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Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Swedish aid agency

Swedish aid agency

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agency_nameSwedish International Development Cooperation Agency
nativenameStyrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete
logoSida logo.svg
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picture_captionEarlier main office on Valhallavägen in Stockholm.
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headquartersSundbyberg, Sweden
employeesabout 900
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parent_departmentMinistry for Foreign Affairs
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The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (, Sida) is a government agency of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida is responsible for organization of the bulk of Sweden's official development assistance to developing countries. According to the OECD, 2022 official development assistance from Sweden increased to US$5.5 billion, representing 0.9% of their gross national income (GNI).

Sida is informed by the Yogyakarta Principles in Action the working for the rights for LGBTI and Swedish government mandated an "Action plan for Sida's work on sexual orientation and gender identity in international development cooperation 2007–2009". As well as directly funding a number of LGBTI groups, Sida has actively promoted LGBTI issues in its networking with other donors and international stakeholders.

Research cooperation

A long-term development cooperation supported by Sida is its research cooperation, which aims at strengthening research in and by low-income countries, to reduce poverty and build sustainable societies. The budget was close to 1000 million SEK 2020.

Annual budget

In 2024, Sida's annual budget was 26.5 billion SEK, similar to previous years. Sida has received criticism for being unable to manage the large amounts.

Corruption issues

Sida has been embroiled in many corruption cases and typically discovers hundreds of suspected such cases every year.

Criticism

Sida has received widespread criticism for:

  • financial support to corruption-prone projects
  • inefficient corruption prevention
  • unsubstantiated financial decisions and lack of financial control
  • weak results
  • diffuse priorities and decisionmaking
  • rampant conflict of interest
  • sub-standard planning and coordination
  • inefficient use of resources

In 2023, SIDA won a satyrical tax-wastefullness prize for long-lasting financial support to an organization that participated to the terrorist attack against Israel.

References

References

  1. "Sida".
  2. "Sweden Development Co-operation Profile".
  3. [http://www.ypinaction.org./files/02/85/Activists_Guide_English_nov_14_2010.pdf An Activist's Guide to the Yogyakarta Principles] {{Webarchive. link. (4 March 2012)
  4. "Research partners".
  5. (29 June 2015). "Strategy for research cooperation and research in development cooperation 2015–2021".
  6. (2024-03-04). "Finansiering av biståndet".
  7. (2018-06-27). "Sveriges biståndsbudget större än någonsin – men svår att kontrollera".
  8. (2020-12-17). "Sida upptäcker allt fler korruptionsfall".
  9. (2013-04-15). "Många fler korruptionsfall hos Sida".
  10. (2020-12-17). "Hur mycket korruption finns i biståndet?".
  11. Röstlund, Lisa. (2021-09-02). "Misstänkt korruption kring Sida-bistånd i Afghanistan".
  12. (2019-09-02). "Sida stoppar miljonutbetalningar efter korruptionsskandal".
  13. Nyheter, SVT. (2015-08-29). "Sida får hård kritik – betalade ut miljoner till korruptionsprojekt".
  14. Jemsby, Carolina. (2020-02-06). "Sidas agerande ifrågasätts av korruptionsexperter – Sveriges Natur".
  15. (2022-05-12). "Sida får kritik i ny granskning".
  16. Cassemar, Louise. (2019-09-03). "Inga-Britt Ahlenius kritik mot Sida: ”Noll koll!”".
  17. (2021-09-02). "Sida om kritik mot Afghanistanbistånd: ”Har inte lyckats”".
  18. Nyheter, SVT. (2021-11-02). "Riksrevisionen riktar skarp kritik mot regeringens hantering av svenskt bistånd".
  19. "Vem, hur och varför – Sidas val av samarbetspartner och biståndsform ( RiR 2022:9 )".
  20. Nyheter, SVT. (2021-11-02). "Riksrevisionen riktar skarp kritik mot regeringens hantering av svenskt bistånd".
  21. Canbäck, Av Rasmus. (2024-05-12). "Stor oenighet inom SIDA efter jävsrapporten".
  22. Radio, Sveriges. (2024-05-01). "Hög risk för jäv på Sida: ”All anledning att stå bakom kritiken”".
  23. Gasslander, Tor. (2024-05-01). "Intern rapport varnar: Hög risk för jäv på Sida".
  24. Radio, Sveriges. (2024-05-02). "Ministern efter rapport om risk för jäv: Det finns problem i systemet".
  25. (2024-09-14). "Sida efter kritik".
  26. Hall, Gunilla von. (2019-03-09). "Direktör levde lyxliv – för svenska skattemiljoner".
  27. Gustafsson, Johan. (2019-03-13). "”Stoppa slöseriet med biståndspengarna!”".
  28. (2024-02-07). "Årets värsta slöseri".
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