DT 1 / 2005

Right Livelihood denied charity status, considers leaving Sweden

The lawyers of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation, which issues an annual award to environment and peace activists - the so-called “Alternative Nobel" Prize - have recommended that the foundation move to Germany.

The foundation is now considering closing its offices in Stockholm after 25 years.

News January 26, 2005

Tsunami aid pledges strain Finnish, Danish humanitarian budgets

Combined pledges made by the four Nordic countries make up the sixth largest amount of assistance promised...

News January 26, 2005

Hilde Frafjord Johnson could make it to the top of UNDP

The Norwegian Minister for International Development Hilde Frafjord Johnson has a fair chance of becoming...

News January 26, 2005

Inspired by de Soto, Kjørven pushes for commission

The Millennium Development Goals cannot be reached unless legal and institutional frameworks are created...

News January 26, 2005

Multilateral agencies resist reforms, cling to own projects

UN agencies and the African Development Bank (AfDB) cling to their project approach. UNDPs role in inter-agency...

News January 26, 2005

Nordic-African common ground on UN reform, global security

Foreign ministers from the Nordic countries and ten African nations found common ground on reform of...

News January 26, 2005

Time to cut AfDB funding

The eight so-called “MOPAN" donors have finalised their second assessment of multilateral agencies and...

Opinion Editorial January 26, 2005

In Brief

BILLIONS TO GAVI: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced it is doubling its previous USD...

News January 26, 2005

What it will take to reach water and sanitation MDGs

Expanding water and sanitation coverage is not rocket science. It requires neither colossal sums of money...

Opinion January 26, 2005

Non-Danes try their luck: 14 bidders, 3 winners

During the first year of Denmark’s new untied aid procurement policy, 14 non-Danish firms attempted to...

Business January 26, 2005

COWI’s arch rival Carl Bro regains position in Danish aid market

Carl Bro came out ahead in the Danish aid market in 2004, winning a larger contract volume than arch...

Business January 26, 2005

New tool allows companies to gauge human rights performance

Private companies that want to adhere to human rights now have a new tool to assess their performance...

Business January 26, 2005

NORAD frame agreements finalised

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) has finalised a total of nine framework agreements...

Business January 26, 2005

1994-2005: Swedish review of Pangani Dam

A full decade after its commissioning, the Pangani Dam in Tanzania will be the subject of an unprecedented...

Business January 26, 2005

COWI assesses water needs in Sri Lanka after tsunami

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commissioned COWI to carry out a rapid technical assessment...

Business January 26, 2005

Month three. ISRA case drags on

Three months after the US Treasury Department issued a press release that identified the Danish relief...

News January 26, 2005

Denmark to chair UN counter-terrorism committee

With the appointment, Denmark solidifies its international profile as a global leader in the war against...

News January 26, 2005

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