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.
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.
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.
Capacity building of the Serbian Republic Geodetic Authority - Capacity building of the Serbian Geodetic Autho
General
Swedish Lantmäteriet and the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia have applied to Sida for funding of 20 195 400 SEK to carry out "Improvement of Investment Environment" project in Serbia during the period 2018-2020. The intervention aims to establish a National Register of Investment Maps (NRIM) for creation, maintenance and monitoring of investment locations for the territory of the Republic of Serbia with a platform for stakeholder communication and decision making. Lantmäteriet will implement the intervention together with the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia. The intervention’s total budget is 20 195 400 SEK and it shall be completely funded from Sida contribution. Project is expected to ensure and utilize a full potential of geospatial data in managing an effective policy of development and operation in the public institutions of the Republic of Serbia through the support of the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia.
Objectives
The intervention aims to support the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia (RGA) to establish well functioning National Register of Investment Maps (NRIM). The key objective of the contribution is establishment NRIM for creation, maintenance and monitoring of investment locations for the territory of Republic of Serbia with a platform for stakeholder communication and decision making. Towards the end of the implementation period, the project is expected to achieve the following results: - Establishment of the National Investment Map Model - A system for collecting data on investment locations on a local level is created - Built capacities of local self-governments for attracting investments by presenting available resources to potential investors and land management - Establishment of direct and transparent channel of communication between investors and a local government „Location pool” as a part of NRIM. - Public monitoring & visibility tool for National Register of Investment Maps The proposal focuses on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) as potential game-changing for development as it allows governments to integrate planning, investments, taxation, disaster risk management and climate change monitoring, mitigation and adaptation in new ways with great savings in time and funds, while improving overall service and governance. With constant technological improvements, society is able to actively use government’s data on daily base as well as to participate in the collecting new or maintaining existing data, which are at most importance for decision making on the governmental, regional and/or local level.