DT 20 / 2006

Danish NGOs manage to reach 5% fundraising goal for 2006

Danish development NGOs MS and Ibis report that they have during the course of the year managed to fundraise...

News December 20, 2006

Swedish NGOs face 10% fundraising requirement on information

As of 2007, Swedish NGOs will have to raise 10 per cent of their Sida grants for information work on...

News December 20, 2006

‘Swedish aid must not continue by default’

In a recent speech at International IDEA in Stockholm, Swedish Development Minister Gunilla Carlsson...

News December 20, 2006

UN emergency fund nears target in first year

The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (Cerf) is likely to near its USD 450 million funding target less...

News December 20, 2006

Finnish Ministry aims to expand NGO funding

New NGO development cooperation guidelines published by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs aim...

News December 20, 2006

MOPAN study highlights dilemma of UN reform

The third MOPAN study puts the spotlight on the dilemma of making UN agencies more effective by pooling...

News December 20, 2006

Erik Solheim: aid institutions should have normative role in tax haven issue

The Norwegian Development Minister Erik Solheim says he is critical of channelling funds trough tax havens...

News December 20, 2006

Integrating Norway’s domestic and aid policies

News December 20, 2006

Jan Eliasson appointed UN envoy on Darfur

News December 20, 2006

Transparency International: not ready to comment

News December 20, 2006

Market Update

Business December 20, 2006

Eksportfinans, Norad move to simplify mixed credit scheme

A full review of Norwegian private sector schemes in aid will be carried out next year, following five...

Business December 20, 2006

Danish Development Minister snubs OECD

The OECD disputes the Danish policy of tying mixed credits to least developed countries (LDCs), and will...

Business December 20, 2006

Finland needs a permanent solution for ODA financing

Gunvor Kronman has a proposal for increasing the Finnish aid level once and for all: de-link development...

Opinion December 20, 2006

New Norwegian mixed credits in 2006: Laos, Vietnam and Tanzania

Business December 20, 2006

Locking horns with DAC

Opinion Editorial December 20, 2006

NGOs back away from empowerment commission

Norwegian NGOs including Norwegian People’s Aid, Rainforest Foundation and Development Fund are downscaling...

News December 20, 2006