DT 4-5 / 2008

Volvo admits bribing Iraqi regime, risks losing UN supplier status

News April 07, 2008

No cross debarment of Volcker firms

Immediately following the publication of the Volcker Report, heads of procurement from UN agencies and...

News April 07, 2008

New chief of Mekong commission

Jeremy Bird, an irrigation engineer with experience working in the Mekong region, took up the position...

News April 07, 2008

New democracy focus in Swedish aid strategy

The Swedish government aims to both simplify and shift the emphasis of the Policy for Global Development,...

News April 07, 2008

Sweden to host Iraq conference

It is confirmed that Sweden will host the International Compact with Iraq (ICI), a UN conference that...

News April 07, 2008

StatoilHydro aims for Iraq oil market. Exits oil aid scheme

Business April 07, 2008

Auditing the Auditor General

Sida has presented what it calls an independent audit that plays down the findings of the Auditor General’s...

Opinion Editorial April 08, 2008

Report: Statoil and Hydro's conflict of interest in Iraq

Business April 07, 2008

No Danish tying of aid funds to state agencies

Business April 08, 2008

Overambitious goals for the Iraqi oil programme

There is a tendency to use broad, ambitious goals to justify aid programmes. The Bridge Group writes...

Business April 07, 2008

Finland aware of possible violation of procurement law

Business April 08, 2008

Sida ponders procurement legalities

Sida is assessing the conclusions of last month’s report by the consultancy AffärsConcept AB, which...

Business April 08, 2008

Land use specialist at Mekong Commission

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs will finance the position of Senior Land Use Planning Specialist...

Business April 08, 2008

SWECO wins wastewater contract in Sri Lanka

SWECO has been awarded a contract by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)...

Business April 08, 2008

Evaluation of World Vision in Bosnia-Herzegovina

This World Vision project to be evaluated had as its overall aim to support the development of a more...

Business April 08, 2008

Evaluation of Finnish aid to Kosovo, 1999 to the present

The Finnish Foreign Ministry announces a tender for the evaluation of its development assistance programme...

Business April 08, 2008

Rural electrification in Uganda

Sida has allocated SEK 74 million for the implementation and monitoring of the Sida II Rural Electrification...

Business April 08, 2008

Finland steps up contributions to WFP

Finland has responded to urgent calls from the World Food Programme (WFP) for additional assistance by...

News April 07, 2008

USD 1.5b package aims to boost supply of new vaccine

News April 07, 2008