Norge har ledet giverlandsgruppen for #Palestina (AHLC) i tre tiår. Da Norge i forrige uke innkalte til møte i #AHLC, møtte verken USA eller Israel opp. På agendaen var en krisepakke som skal forhindre kollaps i de palestinske selvstyremyndighetene. rundskue24.substack.com/p/fn-uka-usa...

Sweden’s new strategy for #humanitarian assistance managed by Sida is lauded by experts for its focus on “humanitarian diplomacy” and on increasing the share of aid to be channelled through local #NGOs. #Sweden @sidasweden.bsky.social www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Syriske #flyktninger i #Jordan er mer skeptiske til å reise hjem. Mindre #nødhjelp og ufullstendige dokumenter gjør det vanskelig for syriske flyktninger å reise tilbake til #Syria, viser en ny rapport fra @flyktninghjelpen.bsky.social substack.com/@rundskue24/...

Denne uka undertegnet #Norge en avtale med #Kroatia om at landet får 1.5 milliarder kroner i norsk støtte fram til 2028 fra de såkalt #EØS-midlene. Midlene skal finansiere samarbeid med Kroatia om grønn omstilling, utdanning i distriktene og justissektoren. rundskue24.substack.com/p/norge-inng...

Også energi og næringsutvikling blir viktig, ifølge Utenriksdepartementet. I Kroatia er Innovasjon Norge, Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse, Domstolsadministrasjonen, Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet og NVE blant norske institusjoner involvert. rundskue24.substack.com/p/norge-inng...

25 humanitarian actors shortlisted for multi-year funding from Sida, have been informed that the agency will be carrying out a “media review” to ensure they do not support violent #extremism, #islamism, #antisemitism or #terrorism. @sidasweden.bsky.social www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Klimainvesteringsfondet går ut av Afrikas største sol- og batteriprosjekt med solid gevinst og investerer 765 mill. kroner i nye Anthem, som skal bygge fornybarprosjekter i #Sør-Afrika som kan produsere kraft tilsvarende 1/4 av Norges strømforsyning. #fornybar rundskue24.substack.com/p/klimafond-...

Anthem sikter mot en storstilt utbygging av sol- og vindkraft i #Sør-Afrika med mål om å produsere 11 gigawatt. Utviklingsminister Åsmund Aukrust sier bidrag i «denne skalaen må til for å få fart på overgangen til #fornybar #energi i Sør-Afrika». rundskue24.substack.com/p/klimafond-...

Samlet norsk investering i Anthem er 850 mill. kroner. KLP, Norges største pensjonsfond bidrar med 85 mill kroner. Bjørnar Baugerud, leder for Klimainvesteringsfondet, sier Anthem blir en nøkkelinvestering for å bidra til #fornybar energi i #Sør-Afrika. rundskue24.substack.com/p/klimafond-...

Norway's Climate Investment Fund is exiting the Kenhardt hybrid #sunpower and #battery project in #SouthAfrica, the largest of its kind in #Africa, after just 2 years. Fund chief Bjørnar Baugerud says their job is done, others can take over the financing. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

On the surface, #Denmark ’s aid is steady and predictable. But in this time of global turmoil and the downward spiral in global aid, Danish aid is increasingly transformed into a realpolitik toolbox in the hands of Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

The #GlobalFund faces two huge funding challenges at once. Though it has so far survived the US and UK aid cuts, slow disbursements from donors like #France, #Canada, and #Germany mean that it is short billions of dollars for this year. #globalhealth #HIV www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

A Brazilian federal prosecutor is suing the state of #Pará, host of #COP30 climate summit, for damages to #indigenous communities caused by a #forestcarbon purchase agreement worth USD 180m. #Norway has funded much of the architecture facilitating the deal. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

As disruptive forces reshape the #Nordic aid scene, #Sweden, #Denmark, and #Norway, three of the world’s top donors, have headed in very different directions. Aid alliances are cracking within and between the countries. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

- Den borgerlige bistandsalliansen ligger i ruiner. #Høyre er nøkkelen til kontinuitet - Frp, det største opposisjonspartiet, må tåle skarpere søkelys på sin utenriks- og bistandspolitikk Les hele analysen her: rundskue24.substack.com/p/valganalys...

