Sida KTS projects in Mongolia and Thailand

Swedish consultants should look out for a number of KTS contracts on offer at Sida. Two of them, in environmental education and education for children with disabilities, are in Mongolia. A third involves strengthening capacity in environmental education in Thailand.

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SWECO lands contract to repair Egyptian monument

The Swedish consultancy SWECO has been awarded a SEK 4.6 million contract by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for the repair of a pharaonic temple in Luxor (El Uqsur), Egypt.

Freelance engineers find new home

An idea whose time has come. Engineering Agency, a freelance bureau for engineering consultants, was the brainchild of two former Carl Bro employees - Jesper Rasmussen, who quit from his position as CEO last year and his deputy Charlotte Schmidt, who stepped down recently.

The Danida Board has approved DKK 60 million in support for the Nile Basin Initiative over a period from 2004 to 2008. NBI was launched in 2001 and represents a regional effort by the ten riparian countries - among the poorest, most debt and conflict-ridden in the world - to enhance cooperation in the use of the Nile’s resources. NBI’s Secretariat is in Entebbe, Uganda.

Horn of Africa forestry mission

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs announces a tender for the procurement of services for a project entitled: Horn of Africa Regional Forestry Intervention, Fact-finding and Identification Mission.

Refurbishment of Uganda sub-stations

Uganda has received a credit of EUR 12.7 million from the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) toward the cost of the Fourth Power Project. Part of this credit will be used to finance the extension and refurbishment of Lira, Lugazi, Masaka,West and Mbarara North sub-stations.