DT 19 / 2004

Danish AIDS strategy: funds are not main problem

What best can donors do to fight the AIDS pandemic? That was the question put to a small group of experts invited to advise the Danish Minister for Development Bertel Haarder on a new strategy on HIV/AIDS. The strategy will come out for hearing in January.

News December 01, 2004

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EC anti-fraud office documents ‘well-organised financial fraud’ in aid

Fraud in EU aid is “complex and well-organised", according to the EC’s anti-fraud office. EuropeAid’...

News December 01, 2004

Danish NGO funds earmarked for immigrant aid organisations

Danish Minister for Integration and Development Bertel Haarder has launched yet another initiative that...

News December 01, 2004

Plan Finland ties up partnership deal

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Plan Finland Foundation have marked international AIDS...

News December 01, 2004

Jan Eliasson to become UNGA President

The Swedish Ambassador to the United States Jan Eliasson is to become President of the UN General Assembly...

News December 01, 2004

In Brief

IN NEPAL TO STAY: Danish Development Minister Bertel Haarder confirms that Denmark has no plans to withdraw...

News December 01, 2004

Norway overreacts

Norway has an impressive record as a peace broker. The huge humanitarian aid budget has been an important...

Opinion Editorial December 01, 2005

Sida demands refund of SEK 110m after failed road project

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) claims that the consultant Hifab/KM has...

Business December 01, 2004

Swedish Afghanistan Committee replies to MSF

Médicins Sans Frontières and ICRC have criticised NGOs that lobbied for NATO to expand its presence in Afghanistan. MSF wrote in these pages that the “future of humanitarianism" is at stake. (See DT 10-11/04) This is the response of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan.

Opinion December 01, 2004

Consultants resent NCA’s ‘aggressive tactics’ in water market

Norwegian private consulting companies accuse Norwegian Church Aid of pushing them out of the bilateral...

Business December 01, 2004

Donors discuss big changes in NDF, target infrastructure projects

The Deputies Group and the Board of the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) are discussing far-reaching changes...

Business December 01, 2004

Norconsult wins key WB water contract in Tanzania

Norconsult has signed a USD1.5 million USD contract in Tanzania with the World Bank for a study of water...

Business December 01, 2004

Swedish-financed Southern African Power Pool tender

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has set aside SEK 9.8 million for a three-year...

Business December 01, 2004

Danish merger: T&B Consult and Copenhagen DC

Two Danish aid consultancy firms Copenhagen Development Consulting and T&B Consult have agreed to merge. This will take effect as of January 1, 2005. A press release notes that in a sector where the main headings during the last couple of years have been about crisis, staff reductions, worries and pessimism, “the merger represents a story of drive, growth potential, and optimism".

Business December 01, 2004

DT 19 / 2004

Danish AIDS strategy: funds are not main problem

Jobs Market

EC anti-fraud office documents ‘well-organised financial fraud’ in aid

Danish NGO funds earmarked for immigrant aid organisations

Plan Finland ties up partnership deal

Jan Eliasson to become UNGA President

In Brief

Norway overreacts

Sida demands refund of SEK 110m after failed road project

Swedish Afghanistan Committee replies to MSF

Consultants resent NCA’s ‘aggressive tactics’ in water market

Donors discuss big changes in NDF, target infrastructure projects

Norconsult wins key WB water contract in Tanzania

Swedish-financed Southern African Power Pool tender

Danish merger: T&B Consult and Copenhagen DC

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SN Power receives permit to develop Ugandan small hydro

Danish ISRA plans to set up new organisation

Nordics push for cross-debarment system in multilaterals

OECD remarks on absence of humanitarian aid policy document

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