DT 3 / 2004

UNICEF and WHO moved to hang on to GAVI funds from Norway

The GAVI Secretariat has lobbied Norway and the Netherlands in an attempt to make the donors stop channelling GAVI funds directly to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The move has reportedly caused some tension within the GAVI alliance

News March 01, 2004

Sweden to launch in-depth audit of Ministry in Mozambique

Sida is preparing an in-depth audit of the Education Ministry in Mozambique following a report by Ernst...

News March 01, 2004

Changing profile of Sida’s field offices

As the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency continues to decentralise its administration,...

News March 01, 2004

WHO argues for continued ‘dual’ GAVI funding

Direct GAVI funding from Norway and the Netherlands is still important for the World Health Organization...

News March 01, 2004

World Bank willing to take a new look at Karuma Falls

NORPAK, the Norwegian consortium behind the Karuma Falls hydropower project, which lost out to the controversial...

News March 01, 2004

Ministry ends state agencies’ monopoly on technical aid contracts

Private Norwegian consultants like Norplan, Norconsult, InterConsult and SWECO Grøner can look forward...

News March 01, 2004

Report challenges MS to focus less on sending Danes abroad

An evaluation of the Danish Association for International Cooperation (MS) urges Denmark’s largest...

News March 01, 2004

In Brief

: Denmark and China have signed an agreement on cooperation in the area of climate. The agreement gives...

News March 01, 2004

Competing with GAVI

When GAVI was launched, additionality was the key. The alliance was going to facilitate Bill Gates’...

Opinion Editorial March 01, 2004

COWI takes home 50% of Danida consultancy contracts in 2003

In a Danish aid market that continued to shrink, COWI came out far ahead of its competitors, winning...

Business March 01, 2004

Opportunity is not enough

Even if the Millennium Development Goals are achieved, more than 900 million people will remain in absolute...

Opinion March 01, 2004

Planning ahead for an untied Danish aid market

COWI saw the writing on the wall.

Business March 01, 2004

Ghana road project marks end of an era

A DKK 250 million road construction contract in Ghana, won by Per Aarsleff AS, was the last big contract...

Business March 01, 2004

SWECO lands contract to repair Egyptian monument

The Swedish consultancy SWECO has been awarded a SEK 4.6 million contract by the Swedish International...

Business March 01, 2004

Freelance engineers find new home

An idea whose time has come. Engineering Agency, a freelance bureau for engineering consultants, was...

Business March 01, 2004

Denmark plans major support to Nile Basin

The Danida Board has approved DKK 60 million in support for the Nile Basin Initiative over a period from...

Business March 01, 2004

Refurbishment of Uganda sub-stations

Uganda has received a credit of EUR 12.7 million from the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) toward the cost...

Business March 01, 2004

Sida KTS projects in Mongolia and Thailand

Swedish consultants should look out for a number of KTS contracts on offer at Sida. Two of them, in environmental...

Business March 01, 2004

Horn of Africa forestry mission

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs announces a tender for the procurement of services for a project...

Business March 01, 2004

Danes gripped by Malawian chicken fever

When the Danish government decided to cut the aid budget by DKK 1.5 billion, Foreign Minister Per Stig...

News March 01, 2004

DT 3 / 2004

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