{"id":143716,"date":"2023-10-31T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T12:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143716"},"modified":"2023-10-31T14:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T12:37:03","slug":"fca-closes-its-operations-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/fca-closes-its-operations-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"FCA closes its operations in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hero full-width id-block\" style=\"background-image: url('');\">\n\n\t<div class=\"bg-mobile\" style=\"background-image: url('');\"><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"curtain\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-blocks entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FCA closes its operations in Cambodia<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-ingress\">The decision is based on the changing geopolitical situation, such as the war in Ukraine, which has widely impacted the funding of NGOs like FCA in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOLLOWING A DECISION<\/strong> from its Board of Directors, Finn Church Aid (FCA) closes its operations in Cambodia at the end of the year. FCA has had a Country Office in Cambodia since 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;During the exit process, FCA continues to work with key stakeholders and partners to complete the program implementation to fulfil its accountability for the beneficiaries and toward its donors&#8221;, says\u202f<strong>Marja J\u00f6rgensen<\/strong>, Director of International Programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision is based on the changing geopolitical situation, such as the war in Ukraine, which has widely impacted the funding of NGOs like FCA in recent years. This has put traditional long-term development funders under increasing pressure to cut development funding or direct Overseas Development Aid (ODA) towards refugees and asylum seekers on their own soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the overall financial situation of FCA is solid in 2023, there are challenges facing funding in 2024 and onwards. Long-term, predictable funding is decreasing, and unearmarked funding available is becoming limited. Growth in international funding sources brings, however, its own challenges, such as securing staff when funding fluctuates. This also affects efforts to strengthen our core functions, which traditionally have been financed by unearmarked funding sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo face these realities, it financially makes sense to exit from Cambodia in a well-organised manner, allowing FCA to reallocate the available resources efficiently whilst reducing its operational complexity. Therefore, it requires the cooperation and understanding from all relevant stakeholders to support this exit process and possibly take over the responsibilities to contribute to building local ownership and sustainability in Cambodia,\u201d says J\u00f6rgensen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the decision to commence an exit process is largely the consequence of the changing geopolitical situation, J\u00f6rgensen highlights the sustainable impact of FCA\u2019s work and wants to thank all FCA\u2019s stakeholders who have been working torward assisiting those people whose human rights have not been fully realised in Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe impact of FCA\u2019s work on the right to quality education, right to livelihood and right to peace in Cambodia for more than a decade is considered a solid base for a positive change that is no longer acutely dependent on FCA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last 12 years, FCA has supported the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS)\u202fin creating Cambodia&#8217;s career counselling system. The work led to career counselling being included in the national curriculum, and career counsellors are now trained for nationwide needs. Youth have also gained skills and participated in development work and the labour force. Communities have been supported in the sustainable management of natural resources and in alleviating and adapting to the consequences of climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FCA closes its operations in Cambodia The decision is based on the changing geopolitical situation, such as the war in Ukraine, which has widely impacted the funding of NGOs like FCA in recent years. 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