DT 17 / 2004

Nordic aid bureaucracies slow to accept Plan International

The Finnish branch of Plan International appears to be in the final stages of negotiations with the Finnish...

News November 02, 2004

Global Fund aims to build brand awareness

The Global Fund aims to strengthen its brand. It has turned out to be difficult to raise cash from private...

News November 02, 2004

US Treasury blacklists Danish NGO as part of terrorist network

A US Treasury press release links a Danish NGO, the Independent Scandinavian Relief Agency (ISRA), to...

News November 02, 2004

Fed up with donors, Uganda to finance dams itself

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has pledged at least USD 100 million per year for the next five years...

Business November 02, 2004

Report: Helsinki Ministry ‘extremely centralised’

A major independent report on the administrative and resource development needs of the Finnish Ministry...

News November 02, 2004

Sweden channels increasing aid through national police

Swedish aid funds supporting assistance by Swedish police officers in conflict-ridden areas has grown...

News November 02, 2004

Natura gains foothold in new Vietnam Ministry

Rambøll Natura has been contracted by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)...

Business November 02, 2004

Another hydro project in Laos on horizon for SN Power

The Theun Hinboun Power Corporation (THPC) in Laos, in which the Norwegian state-owned power company...

Business November 02, 2004

Establishment of Zambian Rural Electrification Authority

Sida announces a tender for technical assistance to support the establishment of a Rural Electrification...

Business November 02, 2004

Swedish Geological/SWECO win NDF job in Zambia

A Nordic Development Fund (NDF) project entitled “Consolidated Environmental Management Plan for the Copperbelt Province in Zambia" has been awarded to an association comprising Swedish Geological AB and SWECO International, with SGAB being the lead firm.

Business November 02, 2004

Global AIDS Fund. in defence of “local agents" In its previous issue, Development Today summarized a report the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has commissioned as part of a review process of “Local Fund Agents" - a key element in the Global Fund structure. (See DT 15-16/04)

Opinion November 02, 2004

Norwegian aid secures Statkraft’s stake in contentious hydro project

The Norwegian state-owned investment company SN Power has committed almost NOK 300 million (USD 45 million)...

Business November 02, 2004

Development in a world of change

Danish Minister Bertel Haarder calls for coherent policies in aid and trade, tax laws, anti-corruption...

Opinion November 02, 2004

NORAD evaluates tenders for infrastructure services

NORAD’s Private Sector and Environment Department (MN) is currently evaluating the tenders of several...

Business November 02, 2004

World Bank’s house of cards

Uganda faces a serious energy crisis and President Yoweri Museveni has with good reason blamed the Bretton...

Opinion Editorial November 02, 2004

Sweden demands refunds from Palestinian group, threatens court action

A routine audit of the Sida-sponsored Palestinian organisation Center for Democratic Advancement (CDA)...

Business November 02, 2004

Eva Joly to investigate AsDB anti-corruption work

Norway will ask the Special Advisor on Anti-corruption at the Ministry of Justice Eva Joly to assess...

News November 02, 2004

Norwegian NGO aims for corporate partners

One Norwegian NGO has worked out a formula for raising funds from large and small businesses.

News November 02, 2004