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Humanitarian needs on the increase

The number of people forced to flee their homes hasn't been this high since the second world war. Sweden is one of the world's largest humanitarian donors and more than 5 billion SEK in humanitarian aid were disbursed in 2015.

En irakisk flicka i ett tält från UNHCR, FN:s organ för flyktingfrågor, i ett flyktingläger utanför Baghdad.

Digital storytelling in Zimbabwe

When Munya Dodo came into contact with the Sida-funded Magamba, his plan was to make the young people's voices heard through digital storytelling. Today he runs a social TV platform and educates young people in using social media to engage civil leaders and drive positive changes in society.

Munya i Zimbabwe - MiC

Sida's Gender Tool Box

The Tool Box provides knowledge, tools and inspiration on how to operationalize gender equality in Swedish development cooperation. The Gender Tool Box highlights areas where we see a need for thematic method support and guidance. It is not only useful for us but also for our partners and other stakeholders.

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14 April 2016

Women entrepreneurs from 16 countries met in Stockholm

Chamber Trade Sweden recently arranged a seminar at...

14 March 2016

Head of UNDP Helen Clark visits Sida

In a time with conflicts and people being forced to...

23 February 2016

Deductions for in-country refugee costs lead to redistribution of Swedish foreign aid

The cost for receiving refugees in Sweden is partly...

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Ouattara Bere Maimouna, Konombi Mouni och Safietou Sanfo under en ITP-kurs om Klimatförändringar, anordnad av SMHI.

International Training programmes

Sida’s International Training Programmes are open to candidates from most low- and middle income countries. The aim is to support and strengthen the participants own plans for change on organizational and sectoral levels.

People First - With power to change

Swedish development cooperation

Swedish development cooperation helps reduce poverty. Our support contributes to economic and political development in poor countries which strengthens their democracy and creates conditions for people to lift themselves out of poverty.

Upcoming courses

Security Management, 15-18 November

Integration of Environment and Climate Change, 30 November-2 December

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Solvatten är en insats finansierad av Nordiska Utvecklingsfonden, som Sida har ett långvarigt samarbete med.

Challenge Funds

To encourage new ideas and innovations in development cooperation, Sida provides different actors the opportunity to compete for funding from challenge funds. Sida supports a number of challenge funds in different areas in order to find the best solutions to various development challenges.

Anab Farah Ahmed Somalia

Swedish Somalis contribute to development cooperation with Somalia

Sida finances two programmes catering to the large Somali diaspora in Sweden, making it possible for Swedish Somalis to contribute to the reconstruction of their country. The programmes are now being expanded.

Nylansering Openaid

Openaid.se

Openaid.se is a web-based information service about Swedish aid built on open government data. On this site you can follow when, to whom and for what purposes aid funds have been disbursed, and with what results.

Sida's mission

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 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.

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