DT 7 / 2009

Finnish Ministry staff pressured to tie aid

Foreign Ministry staff in Helsinki report that they feel pressured to give priority to aid projects that...

News May 23, 2009

Sacrifices indigenous people’s rights in UN forest, climate negotiations

In its recent submission to the UN on reducing carbon emissions from deforestation (REDD), Norway appears...

News May 23, 2009

Mozambique: Review criticises growing donor bureaucracy

Three Scandinavian watch dogs warn in a joint review against the growing donor bureaucracy in Mozambique’s...

News May 23, 2009

Finland withdraws from prison sector in Afghanistan

News May 24, 2009

Learn from the Finnish system

The three Nordic aid giants - Sweden, Norway and Denmark - don’t normally seek inspiration from Finland....

Opinion Editorial May 23, 2009

Sweden launches Climate Commission

The Swedish Development Minister Gunilla Carlsson launched the report of the Climate Commission in New...

News May 24, 2009

Danish firms face Iraq Oil For Food corruption charges

Danish firms accused of paying kickbacks to Iraqi authorities under the UN Oil For Food Programme have...

Business May 24, 2009

Bilateral funds invest more in Africa than World Bank

Business May 24, 2009

Orgut chief: 'not involved' in SEKAB's final biofuel EIA

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Business May 24, 2009

Preparing for Phase II of Palestinian land survey project

The first four-year phase of the joint Finnish and World Bank-supported Land Administration Programme...

Business May 23, 2009

‘Real-time’ evaluation of Norwegian REDD funding

has learned that the Evaluation Department of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is planning to launch a tender for a so-called “real-time" evaluation of the Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative, which is financed with ODA but managed out of the Environment Ministry.

Business May 23, 2009

Democracy and peace programme in Uganda

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is looking for a consultant to assist the Danish Embassy in Kampala...

Business May 23, 2009

Assessment of Sida’s aid to DR of Congo

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) announces a tender to assess the planned...

Business May 23, 2009

Denmark to double private sector aid to Africa

The Danish Africa Commission proposes the creation of a USD 3 billion African Guarantee Fund. In the...

News May 23, 2009

Green light for Bagamoyo, SEKAB defends environment study

The Bagamoyo biofuel project has received a green light from Tanzanian authorities, but the status of the project's environmental study remains in question in Sweden. The owner SEKAB defends the study, while Managing Director of the consultant Orgut Per Giertz steps back from the report.

Business May 24, 2009