Nordic NGO financing

Domestic threats to the golden standard in global aid

For more than a decade, Sweden and Norway have set the global bar in aid by dedicating 1 per cent of GNI to development assistance. But there are growing calls for deep cuts. Though the parliaments in...

News January 25, 2021

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12 humanitarian actors reach finish line in competition for Swedish funding

Following a comprehensive scrutiny, Sida has selected what it deems to be the world’s 12 fastest, most...

News September 30, 2020

Three NGOs out-perform UN agencies in Sida ranking of humanitarian partners

In an evaluation for Sida of 21 humanitarian organisations, including five UN agencies, Mercy Corps,...

News August 14, 2020

Corona pandemic sparks transformation of Nordic NGOs

The COVID19 pandemic has already changed the way Nordic NGOs work and it will likely affect operations...

News June 11, 2020

Changes in USAID anti-terror clause can open for renewed cooperation with Norwegian People’s Aid

USAID has revised the anti-terror clause in its certification process for NGOs receiving funding from...

News May 22, 2020

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Sweden compares UN agencies and NGOs on equal terms in scrutiny of humanitarian partners

Sida is reviewing its humanitarian portfolio as part of a process of selecting organisations through...

News March 20, 2020

Danish NGO IBIS confronts ‘built-in weaknesses’ in Oxfam’s global system

Three years after merging with Oxfam, the leadership of Oxfam IBIS in Copenhagen is grappling with “...

News January 24, 2020

Intense competition among Swedish NGOs for Sida multi-year funding

Responding to a call for proposals from Sida, no fewer than 20 Swedish non-governmental organisations,...

News December 13, 2019

Advocacy and fundraising: Oxfam Sweden finds its niche

The Swedish branch of Oxfam has managed in just five years to carve out an identity in the competitive...

News November 26, 2019

Sida opens SEK 1.9b NGO pie for competition

Sida is opening a funding pot worth SEK 1.9 billion to new Swedish NGOs. For almost a decade 15 organisations...

News May 24, 2019

Nordic NGO financing

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