News

• PSD International Training Programmes off to a good start

  2012-02-22
  SIPUs new advanced International Training Programmes in Private Sector Development, Private Sector Growth and Strategic Business Management, conducted in collaboration with Jarskog Konsult, are now up and running.

  

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• PAR Signing Ceremony in Serbia

  2012-02-07
  Last week SIPU, together with a representative from the Serbian government, signed agreements for seven projects aiming to modernise Serbian Public Administration.

  

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• Successful annual mingle event

  2012-01-26
  The annual SIPU mingle event took place on 19 January on Dalagatan in Stockholm. A big turnout from the whole development community in Sweden was present for a couple of hours of socialising.

  

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• Klarar det svenska samhället att stå emot korruption i framtiden?

  2012-01-24
  Denna intressanta fråga behandlar våra vänner på Transparency International i ett kommande seminarium den 8 februari. De anordnar en paneldebatt med anledning av lanseringen av sin stora studie som granskar tolv svenska samhällsinstitutioners kapacitet, styrning, och förmåga att stå emot korruption.

  

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• Continued collaboration between SIPU and Naturvårdsverket

  2012-01-11
  SIPU proudly announces renewed collaboration with Naturvårdsverket (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency) as administrative coordinators of their ITP-programme; Environmental Governance and Management with EU-focus.

  

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• BETHLEHEM PEACE CENTRE – a SIPU Christmas project

  2011-12-27
  Bethlehem Peace Centre at the Manger square in Bethlehem, only a stone's throw to the Church of Nativity (Födelsekyrkan) was only work in progress when SIPU International in 1998 was assigned by the Swedish Consulate General and Sida in Jerusalem to assist the Mayor of Bethlehem in establishíng a cultural centre," Bethlehem Peace Centre".

  

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• Mauritius – paradise for tourists but hell for commuters?

  2011-12-13
  If economic development In Mauritius proceeds at the same pace as in recent years, this could be a local newspaper headline in a couple of years.

  

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• One-Stop Shop service delivery in Bhutan

  2011-12-02
  Bhutan is a small country with big mountains, deep valleys, and dispersed population in remote areas with difficult access. Providing equal service to citizens in all 205 gewogs (local authorities), many of which can only be reached on foot, is difficult and costly.

  

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• SIPU and Mulungushi University sign MoU

  2011-11-25
  The signing in October of a Memorandum of Understanding between SIPU International and Mulungushi University in Zambia, is a direct outcome of SIPU's international training programme "Local Environmental Management in Urban Areas," financed by Sida.

  

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• Regional PAR Conference in Belgrade

  2011-11-21
  SIPU together with Eurecna is assisting the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government in implementing the project "Support to the Public Administration Reform in Serbia, 2010-2013", financed by Sida.

  

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• Ninh Binh PAR reform project ends successfully

  2011-11-16
  Public Administration Reform (PAR) has a long history in Vietnam, starting in the mid-nineties, and continuing to this day. SIPU has for fifteen years supported these efforts through a number of projects financed by different donors.

  

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• ITP Private Sector Development - extended deadline

  2011-11-07
  SIPU International and Jarskog Konsult are jointly implementing two new International Training Programmes in Private Sector Development, launched by Sida. The programmes are separate but interlinked: Strategic Business Management (SBM) and Private Sector Growth (PSG).

  

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• 6th round of Human Rights Towards Gender Equality

  2011-11-03
  SIPU in collaboration with Uppsala University organises the ITP-programme Human Rights Towards Gender Equality for the 6th time.

  

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• SIPU and KPMG collaboration for ICAI

  2011-11-03
  SIPU International proudly announces collaboration with KPMG for the provision of evaluations commissioned by the British Independent Commission for Aid Impact.

  

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• SIPU presents evaluation report at Norad seminar

  2011-09-21
  SIPU International presents evaluation report at Norad seminar: Evaluation of Research on Norwegian Development Assistance

  

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• New website for SIPU's domestic operations

  2011-07-13
  Recently SIPU International launched a new website for the domestic training operations. The training aimed for the Swedish market specializes in capacity building and institutional development for both the public sphere and civil society.

  

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• Swedish phase of Environment ITP completed

  2011-06-10
  

  

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• Successful Sri Lanka project RIERP has come to an end

  2011-06-06
  Rehabilitation and Implementation of Education Reforms in Plantation Schools, Sri Lanka (RIERP)

  

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• SIPU wins Sida Framework Agreement

  2011-05-30
  SIPU International is pleased to announce that, from April 2011, we - together with our consortium partners - will be a service provider to Sida under a Framework Agreement for reviews, evaluations and advisory services concerning results frameworks

  

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• 2010 Annual Report

  2011-05-25
  The 2010 SIPU International Annual report is now available for download.

  

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