Swedish aid and Sida

What is Sida?

• Government agency commissioned to

reduce poverty in the world, implementing

Sweden's Policy for Global Development

• The goal is to improve living conditions for

people living in poverty and oppression

• Swedish development cooperation is 1 % of

GNI – everyone contributes

The different roles of the Swedish

Government and Sida

• The Government’s ordinances regulate

how Sida should carry out its mandate

• Sida submits an annual report to the

Government, the basis for following up and

evaluating Sida’s work

• Regularly evaluations improve Swedish

development cooperation

How we make sure

that the aid arrives

Outcome of the distribution of Swedish aid

2013 – totally around SEK 38 billions

Why help? –

Solidarity and

self-interest

Multilateral and

bilateral development

cooperation

Reform cooperation in

Eastern Europe

International aid

contributes – but does

not lead development

Countries that received the

most bilateral aid in 2014, in

millions SEK

12

Outcome 2014 according to

strategies, in millions SEK

Which areas are

important for

development?

Swedish bilateral aid in

2014, by main sector. Total

just over SEK 19, 6 billion

Democracy, human

rights and gender

equality

Humanitarian assistance

- Save lives and alleviate

suffering

The largest humanitarian

crisis 2014, MM SEK

-35% -49%*

CHILD MORTALITY IN THE

WORLD 1990–2010:

Source: UN’s report of the Millennium Goals

2013

MOTHER MORTALITY IN THE

WORLD 1990–2010:

Source: UN’s report of the Millennium Goals

2013

* To achieve 75% of the Millennium

goal in time, major efforts are

required.

DET SVENSKA HÄLSOBISTÅNDET BIDROG ÅR 2010 TILL:

1,6 miljoner BARN VACCINERADES

X

Källa: Portföljanalys hälsa 2010

Över 55 miljoner KONDOMER DELADES UT

Över 30,7 miljoner BARN FICK TVÅ DOSER

VITAMIN A TILLSKOTT

43 000 förlossningar SKEDDE PÅ VÅRDINRÄTTNINGAR

1 950 000 MÄNNISKOR FICK TILLGÅNG

TILL PREVENTIVMEDEL

Open Aid

The Paris Declaration –

enabling aid effectiveness

The Millennium Goals

and the new Sustainable

Development Goals

Swedish Policy for

Global Development

Swedish leadership for

sustainable development

"The children need water

and toilets and we are not

giving up until the school

gets these. When money

is misspent, it must be

reported.”

Abdallah Mohammed,

Financial Officer, Kibera Primary

School, Kenya

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