{"id":153333,"date":"2025-03-04T12:57:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T10:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/?post_type=news&#038;p=153333"},"modified":"2025-03-04T12:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T10:57:46","slug":"finn-church-aid-concludes-change-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/finn-church-aid-concludes-change-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn Church Aid concludes change negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finn Church Aid concludes change negotiations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-ingress\">Finn Church Aid (FCA) has completed its change negotiations.\u202fThe negotiations resulted in a reduction of staff equivalent to 8.4 full-time positions in FCA&#8217;s Helsinki office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS<\/strong> started at the end of November 2024.\u202fThe aim was to address a structural funding gap, find ways to improve efficiency and ensure the effectiveness of the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The aim of the change negotiations was to ensure the continuation of FCA\u2019s core tasks in a situation where securing funding for development and humanitarian aid has become increasingly challenging in many ways.\u202fI would like to thank the staff for their constructive attitude in a difficult situation,&#8221; says <strong>Tomi J\u00e4rvinen<\/strong>, FCA Executive Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2013, FCA&#8217;s funding has increased from \u20ac31 million to almost \u20ac80 million.\u202fThe number of beneficiaries has quadrupled since 2018. Last year, FCA\u2019s work reached almost 1.4 million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of this growth has come through international fundraising and directly funding programme activities.\u202fThe funding required for programme support activities has not grown at the same rate, leading to a structural funding gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of this growth has come through international fundraising and directly funding programme activities.\u202fThe funding required for programme support activities has not grown at the same rate, leading to a structural funding gap.<br><br><strong>More information:<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Tomi J\u00e4rvinen, Executive Director, tel. +358 40 641 8209, email: tomi.jarvinen@kua.fi<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finn Church Aid concludes change negotiations Finn Church Aid (FCA) has completed its change negotiations.\u202fThe negotiations resulted in a reduction of staff equivalent to 8.4 full-time positions in FCA&#8217;s Helsinki office.&nbsp; 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