DT 10-11 / 2008

Recipient needs above ‘narrow Finnish interests’

News July 22, 2008

Sweden considers budget support for Palestine

A new Swedish aid strategy opens for possibility of giving budget support to the Palestinian government....

News July 22, 2008

Sweden invited to Palestinian donor group

The main international body for policy dialogue on Palestinian aid is the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, chaired...

News July 22, 2008

Off the Dar with the Queen

The Danish Foreign Ministry invites Danish businesses to join an official business delegation to Tanzania...

News July 23, 2008

Watching the bee watchers

If your children’s book shelf does not include Dr. Seuss’s

Opinion Editorial July 22, 2008

Three auditors of Sida-financed projects receive professional reprimand

Three Swedish auditors have received a formal reprimand for giving a clean bill of health to Sida-financed...

News July 23, 2008

Nordea, Eksportfinans to give mixed credit loans

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) has entered into framework agreements with two...

Business July 22, 2008

Sida procurement of consultancy services 2007

Last month Sida made public the figures for total consultancy contract volumes over the last five years....

Business July 22, 2008

Swedish fraud suspect released pending trial

Ingemar Nilsson, the former Deputy CEO of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden, has...

Business July 22, 2008

Three auditors of Sida-financed projects receive professional reprimand

Three Swedish auditors have received a formal reprimand for giving a clean bill of health to Sida-financed...

Business July 22, 2008

Sida casts doubt on Swedish auditors

Sida doubts the quality of audit certificates issued by two auditing firms - Ernst & Young and Öhrlings...

Business July 22, 2008

Criticises new Danish approach in Iraq

A former advisor to the Danish Foreign Ministry, Hewi Babakhan, has criticised the shift in Danish aid...

Business July 22, 2008

Extension of “farming as a business” in Zambia

Sweden has been supporting the agricultural sector in Zambia since 2003 through the Agriculture Support...

Business July 22, 2008

Finland plans re-entry into Nepal’s forestry sector after absence of ten years

After a gap of nearly a decade, Finland is returning to the forestry sector in Nepal. In the 1980s and...

Business July 22, 2008

NGO Qandil to be project leader for Iraq water contract

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) plans to support water network management...

Business July 22, 2008

Norway criticises donors for holding back Palestinian aid

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says Norway and the EU cannot give more aid to solve the financial...

News July 22, 2008

Norwegian-financed mini hydropower in Laos

The developer Norpower AS has been granted permission and exclusive rights to develop a small hydro-electric...

Business July 22, 2008

Experts warn: massive carbon forestry aid could hurt poor

A coalition of forestry experts urges “governments of conscience", like Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, to make forest funding conditional on the recognition of customary and equitable land rights.

News July 22, 2008