- Rødgrønn valgseier trygger et norsk internasjonalt engasjement på høygir de neste 4 årene - Budsjettforhandlinger om #bistand med en flora av småpartier kan føre til mer fragmentering - #Ukraina og #Klimainvesteringsfondet kan drive bistandsprosenten oppover rundskue24.substack.com/p/valganalys...

Scandinavian aid: Two towers and a broken bridge As disruptive forces reshape the Nordic aid scene, #Sweden, #Denmark, and #Norway, three of the world’s top donors, have headed in very different directions. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

OPINION: A faltering process - Unpredictable funding undermines ambitious African climate plans. Nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which play a key role in the #ParisAgreement will be on the #COP30 agenda. #Africa #energytransition #renewables www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Danish #vaccine diplomacy during the #Covid-19 #pandemic was driven largely by foreign policy self-interest and #migration concerns, a new study shows. #Denmark donated 10.78m doses of Covid-19 vaccines globally. @diis.dk Read full story here: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

I løpet av Erna Solberg sine åtte år som regjeringssjef (2014-2021) utgjorde #bistand i snitt 1.02 prosent av bruttonasjonalinntekt (BNI) årlig, ifølge OECD. Les mer om hvordan en borgarlig utviklingspolitikk kan se ut. rundskue24.substack.com/p/bistand-li...

Fremskrittspartiet vil kutte nesten hver tredje bistandskrone og foreslår igjen store endringer i norsk #bistand, men partiet har alltid forhandlet vekk mye av politikken sin på dette området i bytte for andre innrømmelser.

Satt på spissen har bistand fungert som en politisk valuta for Fremskrittspartiet, som kan byttes i strammere innvandring, billigere alkohol og diesel, eller andre prioriteringer partiet er opptatt av. Bløffer Frp om bistandskutt?

Norsk #bistand har holdt seg på omtrent 1 % av BNI de siste 20 årene uavhengig av hvem som har styrt. I et nytt notat anbefaler den liberale tankesmien Civita et fortsatt høyt bistandsnivå dersom de borgerlige vinner valget. #valg rundskue24.substack.com/p/bistand-li...

Opinion II: The #cleanenergy transition brings heavy human costs & new forms of dependency for #Africa. A country like #Nigeria must be pragmatic, use #naturalgas to drive #industrialization and avoid colonial technology dependency, Obinna Onyekwena writes. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Op-ed: #Africa must recognise that #EnergyTransition models exported from Europe and the US are shaped by their strategic interests and carry double standards. “We must deconstruct the narratives being sold to us,” writes Obinna Onyekwena. #renewables www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

There are 5 known contenders in the race for the top job at @undp.org, all from donor countries: #Japan, #Denmark, #Norway, #Belgium & #France. There is still time for a dark horse to join. The deadline for applications has been extended. #UNDP www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

At a time when aid budgets are being slashed across the board, #Gavi - the financial powerhouse in #globalhealth - aims to raise USD 9b to expand its mission. Bill Gates has reached out to old friends in Oslo to bolster the alliance. #sdgs #vaccines www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

INTERVIEW: Norway’s Anne Beathe Tvinnereim was development minister when #Norway topped the OECD donor ranking but aid budgets shrunk elsewhere. She recounts her political battles to keep aid level up and how an engaged PM Jonas Gahr Støre was crucial. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

IDA pledges by the US and UK governments are no longer certain, a #WorldBank report on #IDA21 hints. Reductions from the two leading donors could diminish concessional funds available to low-income countries by billions of dollars. @eurodadnews.bsky.social www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

