DT 16 / 2005

One-time Finnish food aid subsidy at odds with untying policy

Finland has for the first time this year allocated about 10 per cent of its in-kind contribution to WFP...

News October 17, 2005

Europeans commit USD 170m to new OCHA fund

Six European donors have pledged USD 170 million for a proposed new fund to be set up under the Office...

News October 17, 2005

African leaders queue up to meet Danish Development Minister

Danish Development Minister Ulla Tørnæs faces a very tight programme later this month when she visits...

News October 17, 2005

Danish tsunami bill dips into development budget

Days after the tsunami catastrophe, the Danish government pledged DKK 420 million for emergency and reconstruction...

News October 17, 2005

Swedish agriculture support to Bosnia-Hercegovina

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is currently supporting a number of agricultural...

Business October 17, 2005

Extraordinary NOK 300m for disaster victims

In response to the onset of two major overlapping natural disasters, the former Norwegian government...

News October 17, 2005

Finland to complete Nepal environment project

The Finnish Foreign Ministry is looking for a consultant to implement the final phase of an environment...

Business October 17, 2005

Norconsult assigned to Allain-Dunhungan HP project

Norconsult has been selected by the Indian Malana Power Company to provide advisory services related...

Business October 17, 2005

Statistics Sweden off the hook

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has concluded that it was by “pure mistake" that Statistics Sweden gave out contracts worth a total value of SEK 4.4 million to four consultancy firms for a Sida-financed IT project in Croatia without following the Swedish Public Procurement Law.

Business October 17, 2005

Attacking privatisation

Norway’s new government has launched a radical new aid policy. By attacking aid’s role in privatisation...

Opinion Editorial October 17, 2005

Avoiding conflict of interest in a small aid market

In a recently awarded contract for the assessment of Finnish environmental aid, the Foreign Ministry...

Business September 17, 2005

Development ministers terminate Nordic Development Fund

The Nordic development ministers have decided that they will not provide funds for a fifth replenishment...

Business October 17, 2005

Finnish Ministry to revamp procurement

The Finnish Foreign Ministry has hired a new Procurement Advisor to improve and update the way the Ministry...

Business October 17, 2005

Sweden reaches 1% in 2006 With reference to the article in Development Today on Swedish aid (DT 14-15/05, September 27, 2005), I would like to correct a major error.

Opinion October 17, 2005

IFRC on tsunami funding: not a zero-sum game

Yes, there is a dilemma when the public and donors pour money into some crises and not others. However,...

Opinion October 17, 2005

Danida announces Copenhagen Competition

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in the process of selecting a European consultant for an unusual...

News October 17, 2005

Halving poverty: more Swedes believe it’s possible

A growing number of Swedes believe the Millennium Development Goal to halve poverty by 2015 can be realised,...

News October 17, 2005

Frafjord Johnson’s last aid budget focuses on Africa

Just before she resigned Development Minister Hilde Frafjord Johnson delivered her last budget proposal....

News October 17, 2005

NGOs argue against including foundations in Sida ‘framework club’

Three large Swedish NGOs have issued a strong warning to Sida against opening up the criteria for NGO...

News October 17, 2005