ROYAL DANISH EMBASSY. Oslo, 4 June 1974 Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your note of 4 June 1974, which reads as follows: [See note I]
ROYAL DANISH EMBASSY. The Royal Danish Embassy (RDE) works within the development priorities of the South African Government as stated in the South African Government national (Presidential) Programme of Action. In view of the serious energy and climate change challenges to South Africa, Denmark and South Africa has agreed to replace the Danish transitional assistance programme with a long-term development co- operation programme, thus paving the way for a stronger partnership between the two countries. The basis for the Danish-South African development cooperation has been agreed upon in the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Government of Denmark and the Government of South Africa in May 2003. The strategy for the cooperation, which outlines the priorities for support and the modalities of implementation, is contained in the document “Country Strategy for South Africa; Strategy for Danish-South African Development Cooperation” of February 2003. The strategy provides the framework for cooperation with specified areas of support for the five-year period 2002-2006. These priority sectors include i.a. education, governance, HIV/Aids, private sector development, water & sanitation and urban environmental development. Within the context of the Kyoto Protocol, the Danish Government has initiated cooperation in a limited number of countries, which have a big potential for CO2 reductions. This includes South Africa. The present twinning programme is fully in line with the development priorities of the long-term development co- operation programme between Denmark and South Africa.
