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The Danish NCD Alliance is a cooperation between the Danish Cancer Society and the Danish Diabetes Association.
Susanne Volqvartz and members of the board of the East African NCD Alliance.
The Organisation
The Danish NCD Alliance is organised with a president and a steering committee, with leadership representation from the member associations.
The daily assignments are managed by the secretariat, with the possibilities of drawing on resources from the project group.
President and Steering Committee:
President: Associate Professor, dr.med. Per Kallestrup
The Danish Diabetes Association: Director Charlotte Rulffs Klausen
The Danish Cancer Society: Head of Political and Legal Department Una Jensen
The Secretariat:
Director of Development: Stefan Islandi
Program Officer: Morten Bach
Project Assistant: Sandra Hou Vinter
The Project Group:
The Danish Diabetes Association: Charlotte Rulffs Klausen (Advocacy and strategy)
The Danish Cancer Society: Marlène Spielmann (Patient support) and Frederik Westh-Jensen (Finance)
Economy
The Danish NCD Alliance receive the majority of its funds from the Danish International Development Agency’s (DANIDA) Civil Society Fund.
Besides this the member associations contributes with technical expertise and a financial contribution of 360.000 DKK a year, equally divided between the organisations.
Funds received from the Civil Society Fund
| For Programme | 14,1 million DKK | Since 2020 |
| For Uganda | 7,0 million DKK | Since 2010 |
| For Tanzania | 4,5 million DKK | Since 2011 |
| For Zanzibar | 3,0 million DKK | Since 2013 |
| For Burundi | 0,7 million DKK | Since 2017 |
| For Rwanda | 1,25 million DKK | Since 2017 |
| For Kenya | 1,7 million DKK | Since 2019 |
| For the East African NCD Alliance | 3,8 million DKK | Since 2014 |
| For information in Denmark | 45.000 DKK | Since 2012 |
Global Advocacy
We are very engaged in global advocacy; in order to secure NCDs a spot on the global agenda. In this we are closely affiliated with the global NCD Alliance, so for more information about NCDs and global advocacy please visit their webpage: