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Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
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 (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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Lantmäteriet- Col Cadaster 2018

General

This contribution aims at strengthening the Colombian multi-purpose cadaster policy through international expertise from the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority (Lantmäteriet). The contribution is based on the framework agreement between Sida and Lantmäteriet and on Colombian’s government request to strengthen the advisory committee for multi-purpose cadaster pilots. The Swedish expert will participate, during 2018, in 5 missions to Colombia and will provide technical advice for the implementation of the multipurpose cadastral pilots.

Objectives

This contribution aims at strengthening the Colombian multi-purpose cadaster policy through international expertise from the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority (Lantmäteriet). The contribution is based on the framework agreement between Sida and Lantmäteriet and on Colombian’s government request to strengthen the advisory committee for multi-purpose cadaster pilots. The Swedish expert will participate, during 2018, in 5-7 missions to Colombia and will provide technical advice for the implementation of the multipurpose cadastral pilots.

Lantmäteriet- Col Cadaster 2018 - Lantmäteriet - Col Cadaster 2018

General

This contribution aims at strengthening the Colombian multi-purpose cadaster policy through international expertise from the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority (Lantmäteriet). The contribution is based on the framework agreement between Sida and Lantmäteriet and on Colombian’s government request to strengthen the advisory committee for multi-purpose cadaster pilots. The Swedish expert will participate, during 2018, in 5 missions to Colombia and will provide technical advice for the implementation of the multipurpose cadastral pilots.

Objectives

This contribution aims at strengthening the Colombian multi-purpose cadaster policy through international expertise from the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority (Lantmäteriet). The contribution is based on the framework agreement between Sida and Lantmäteriet and on Colombian’s government request to strengthen the advisory committee for multi-purpose cadaster pilots. The Swedish expert will participate, during 2018, in 5-7 missions to Colombia and will provide technical advice for the implementation of the multipurpose cadastral pilots.

IGAD 2023 - 2026 Improving Land Governance in the IGAD Region - IGAD 2023 - 2026 Land Governance Contribution

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In a proposal dated April 2023, IGAD has requested Sweden to financially support a project called Improving Land Governance in IGAD region with a total sum of SEK 55 Million over a period of three years starting in April 2023. The new contribution builds on the gains that have been made in the project that is about to end. The overall goal of the project by IGAD is to enhance transnational land governance through capacity development on innovations in land administration, land use and management, strengthening gender equality and youth empowerment in the IGAD Region.

IGAD 2023 - 2026 Improving Land Governance in the IGAD Region

General

In a proposal dated April 2023, IGAD has requested Sweden to financially support a project called Improving Land Governance in IGAD region with a total sum of SEK 55 Million over a period of three years starting in April 2023. The new contribution builds on the gains that have been made in the project that is about to end. The overall goal of the project by IGAD is to enhance transnational land governance through capacity development on innovations in land administration, land use and management, strengthening gender equality and youth empowerment in the IGAD Region.

UNDP: The Sahel Resilience Project 2: DRR CC Adaptation for Resilience in Sahel - The Sahel Resilience Project

General

The seven Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal) are facing multiple interlinked shocks and stressors: climate induced factors as recurrent droughts and flooding, land degradation, high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, rising insecurity, unequal access to basic services, poorly integrated markets and displacement. As in its first phase the project aims to build increased resilience to climate induced shocks and crisis in the Sahel (and Africa) by enhancing the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) thus strengthen the policy and institutional capacities at regional and national levels to better manage multidimensional risks through device mechanisms that anticipate and respond to the challenges the region faces. The project aimed to achieve results by the five outputs: 1) Increased capacity on tracking and monitoring progress on Sendai Framework and AU Program of Action implementation through enhanced data collection, analysis and reporting system; 2) Strengthened regional and multicountry regulatory, policy and budgetary frameworks for translating disaster and climate data into risk informed development planning and budgeting; 3) Enhanced regional recovery and resilience building processes that address underlying disaster and climate change risks and restore pathways to sustainable development in the Sahel Countries; 4) Enhanced Regional Capacities for Urban Risk Management in West Africa; and 5) Enhanced innovations and knowledge on risk informed development through Regional Dialogue and SouthSouth exchange.

Objectives

The Sahel resilience project phase 1 and this phase 2 aims to build increased resilience to shocks and crisis in the Sahel (and Africa) by strengthen the policy and institutional capacities at regional and national levels to better manage multidimensional risks through device mechanisms that anticipate and respond to the challenges the region faces by enhancing the implementation of the Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction (SFDRR). The Project's expected outcome is that Regional institutions and national governments institutionalize and domesticate risk-informed development planning, programming, and investment for resilience building. This will integrate risk reduction in planning and investment decisions. This is done through the following results (outputs): Output 1: Increased capacity on tracking and monitoring progress on Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) and AU Programme of Action implementation in the Sahel region through enhanced data collection, analysis, and reporting systems Output 2: Strengthened regional and multi-country regulatory, policy, and budgetary frameworks for translating disaster and climate data into risk-informed development Output 3: Enhanced regional recovery and resilience-building processes that address underlying disaster and climate change risks and restore pathways to sustainable development in the Sahel countries Output 4: Enhanced regional capacities for urban risk management Output 5: Enhanced innovations and knowledge on risk-informed development through Regional Dialogue and South-South exchange (i) Disaggregated climate and disaster risk information must be collected, analyzed and utilized to inform the planning and investment decisions made by the national governments and the society; (ii) A conducive policy environment must be in place to guide and enhance capacities of regional and national institutions in the Sahel to understand and translate disaster and climate risk information into decision making processes for development that leave no-one behind; (iii) Sahel regional institutions, national governments and community members have systems and mechanisms in place to manage future recovery processes in a manner that is effective and promotes long-term resilience building; and (iv) Urban areas, which are the powerhouse for economic development, have robust urban risk management systems to respond and adapt to the increasing climatic and disaster risks such that it offers itself as a sustainable engine of transformation.