nature of Finland’s development cooperation financing has undergone a drastic change […]

Statement by the Development Policy Committee: The EU needs stronger development policy and cooperation more than ever before

5.4.2017 This spring, the European Union and its Member States will decide […]

Development Policy Committee: Finland responds quickly in support of women

  7 February 2017 The presiding officers of the Development Policy Committee […]

Statement by the Development Policy Committee: Adequate resources needed for both pre-emptive development cooperation and humanitarian aid

The acute refugee crisis is diverting attention from long-term development cooperation to […]

The Development Policy Committee’s guidelines on the role of the private sector in Finnish development policy

  Sustainable development emphasises the role of the private sector. The private […]

Statement by the Development Policy Committee: Cuts in development cooperation will undermine results and tarnish Finland's image abroad

2 September 2015 Finnish development cooperation is facing the steepest cuts in […]

Development policy needs a permanent base and clear objectives

14 April 2015 A development policy programme that changes with each Government’s […]