Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (SIDA)

  • F Funder
  • P Policymaker

Description

Swedish development cooperation helps reduce poverty in the world. Our support contributes to economic and political development in poor countries. This strengthens their democracy and creates conditions for people to lift themselves out of poverty. The objective of Swedish development cooperation is to create opportunities for people living in poverty and under oppression to improve their living conditions. Everyone living in Sweden and paying taxes is contributing to this. The government decides about how much money is allocated to development in the annual budget. It has long been about one per cent of Sweden’s GDP. Sida has the power to decide about a half of the Swedish aid budget and is subject to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Aid is both about humanitarian aid (emergency relief) and long-term development cooperation. Development cooperation is the more comprehensive of the two, although emergency interventions are perhaps the most visible.

Primary Functions

  • Funding

Secondary Functions

  • Policy Development/Implementation

Geographic Scope

  • Global / regional

Areas of work Back to Top

Education topics addressed

Attainment

  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training

Skills

  • Civics education

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Food/water security
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top

Website

Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (SIDA)

Headquarters location(s)

  • Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

Office location(s)

  • Sweden

Contacts

Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (SIDA)

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cambodia
  • Colombia
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ethiopia
  • Georgia
  • Guatemala
  • Iraq
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Mali
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Russian Federation
  • Rwanda
  • Serbia
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Türkiye
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • West Bank and Gaza
  • Zambia

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