Sida is a government agency working on behalf of the Swedish parliament and government, with the mission to reduce poverty in the world. Through our work and in cooperation with others, we contribute to implementing Sweden’s Policy for Global Development (PGU).
We work in order to implement the Swedish development policy that will enable poor people to improve their lives. Another part of our mission is conducting reform cooperation with Eastern Europe, which is financed through a specific appropriation. The third part of our assignment is to distribute humanitarian aid to people in need of assistance.
We carry out enhanced development cooperation with a total of 33 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Our selection of cooperation countries are based on political decisions made by the Swedish government.
Sida’s mission is to allocate aid and other funding. Our operations are managed by the government’s guidelines, describing the goals for each year’s operations and the size of the development aid budget.
Our staff members and their expertise assist the government with the assessments and the information it needs, in order to decide and implement its development assistance policy. We participate in the advocacy work for Sweden’s prioritised issues within the international development cooperation field, and we are in constant dialogue with other countries and international organisations. Part of our assignment is also to report statistics and disseminate information about our operations.
Our work is financed by tax money and we administer approximately half of Sweden’s total development aid budget. The other part is channelled through the ministry for Foreign Affairs. All our work should be performed in a cost-effective way with a strong focus on results.
Sida has more than 700 employees, located in our three offices in Sweden as well as abroad in our cooperation countries.
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Displaying 71 - 75 of 2742022 Internal Control Review IGAD LG and IDDRSI
General
This was commissioned to review the capacity of IGAD for Internal Control. The focus was on two Swedish contributions to IGAD: 1) IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative and 2) the Gender Responsive Land Administration of IGAD.
PMU Peaceful and resilient communities in Ethiopia 2023-2026
General
The project contributes to inclusive and sustainable peace in Ethiopia by increasing social cohesion and enhancing peacebuilding engagement by religious actors on national and regional levels. The project also focuses on strengthening the capacity of programme providers and local peacebuilders to carry out peace work, including psychosocial support, and developing approaches and practices for quality interventions.
Objectives
The overall goal of the programme is Peaceful and resilient communities, and that individuals, civil society groups and institutions contribute to good social co-existence in the Ethiopian society. Outcome 1: Social cohesion including psychosocial well-being increased in target communities affected by violent conflict. Outcome 2: CSOs, religious actors, women and youth are engaging in peace-building on local, regional, and national levels. Outcome 3: Communities in conflict-affected areas are integrated in the programmes HDP nexus approach, leading to increased resilience against food and economic insecurity. Outcome 4: Programme providers capacity is enhanced and approaches and practices are developed to strengthen the quality of interventions.
PMU Peaceful and resilient communities in Ethiopia 2023-2026
General
The project contributes to inclusive and sustainable peace in Ethiopia by increasing social cohesion and enhancing peacebuilding engagement by religious actors on national and regional levels. The project also focuses on strengthening the capacity of programme providers and local peacebuilders to carry out peace work, including psychosocial support, and developing approaches and practices for quality interventions.
Objectives
The overall goal of the programme is Peaceful and resilient communities, and that individuals, civil society groups and institutions contribute to good social co-existence in the Ethiopian society. Outcome 1: Social cohesion including psychosocial well-being increased in target communities affected by violent conflict. Outcome 2: CSOs, religious actors, women and youth are engaging in peace-building on local, regional, and national levels. Outcome 3: Communities in conflict-affected areas are integrated in the programmes HDP nexus approach, leading to increased resilience against food and economic insecurity. Outcome 4: Programme providers capacity is enhanced and approaches and practices are developed to strengthen the quality of interventions.
Global Fund for Women 2023 - 2026
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GFW's long-term vision is - "A world where movements for gender justice have transformed power and privilege for a few into equity and equality for all" The new strategic plan builds on lessons from the last strategic period and aims to support GFW's continued organizational development to better support already functioning or newly emerging social movements. The strategic plan has the following five objectives: 1. Find and fund emerging gender justice movements poised for impact by leveraging data and insights. 2. Define and practice excellence in feminist grantmaking and support of gender justice movements - to maximize movement impact and minimize friction, burden, and competition. 3. Raise money in support of gender justice movements by building a community of support through relationships, including with feminist funds. 4. Promote gender justice by challenging the dominant narrative around philanthropy and co-creating opportunities for feminist solidarity, joy, and movement victories. 5. Grow a values-based organizational culture that aligns with our vision so we can show up better for each other and our partners. GFW forwards funds to organisations at the local level. Climate Justice is one of GFW's program areas and in 2022, 20% of all grants were directed to activities in this area. The grants go to activities that include sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and support for indigenous women's work for land rights. In 2022, 22% of all grants went to organizations that work with SRHR (sexual and reproductive justice).
2022 Internal Control Review IGAD LG and IDDRSI
General
This was commissioned to review the capacity of IGAD for Internal Control. The focus was on two Swedish contributions to IGAD: 1) IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative and 2) the Gender Responsive Land Administration of IGAD.