DT 6 / 2005

Tove Strand: last thoughts on Norad

The Director General of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) Tove Strand is on her...

News April 14, 2005

Plan Finland finalises Ministry deal. Save the Children next in line

Plan Finland’s four-year framework agreement with the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has now...

News April 14, 2005

Five-point drop in Norwegian aid, but still at Number One

In 2004, Norway remained at the top of the OECD donor list, though the Norwegian aid level dropped by...

News April 14, 2005

Finnish NGOs increasingly looking to EU for multi-year funding

Finnish development NGOs are increasingly looking to the EU for co-financing of development and education...

News April 14, 2005

Right Livelihood Award likely to stay in Sweden

Swedish Finance Minister Pär Nuder has taken the final decision that the Right Livelihood Award Foundation,...

News April 14, 2005

After years of scepticism, Sweden steps up funding for GAVI

Sweden is cautiously increasing funding for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)....

News April 14, 2005

Red Cross must face its donors

The Red Cross announced in late January that USD 1.2 billion would be sufficient to finance its tsunami...

Opinion Editorial April 14, 2005

Sweden, Norway support Upper Nile river sharing

Sweden has signed an international agreement with five countries in East Africa on institutional cooperation...

News April 14, 2005

Following irregularities, Sida closes Proni chapter

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has recently reached an agreement regarding...

News April 14, 2005

Huge promises for Sudan. Annan warns: ‘hungry people can’t eat pledges’

For a couple of days in Oslo, Sudan was in the media spot light as representatives from 60 countries...

News April 14, 2005

South Sudan must not pay for crimes in Darfur

Give reconstruction aid to Southern Sudan, but give only humanitarian aid to the government in Khartoum,...

Opinion April 14, 2005

SWECO loses dominant position in Swedish aid market

Sweden’s leading engineering company SWECO has lost its position as a dominant player in the Swedish...

Business April 14, 2005

Sida prepares for new wave of infrastructure projects

The Swedish mixed credit programme is under scrutiny and is likely to be changed and made more flexible....

Business April 14, 2005

Blanket bidding. COWI’s strategy for winning Danida tenders

How to succeed in the untied Danish aid market? COWI’s answer is to bid for just about every contract...

Business April 14, 2005

Sida to evaluate Uri hydro project in Northern India

Business April 14, 2005

Tender guarantee scheme in trouble

The tender guarantee scheme launched by Norway’s Development Minister Hilde Frafjord Johnson has run...

Business April 14, 2005

Oxford Policy Management wins Danish assignment

The British consultancy firm Oxford Policy Management has won its first major assignment with Danida,...

Business April 14, 2005

Establishment of Palestinian mapping agency

The Palestinian Ministry of Planning invites expressions of interest from consultants for a tender related...

Business April 14, 2005

Four-year private sector forestry plan for Bolivia

Sida is financing a four-year umbrella programme for the Bolivian forestry and wood sector at national...

Business April 14, 2005

Tove Strand: last thoughts on Norad

The Director General of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) Tove Strand is on her...

News April 14, 2005