development agency danida type parastatal of the government of denmark industry financial services founded 1962 headquarters copenhagen denmark key people ulrik vestergaard knudsen permanent state secretary of foreign affairs kim j rgensen state secretary of foreign policy martin bille hermann state secretary of development policy lars thuesen state secretary of trade and strategy 1 products development finance small and medium enterprise finance export finance import finance foreign investment finance development aid website danida danish international development agency danida is the brand which the ministry of foreign affairs of denmark uses when it provides humanitarian aid and development assistance to other countries with focus on developing countries . there is no distinct danida organisation within the ministry . contents 1 origin of name 2 overview 3 focus areas 4 history 5 see also 6 references 7 external links origin of name edit the organisation s name was originally danaid . in greek mythology the danaids were daughters of danaus who killed their husbands and were condemned to fill a bathtub with water to wash away their sins . because the buckets they were given to do this were actually sieves they worked for all eternity in tartarus without making any progress . for this reason the aid agency s name was changed from danaid to danida at the last minute when this unfortunate connotation was discovered . the term danida appeared in 1963 . 2 overview edit denmark has been granting development assistance since the end of the second world war . it is one of the five countries in the world that meets the united nation s target of granting 0.7 % of gross national income gni in development assistance . in 2011 denmark disbursed roughly dkk 15.753 billion us 2.98 billion in development assistance to countries in africa asia latin america the middle east and denmark s european union neighbors . 3 in 2009 danida worked in close association with the indian government s padmasree award winner k.viswanathan and the prestigious institution mitraniketan . furthermore danida works in collaboration with many danish ngos such as global medical aid . 4 focus areas edit danida focusses on these four areas of interest 5 human rights and democracy green growth social progress stability and protection . as of 2015 danida is involved in a total of 73 countries and regions across the world with 21 countries of high priority . most of the priority countries are among the poorest of the world located in africa and asia . 6 7 the sectors receiving the largest amount of financial bilateral support is government and civil society and humanitarian aid at roughly 28 % and 14 % respectively . 8 most of the goals of danida s projects gets fulfilled with an annual success rate between 79 % and 88 % since 2005 . 9 history edit danish development assistance in the 1950s was nearly exclusively channeled through the united nations . in 1962 denmark established its first bilateral development assistance programme for developing countries under the ministry of foreign affairs . in 2010 about 40 % of denmark s bilateral assistance went to social sectors including education and health . danida also works in collaboration with the united nations the world bank regional development banks and the european union . 10 see also edit list of development aid agencies australian agency for international development canadian international development agency department for international development uk europeaid development and cooperation french development agency german international cooperation norwegian agency for development cooperation swedish international development cooperation agency swiss agency for development and cooperation united states agency for international development references edit key people at danida about danida overview of danida scope of activities danida gma collaboration this is what we do in danish . danida . retrieved 1 january 2016 . countries of priority in danish . danida . retrieved 1 january 2016 . countries and regions . danida open aid . 2015 . retrieved 1 january 2016 . sectors . danida open aid . 2015 . retrieved 1 january 2016 . what are the results in danish . danida . retrieved 1 january 2016 . history of danida external links edit official website december 2011 annual report of danish ministry of foreign affairs website of danish ministry of foreign affairs ngo s should criticise the basis for the danish government s development policies v t e international development agencies maintained by governments australia ausaid austria ada azerbaijan aida brazil abc canada cida chile agci china export import bank of china denmark danida egypt eapd finland finida france afd germany giz ireland irish aid israel mashav japan jica kuwait kfaed south korea koica liechtenstein liechtensteinische entwicklungsdienst luxembourg lux development new zealand nzaid norway norad portugal ipad spain aecid sweden sida 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