Sector counsellors
Sector counsellors
The sector counsellor is a specialist posted to the Danish embassy to facilitate and support the cooperation between the Danish and partner country’s authorities and integrate the individual SSC projects with the wider activities of bilateral cooperation with the partner country. The aim is to increase the Danish contribution to the implementation of partner countries’ own policies and priorities. In this way, the SSC constitutes a valuable sector diplomatic tool and is an important element of the relations between Denmark and the selected countries.
The sector counsellor works closely together with the Danish authority, the partner authority, the investment advisors, other embassy staff, and private sector, investment and other relevant stakeholders, incl. research institutions and the Danida Fellowship Centre. If there is a concrete demand, the sector counsellors can be deployed to the partner country's authorities.
The Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC) is a self-governing institution under the MFA. DFC manages learning programmes, scholarship/master programmes and research cooperation grants. The SSC provides the majority of DFC’s alumni. Effective use of DFC instruments can contribute to targeted capacity development. Read more
