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 121 - 125 of 273GGGI:2022-2025:Biodiversity conservation for ecosystem and community resilience
General
The overall objective of the program is to strengthen the mainstreaming and integration of biodiversity conservation interventions into local development programs by: - Enhancing the sustainable forest management in selected woredas in selected zones in Oromia and South West Ethiopia People Regional States. - Improving gender equality and livelihoods of forest dependent communities, including women and youth, and - Building the capacity of Government stakeholders and local community groups at various levels.
Objectives
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the sustainable management of biodiversity rich natural forests of the Southwest Ethiopia for enhancing ecosystem services and livelihoods improvement of communities living in and around the forest landscapes in Southwest Ethiopia. Furthermore, the project will contribute towards several commitments of Ethiopia for global partnerships such as the Paris Agreement of the UNFCCC, land degradation neutrality of the UNCCD, conservation targets and ambitions of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), AF100, AUs Agenda 2063 and the SDG. The specific objectives of the project are: 1To strengthen mainstreaming and integration of biodiversity conservation interventions into local development programs; 2To enhance the sustainable forest management in selected woredas and zones in Oromia and SWEP Regional States; 3To improve gender equality and livelihoods of forest dependent communities, including women and youth; and 4To build the capacity of Government stakeholders and local community groups at various levels.
IUCN - Effective rights-based conservation for indigenous regional cooperation
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The initiative is a project support which ??seeks to support the effective design and implementation of the rights and environmental justice approach in processes of conservation and sustainable resource management on indigenous lands and territories in Central and South America with nature-based solutions from their own vision as indigenous communities. It will help to strengthen governance structures and capacities to contribute to the management and integrity of the territories as a basis for the conservation of biodiversity, the increase of resilience and opportunities to improve their livelihoods. The project will support indigenous groups in Latin-America (Central America och the Amazon) by assisting: - indigenous communities in highly biodiverse ecosystems to apply tools and mechanisms to prevent and reduce the treats to their territorial management. - environmental defenders and leaders to improve their management, advocacy, and communication capacities for an equitable governance and defence of territorial rights. - indigenous people’s organizations and communications networks to make visible IPCL contributions to conservation, strengthen the prevention and denounce threats to their integrity. - environmental defenders and indigenous people’s organizations to harmonize their agendas ad action proposals to negotiate them in international and regional fora.
Objectives
The project "Advancing towards effective conservation and territorial management with a rights-based approach: strengthening indigenous regional cooperation in Latin America" seeks to support the effective design and implementation of the rights and environmental justice approach in processes of conservation and sustainable resource management on indigenous lands and territories with principles based on nature-based solutions from the perspective of indigenous peoples; strengthen governance structures and capacities to contribute to the management and integrity of the territories as a basis for the conservation of biodiversity and the increase of resilience and opportunities to improve their livelihoods. The project aspires to work on collaboration and dialogue actions between local actors (e.g. indigenous authorities and organizations) and with national and regional authorities and non state stakeholders, from an intercultural approach to consolidate governance structures, indigenous leadership and improve the inclussion and effective participation of women and youth in spaces for dialogue and decision-making on conservation and environmental issues. Sida considers that the project aims to strengthen environmental governance, justice and a rights-based conservation approach within Latin America through empowerment and capacity building for organizations, IPLCs and environmental leaders in a sustainable, culturally adapted and inclusive manner, and in the full exercise of their rights to prevent and address threats to their territorial management. In the long term the project will contribute to secure Indigenous peoples rights in conservation and territorial management of their territories and megadiverse ecosystems.
IUCN - Effective rights-based conservation for indigenous regional cooperation
General
The initiative is a project support which ??seeks to support the effective design and implementation of the rights and environmental justice approach in processes of conservation and sustainable resource management on indigenous lands and territories in Central and South America with nature-based solutions from their own vision as indigenous communities. It will help to strengthen governance structures and capacities to contribute to the management and integrity of the territories as a basis for the conservation of biodiversity, the increase of resilience and opportunities to improve their livelihoods. The project will support indigenous groups in Latin-America (Central America och the Amazon) by assisting: - indigenous communities in highly biodiverse ecosystems to apply tools and mechanisms to prevent and reduce the treats to their territorial management. - environmental defenders and leaders to improve their management, advocacy, and communication capacities for an equitable governance and defence of territorial rights. - indigenous people’s organizations and communications networks to make visible IPCL contributions to conservation, strengthen the prevention and denounce threats to their integrity. - environmental defenders and indigenous people’s organizations to harmonize their agendas ad action proposals to negotiate them in international and regional fora.
