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 181 - 185 of 273Landscape and forests management MDTF - Ny strat Landscape and forests management MDTF
General
The program will address the alarming levels of deforestation and forest degradation in Mozambique, which directly affects the rural population’s resilience and cause severe economic, social and environmental consequences. The intervention is implemented at two levels – national level, with the aim to strengthen the overall national forest management (including institutional capacity building, law enforcement and review of policy framework) and at local level focusing on climate smart agriculture, sustainable use of wood fuels and sustainable forestry.
Objectives
The project's objective is to improve the enabling environment for sustainable forest management and investments in Mozambique, and to support the adoption of sustainable forest and land management practices in targeted landscapes.
Landscape and forests management MDTF
General
The program will address the alarming levels of deforestation and forest degradation in Mozambique, which directly affects the rural population’s resilience and cause severe economic, social and environmental consequences. The intervention is implemented at two levels – national level, with the aim to strengthen the overall national forest management (including institutional capacity building, law enforcement and review of policy framework) and at local level focusing on climate smart agriculture, sustainable use of wood fuels and sustainable forestry.
Objectives
The project's objective is to improve the enabling environment for sustainable forest management and investments in Mozambique, and to support the adoption of sustainable forest and land management practices in targeted landscapes.
Landscape and forests management MDTF
General
The program will address the alarming levels of deforestation and forest degradation in Mozambique, which directly affects the rural population’s resilience and cause severe economic, social and environmental consequences. The intervention is implemented at two levels – national level, with the aim to strengthen the overall national forest management (including institutional capacity building, law enforcement and review of policy framework) and at local level focusing on climate smart agriculture, sustainable use of wood fuels and sustainable forestry.
Objectives
The project's objective is to improve the enabling environment for sustainable forest management and investments in Mozambique, and to support the adoption of sustainable forest and land management practices in targeted landscapes.
COVID-19 Landscape and forests management MDTF - Covid-19 Landscape and forests MDTF
General
New/additional funds to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 The program will address the alarming levels of deforestation and forest degradation in Mozambique, which directly affects the rural population’s resilience and cause severe economic, social and environmental consequences. The intervention is implemented at two levels – national level, with the aim to strengthen the overall national forest management (including institutional capacity building, law enforcement and review of policy framework) and at local level focusing on climate smart agriculture, sustainable use of wood fuels and sustainable forestry.
Objectives
The project's objective is to improve the enabling environment for sustainable forest management and investments in Mozambique, and to support the adoption of sustainable forest and land management practices in targeted landscapes.
RECOFTC, Partnership for Forestry and Fisheries Community in Cambodia - RECOFTC, Partnership for Forestry and
General
Partnership for Forestry and Fisheries Community in Cambodia (PaFF) has been conducted in two phases since its inception in 2014. The third phase will be led by RECOFTC in partnership with WWF, NTFP-EP and CEPA. The third phase will continue o empower communities and to improve their resilience by promoting community-based livelihoods, protecting ecosystems and reducing the pressures on the communal natural resource base. The third phase will have a stronger focused on improving local communities' enjoyment of their human rights, building capacity at the grassroots level for participation in democratic processes and promoting the rule of law in relation to access to natural resources. The program will support improvements to the policy environment for natural resource management to promote local organisations to take responsible for and to receive benefit from management of natural resources in their communities. The third phase will also priorities improving the sustainability of the community based organisation. Support will be provided to 77 community based organisations from the previous phases in four provinces (Kampong Thom, Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear) that, in total, are managing more than 90 000 Ha with a combined membership of almost 40 000 persons. The total program budget i approximately 52 million SEK and is funded jointly with the Swiss development agency SDC. Sida's financial contribution is 36 million SEK.
Objectives
This contribution supports the final 2-year phase of an 8-year programme - the Partnership for Forestry and Fisheries Community in Cambodia (PaFF) - with a focus on improving natural resource management to benefit vulnerable groups. The primary focus of the third phase for is to build the capacity and promote the sustainability of community-based organisations, using a rights-based, democratic and rule of law based framework. PaFF III is well positioned to promote and develop innovative sustainable financing instruments and to promote human rights at the grassroots level by capacity development and policy advocacy targeting the revision on laws on Forestry and Fishery and community Networks. Impact: Rural and indigenous communities and households are empowered to manage and protect their natural resources and secure their economic, social and cultural human rights by accessing long-term funding opportunities that contribute to sustained livelihoods and improved resilience to natural shocks Outcome 1: Target communities have dedicated investments and strengthened capacity in order to exercise their secured rights and manage their natural resources sustainably in an inclusive and participatory manner Outcome 2: Policy and regulatory processes and platforms for sustainable natural resource management and financing mechanisms, with participation of indigenous peoples and local communities, are supported and promoted. Support will be provided to 77 community based organisations in four provinces (Kampong Thom, Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear) that are managing a total of 92 680 Ha. The community based organisations have a membership of almost 40 000 persons and benefit approximately 15 000 families. At the end of the 2 year programme the CBOs will have legally recognized land rights (tenure), approved management plans and increased management capacity. This together with improvement to the enabling environment and increased access to finance will empower the communities to further enjoy their economic, social, and cultural rights.