DT 18 / 2004

Norway bucks joint-donor effort to harmonise humanitarian aid

At the second donors’ meeting on Good Humanitarian Donorship held in Ottawa last month, Norway expressed resentment and reservations about the on-going process of improving international emergency aid. Norway proposed to dismantle a key Geneva-based donor group that is pushing forward efforts to harmonise and reform humanitarian assistance.

News November 17, 2004

Swedish Minister on death of Margaret Hassan

Following the apparent killing of Margaret Hassan of CARE in Iraq, Swedish Development Minister Carin...

News November 17, 2004

IFAD, Nordics to re-focus on rural poverty

In the context of the upcoming five-year evaluation of the Millenium Development Goals, the five Nordic...

News November 17, 2004

Danes want new global fund for repatriation of refugees

Since Danish Minister for Refugees, Immigration and Integration Affairs Bertel Haarder added the development...

News November 17, 2004

UNHCR cautious about Danish approach to refugees

Måns Nyberg, Senior Regional Public Information Officer of the United Nations High Commissioner for...

News November 17, 2004

Finland stays out of Global AIDS Fund

Finland’s aid spending on health care in developing countries attempts to focus on wider, multi-sectoral...

News November 17, 2004

Norway shares doubts about Global AIDS Fund’s performance

As the Board of the Global AIDS Fund gathers in Arusha, Norway is among the donor countries critical...

News November 17, 2004

UN casts doubt on Norwegian export of mandatory religion education

The Norwegian government has expressed the intention to export its prestigious primary school religion...

News November 17, 2004

Denmark applauded for remaining in Kenya in times of trouble

Bad governance and widespread corruption made several donors stop development assistance to Kenya during...

News November 17, 2004

People

The Norwegian Sissel Ekaas has been appointed Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General...

News November 17, 2005

Danish aid cuts have led to loss of 600 engineering jobs

According to the Danish engineering journal Ingeniøren, Danish engineering consultancy firms have been...

Business November 17, 2004

SWECO wins further Sida contract at Luxor Temple

The Swedish engineering consultancy SWECO has been awarded a SEK 5 million contract from the Swedish...

Business November 17, 2004

NDF: SWECO to plan six storage dams for Senegal

SWECO has won a SEK 9.4 million Nordic Development Fund (NDF) contract to make plans for the construction...

Business November 17, 2004

Denmark focuses on reforms, private sector in Vietnam

Denmark expects to continue to have substantial development cooperation with Vietnam with particular...

Business November 17, 2004

Weaknesses and strengths of NDF

One of NDF’s great assets is its Nordic umbrella network of suppliers. According to the evaluation...

Business November 17, 2004

Report proposes untying prestigious Nordic fund or closing it down

The Helsinki-based Nordic Development Fund (NDF) faces drastic challenges. An evaluation proposes that...

Business November 17, 2004

Finland aims for further opening of aid consultancy market

More changes can be expected in the Finnish aid market in the near future as the Ministry for Foreign...

Business November 17, 2004

Global Fund spinning facts

In the last issue of DT, the Global AIDS Fund responds to a study questioning the costs of hiring global auditing firms to work as its “local agents" and compares the Fund’s operating costs with other aid agencies.

Opinion Editorial November 17, 2004

Norfund fully behind SN Power’s India hydro project

Norfund is fully behind SN Power’s recent decision to invest in the 192-megawatt Allain Duhangan hydro-electric...

Business November 17, 2004

Snow suits for GAVI

A Norwegian businessman has launched the idea of marketing snow suits directly to children in nursery...

News November 17, 2004

Crisis of humanitarianism: donors and ‘embedded NGOs’ share blame

The announcement by Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF) of its withdrawal from Iraq on November 4 marks...

News November 17, 2004

The problem of “humanitarian blur”

The risks for humanitarians have grown in the last decade; more than 200 UN civilian staff have been violently killed since 1992. Carol Bellamy of UNICEF laments the “blurring of lines" in Afghanistan and Iraq, and makes a plea for the independence of humanitarian organisations.

Opinion November 17, 2004

DT 18 / 2004

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