The main objective of Danish development assistance is poverty alleviation in consideration of crosscutting issues such as gender, environment, democracy, good governance and human rights. Denmark's official development assistance is provided in accordance with the official Strategy for Denmark’s Development Policy named "Partnership 2000".Danish Bilateral Development AssistanceDanish bilateral development assistance provided by the Danish governmental aid agency Danida is mainly channeled through Sector Programme Support (SPS). This concept entails support to a limited number of sectors within each programme country. The objectives of the SPS-strategy are to promote national ownership of development efforts and to enhance the outcome of joint efforts through adoption of a long-term perspective. All Danish development assistance is provided on grant terms. The Environment Facility in Southeast AsiaAt the United Nations Conference for Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the world community acknowledged the need for joint action to design economic policies that sustain and expand the environment resource base, better known as Agenda 21. The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development proposed cooperation between developed and developing nations on an equitable basis in establishing a more prosperous, just and secure world. In response to this call, the Danish Parliament in 1993 allocated funds to set up the Environment, Peace and Stability Facility. Danida administrates these funds, which are targeted at combating global environmental problems through the transfer of Danish technology and know-how to countries in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia . The activities in Southeast Asia began in 1994 with projects in Malaysia and Thailand, in 1997 projects started up in Cambodia and in 2001 an actual country programme for Cambodia was developed. The cooperation provides bilateral environmental assistance aiming at developing local capacity to manage natural resources and the environment. Danish consultants and experts are made available to transfer expertise and skills as well as environmental technology to developing countries enabling them to find local solutions to environmental problems. The target groups are the national government, provincial authorities, local communities, the civil society and the private sector.