Objectives
The project "Advancing towards effective conservation and territorial management with a rights-based approach: strengthening indigenous regional cooperation in Latin America" seeks to support the effective design and implementation of the rights and environmental justice approach in processes of conservation and sustainable resource management on indigenous lands and territories with principles based on nature-based solutions from the perspective of indigenous peoples; strengthen governance structures and capacities to contribute to the management and integrity of the territories as a basis for the conservation of biodiversity and the increase of resilience and opportunities to improve their livelihoods. The project aspires to work on collaboration and dialogue actions between local actors (e.g. indigenous authorities and organizations) and with national and regional authorities and non state stakeholders, from an intercultural approach to consolidate governance structures, indigenous leadership and improve the inclussion and effective participation of women and youth in spaces for dialogue and decision-making on conservation and environmental issues. Sida considers that the project aims to strengthen environmental governance, justice and a rights-based conservation approach within Latin America through empowerment and capacity building for organizations, IPLCs and environmental leaders in a sustainable, culturally adapted and inclusive manner, and in the full exercise of their rights to prevent and address threats to their territorial management. In the long term the project will contribute to secure Indigenous peoples rights in conservation and territorial management of their territories and megadiverse ecosystems.
Afrikagrupperna, CSO strategy 2022-2026 - Afrikagrupperna 2022-2026, CSO strategi
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Afrikagrupperna are applying for a five-year grant of a total of SEK 244.1 million, of which SEK 226.4 million is applied for from the CSO strategy. The main objective of the operation is: "Fair power structures and a fair distribution of resources." Together with about 30 partner organizations in southern Africa, Afrikagrupperna work to ensure that people have access to their rights. The organization focuses on three thematic areas: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Food and Land Rights and Natural Resources, Business and Human Rights. Afrikagrupperna have a long experience of cooperating with civil society organizations, with human rights in focus, which have a broad focus and competence: women's rights and youth organizations, organizations active in sexual and reproductive rights, advocacy work in judicial reform, etc. For the past five years or so, Afrikagrupperna have been collaborating with regional movements and networks, which are not organized in the traditional way, which shows the Afrikagrupperna's ability to adapt to new conditions in the regional context. Sida's assessment is that Afrikagrupperna have a well-integrated gender equality perspective internally and in dissemination. Afrikagrupperna have the capacity for preventive measures for SEAH (Sexual Exploitation, Abuse & Harassment) and a system for dealing with cases that arise. Afrikagrupperna apply a feminist power perspective in their work, which means that they clearly include marginalized groups in the activities. Sida believes that this perspective will contribute to a positive effect from a gender equality perspective. Afrikagrupperna state that men should be included in the activities. Sida believes that Afrikagrupperna apply the principles of development efficiency well in their operations. They support their partners in their own right and the majority of partners receive core support based on long-term agreements. Afrikagrupperna´s context and problem analysis is based on a regional perspective.
Afrikagrupperna, CSO strategy 2022-2026 - Afrikagrupperna infokom 2022-2026
General
Afrikagrupperna are applying for a five-year grant of a total of SEK 244.1 million, of which SEK 226.4 million is applied for from the CSO strategy. The main objective of the operation is: "Fair power structures and a fair distribution of resources." Together with about 30 partner organizations in southern Africa, Afrikagrupperna work to ensure that people have access to their rights. The organization focuses on three thematic areas: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Food and Land Rights and Natural Resources, Business and Human Rights. Afrikagrupperna have a long experience of cooperating with civil society organizations, with human rights in focus, which have a broad focus and competence: women's rights and youth organizations, organizations active in sexual and reproductive rights, advocacy work in judicial reform, etc. For the past five years or so, Afrikagrupperna have been collaborating with regional movements and networks, which are not organized in the traditional way, which shows the Afrikagrupperna's ability to adapt to new conditions in the regional context. Sida's assessment is that Afrikagrupperna have a well-integrated gender equality perspective internally and in dissemination. Afrikagrupperna have the capacity for preventive measures for SEAH (Sexual Exploitation, Abuse & Harassment) and a system for dealing with cases that arise. Afrikagrupperna apply a feminist power perspective in their work, which means that they clearly include marginalized groups in the activities. Sida believes that this perspective will contribute to a positive effect from a gender equality perspective. Afrikagrupperna state that men should be included in the activities. Sida believes that Afrikagrupperna apply the principles of development efficiency well in their operations. They support their partners in their own right and the majority of partners receive core support based on long-term agreements. Afrikagrupperna´s context and problem analysis is based on a regional perspective.