DT 13 / 2013

Sida proposes taking over aid portfolio from Foreign Ministry

As the Swedish Foreign Ministry is hit with revelations of gross mismanagement, Sida proposes taking over the ministry’s portfolio. But Sida has barely enough resources as it is.

News October 26, 2013

Saving REDD. Seymour aims to reverse the ‘narrative of disappointment’

Results-based funding for forest protection has failed to take off as many had hoped six years ago. Frances...

News October 26, 2013

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Finland co-chairs UN’s post-2015 financing group

Ambassador Pertti Majanen of Finland will co-chair the UN expert group on how financing the post-2015...

News October 26, 2013

Nordics as peacemakers. Cooperation or competition?

Classical wars of power politics between states have virtually disappeared, while intra-states wars and...

Opinion October 26, 2013

Changing of Finland’s Green guard

Finland’s Development Minister Heidi Hautala (Green), who was also responsible for state enterprises,...

News October 26, 2013

Global Fund’s steep climb to USD 15 billion

The Global Fund has set itself an aggressive fund-raising target of USD 15 billion for the next three...

News October 26, 2013

Norway sacrifices development post

For the first time in three decades, Norway has no development minister. But the alternative might have...

News October 26, 2013

Speeds up forest aid reporting to OECD, after Brazil agreed to change tax law

A few weeks before his resignation, former Development Minister Heikki Holmås managed a last-minute transfer...

News October 26, 2013

The Blue-Blue team

Norway takes a sharp turn to the right after the election, but the new government has not announced drastic...

Opinion Editorial October 26, 2013

Friis Bach offers grants for Danish firms in recipient countries

Danish companies can receive up to DKK 750,000 in support from a new scheme established to initiate business...

Business October 26, 2013

Key role for Progress Party in expanding business aid

Pål Arne Davidsen is the Progress Party’s only politician at the Foreign Ministry. The new State Secretary...

Business October 26, 2013

Call for proposals for projects in Burma

A call for proposals has just been announced by the Mekong Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) for...

Business October 26, 2013

Monitoring business sector aid in Tanzania

A consultant in the field of monitoring and evaluation is required by the Danish Ministry of Foreign...

Business October 26, 2013

NGO fund for work on sexual health

The Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen, along with the Dutch Foreign Ministry and the Packard Foundation...

Business October 26, 2013

Support for Sida’s loans & guarantees

Sida has an ambitious policy of using development assistance to leverage participation from other funding...

Business October 26, 2013

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