DT 2 / 2007

Sadev chief criticises quality of Sida statistics

Swedish private companies working in the aid field have for years complained about the absence of reliable...

News February 13, 2007

Challenges Norwegian oil fund

News February 12, 2007

Ministry squeezes Sida to report on performance

Sida has been saddled with no fewer than 20 deadlines in the coming months for delivering special reports...

News February 12, 2007

New Sida Board appointed

News February 12, 2007

Donors hold sway. Kazatchkine to lead Global Fund

France’s AIDS Ambassador Michel Kazatchkine will be the next Executive Director of the Global Fund...

News February 13, 2007

Solheim’s private sector

Opinion Editorial February 13, 2007

Sharp rise in Sida funding to state agencies in 2006

There was a dramatic increase in the level of Sida funding channelled through Swedish state agencies...

Business February 13, 2007

Solheim aims to overhaul private sector tools

As the Norwegian business community comes together for its 15th annual gathering in Oslo on private sector involvement in aid this month, the temperature is at an all-time low. “The business community’s interest in aid is waning," says Tori Tveit at NHO.

Business February 13, 2007

Lack of 'Finnish content' disqualifies African firms

South-African and Namibian companies lost out to the Finnish registered GE Healthcare Projects Oy in...

Business February 13, 2007

Spanish Gamesa wins DKK 1b wind mill contract

Denmark continues to have the largest mixed credit portfolio among the Nordics, but the contract value...

Business February 13, 2007

Transparency, efficiency in Kenya Forest Service

The Finnish Foreign Ministry invites tenders for the inception phase of a project to support forest sector...

Business February 13, 2007

National agriculture and livestock programme in Kenya

Sida is launching phase II of the National Agriculture and Livestock Extension programme in Kenya over...

Business February 13, 2007

A ‘black belt in bureaucracy’ for Norwegian private sector

With the goal of providing guidance to Norwegian companies in the jungle of business-related facilities...

Business February 13, 2007

Finland assists Hungary to become a donor

The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has for the first time won an EU tender for a so-called “twinning light" programme. Over the next six months, Finland will assist a new EU member state, Hungary, to build up its ODA administration.

News February 13, 2007

Danish Energy Management aims for top spot

Technical competence, not price, is the key to Danish Energy Management’s recent successes in the Danida...

Business February 13, 2007