DT 20 / 2005

Danes lose confidence in Mozambican authorities

Denmark is deeply sceptical of Mozambican authorities’ capacity to handle aid money channelled through the education sector. An unannounced spot check of Zambezi provincial authorities’ accounts, carried out by Danish Embassy officials earlier this year, first raised the suspicions of widespread irregularities in the management of Danish aid funds.

News December 20, 2005

No more patience with Uganda

Sweden has decided to withhold SEK 65 million in budget support to Uganda in light of the negative democratic...

News December 20, 2005

Not final yet. Wrangling continues over G8 debt relief plan

When the G8 countries launched their debt relief plan at the Gleneagles Summit in Scotland last summer,...

News December 20, 2005

Norwegian Auditor: loose paper trail for humanitarian NGO grants

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has great trust in NGOs and companies involved in humanitarian...

News December 20, 2005

A return to UN peacekeeping

Norway will send hundreds of soldiers to Sudan as a result of the new government’s decision to increase...

News December 20, 2005

Procurement vs grants in Finnish aid

reported in the previous issue that the Finnish Foreign Ministry is taking a second look at a large five-year...

News December 20, 2005

Solheim and Wolfowitz meet again

Norwegian Development Minister Erik Solheim met World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz once again on December...

News December 20, 2005

UN launches emergency fund as tsunami anniversary nears

2005 will be remembered as the year of precedents in the humanitarian field.

News December 20, 2005

Swedish Red Cross collections for Pakistan pick up

The Swedish public appeared to be suffering from donor fatigue immediately after the Pakistan earthquake...

News December 20, 2005

Unsustainable banking

The G8’s launch of a debt relief plan at Gleneagles was not well prepared in the donor community, and...

Opinion Editorial December 20, 2005

Sida evaluation of Uri dam in India comes under heavy critique

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is considering its response to a detailed...

Business November 20, 2005

Large new contracts to emergency relief firms in NOREPS network

The upswing for the Norwegian emergency relief industry continues.

Business December 20, 2005

Uri survives October earthquake unscathed

The Swedish engineering consultancy SWECO reports in a press release that the Uri hydropower plant has...

Business December 20, 2005

New contracts in Zambezi Province of Mozambique

Denmark is grappling with its largest suspected case of aid mismanagement in a decade - in connection...

Business December 20, 2005

Development of land administration in Kosovo

Sida announces a tender involving the strengthening of the tenure system in Kosovo. The project’s purpose...

Business December 20, 2005

Swedish Rescue Service in Pakistan

The Swedish Rescue Services Agency was reportedly out with one of the earliest responses to the appeal...

Business December 20, 2005

A storm over two cups of coffee

Criticising competitors in the fund-raising field is normally not done. But when the Norwegian daily...

News December 20, 2005

Breakthrough likely for Plan Sweden, but not until next year

Foundations are now eligible for Sida multi-year aid grants. This is the result of a long-awaited decision on the criteria for “framework NGO" funding.

News December 20, 2005

NGOs. Their rightful place in Western wars

Total destruction and rebuilding are no longer an option in modern contemporary warfare. In Western wars...

Opinion December 20, 2005

DT 20 / 2005

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