OP-ED: Smallholder #farmers - many of them #women - grow most of the food consumed in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. They must be front and centre in locally led solutions for addressing #climatechange and bolstering #foodsecurity. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Norway's Climate Minister Andreas B. Eriksen dispels nepotism concerns, stands by #forest aid to #Indonesia. “Indonesia is an important partner for #Norway .. We have a clear zero tolerance policy on financial irregularities and conflict of interest.” www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Western donors’ aid declined by 7% in 2024 to USD 212b, OECD statistics show. The OECD/DAC expects a further drop in the years to come. Carsten Staur, Chair of OECD’s aid committee, says donors should ringfence aid for Sub-Saharan Africa. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Rethinking aid: A call for genuine transformation in the development paradigm. Op-ed in Development Today by Obinna Onyekwena of @gatesfoundation.bsky.social writing in his personal capacity. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Since #Sweden's sudden defunding UNRWA, SEK 300m are re-directed to other UN agencies and ICRC, implying that they can carry out its work. Critics say this undermines #UNRWA’s primary mandate, which is children’s education. #GazaWar #Palestine #humanitarian www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Norfund's aid-funded Climate Investment Fund reports solid returns on #renewable #energy #investments in countries like #India & #SouthAfrica, while Norway's oil fund is losing money on its renewable #investments restricted to Europe & North America. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

UNRWA is running out of cash, uncertain about covering costs in April, says Marc Lassouaoui. A few donors Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands & Denmark have kept #UNRWA afloat. But defunding by Sweden and USA wiped out 1/4 of core budget. #Palestine #GAZAwar www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

#Sweden, #Denmark and #Norway have introduced measures to mitigate the effects of #USaid cuts through a combination of early disbursements, flexibility between programmes, and extra cash., Nordic #NGOs still face tough dilemmas about what to prioritise. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

#GAVI's dwindling path to $9b replenishment: *3 govts + Gates account for 65% of $30b in resources since 2000. *US and UK are cutting support, Norway can hardly close the gap. *Unspent billions of $ from COVAX will soften the blow. #Globalhealth www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

When #Norway's Andreas B. Eriksen signed an extension of a NOK multi-billion #forest scheme with #Indonesia, he was not aware his counterpart Raja Juli Antoni had picked himself & 11 party members to oversee the funds with hefty payments from the scheme. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Norwegian diplomats responded fast to media reports warning of political #nepotism after Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni appointed 11 members of his Solidarity Party to oversee a fund that has received NOK 2.4b in #rainforest aid. #Indonesia #Norway www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

New call for proposals tests Norway’s willingness to provide direct funding to indigenous-led organisations. #NICFI #redd+ @coiabamazonia.bsky.social @apiboficial.bsky.social @gabrieldread.bsky.social @rainforestus.bsky.social @rainforestnorway.bsky.social www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Relief agencies receiving #humanitarian support from the Swedish and Norwegian aid agencies have been given flexibility to use their Nordic funding to compensate for the impacts of the #USaid cuts. #Sweden has sped up its disbursements. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

3 Nordic #relief NGOs have received 55 termination notices for US aid projects worth a total of USD 300m, and they are waiting for reimbursements of USD 51m for work already carried out. With expenditures piling up, they face a liquidity crunch. #USaid www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

While funding for #development #research has been levelled down, the government intends to abolish an independent committee of #scientists that advises @Sida, in a move that academics see as an attack on a knowledge-based approach to development. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

OPINION: The geopolitical vandalism of Trump II could have the unintended consequence of prompting low and middle-income countries, under duress, to liberate themselves from much of external financiers. #globalhealth #USaid #Africa www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

#Indonesia’s claim that #deforestation has declined by 90% is the result of “cherry picking” the data, a report by NMBU says: 1/3 of the decline in deforestation is simply due to the fact that there is less forest left to destroy. @angelsen.bsky.social www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

A month into the US aid freeze, Nordic NGOs are tapping into their reserves to mitigate the consequences of the #USaid stop. There is uncertainty about waivers and which running costs the US government will eventually cover. Massive layoffs are underway. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

Global #humanitarian needs are growing & funds are hard to come by. Some Norwegian actors have an advantage, because they have exclusive access to Norwegian funding worth NOK 10b over the next five years. #NGOs from other countries are not eligible. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

EXCLUSIVE: Three Nordic research institutes were part of the independent review of #UNRWA led by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, but they refused to endorse the final report, Development Today has learned. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...