DT 5-6 / 2004

Lessons learned: steal with pride, quick wins are possible

The British Norwegian Secretariat for donor harmonisation in Zambia has compiled a lessons learned list for Harmonization in Practice (HIP). Here are some of the main points summarised by

News April 06, 2004

Zambia: Nordics launch aid effectiveness plan

Several new donors have joined the Nordic Plus initiative for improved coordination and aid effectiveness...

News April 06, 2004

Denmark to coordinate military and relief operations

A joint initiative by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence lays the foundation...

News April 06, 2004

Sweden halts funding of water programme in Uganda

The Swedish aid agency Sida has terminated further disbursements to a directorate under The Ministry...

News April 06, 2004

50 new UN jobs in Copenhagen

The Danish Foreign Ministry has approved an allocation of DKK 30 million to finance the transfer of two...

News April 06, 2004

Sida continues to tracks down financial irregularities at Proni

The Swedish NGO ForumSyd will take over the lion's share of the Balkan project portfolio of the Proni Institute. The Swedish aid agency Sida terminated its funding of Proni last August due to financial irregularities. Sida has asked the Board of Proni to clarify several issues in its accounting before deciding how much they will demand be refunded.

News April 06, 2004

In Brief

RWANDA MEMORIAL, TEN YEARS ON: A decision of the UN General Assembly last December makes April 7, 2004...

News April 20, 2007

Plus, plus

The Nordic Plus initiative Harmonisation in Practice (HIP), aimed at increasing aid effective-ness in...

Opinion Editorial April 06, 2004

Swedish consultants urge Sida to put more contracts out for tender

Sida gave SEK 318 million worth of aid contracts to Swedish state agencies last year. (See DT 4/04) The...

Business April 06, 2004

Lack of long-term commitments in Afghanistan

The donor community’s failure to promise sufficient long-term funding for Afghanistan increases the...

Opinion April 06, 2004

Danish resource base wants EC to monitor untying in member states

Aid consultants in Denmark want the Danish Foreign Ministry to pressure the European Commission to monitor...

Business April 06, 2004

Danida decentralisation opens Danish aid market to local consultants

The decentralisation of the Danish aid administration, which officially took effect last September, has...

Business April 06, 2004

Rambøll focuses on Finnish, Swedish aid markets

The Danish consultancy firm Rambøll made two strategic moves in the past few years that shifted the...

Business April 06, 2004

Norway’s first untied credit: Swedish Purac wins tender for China project, disqu

Swedish PURAC/Kaldnes has won an international tender for delivery of the Yanji Waste Water Treatment...

Business April 06, 2004

Sida KTS contract coming up in Tunis

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is providing financing for a consultant...

Business April 06, 2004

Change of leadership at MS

Bent Nicolajsen steps down after three tough years at the helm of Denmark’s largest development NGO,...

News April 06, 2007

DT 5-6 / 2004

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