Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete, 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, 2024 official development assistance from Sweden decreased to US$5 billion, representing 0.79% of their gross national income (GNI).
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Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
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- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
- Founded
- 1995
- Headquarters
- Stockholm
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The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete, 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, 2024 official development assistance from Sweden decreased to US$5 billion, representing 0.79% of their gross national income (GNI).
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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".
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Key facts
• Name — Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency • Native Name — Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete • Formed — 1995 • Headquarters — Sundbyberg, Sweden • Employees — about 900 • Parent Department — Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Research cooperation
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
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
Corruption issues
Sida has been embroiled in many corruption cases and typically discovers hundreds of suspected such cases every year.
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Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is associated with Sweden. Recorded from 1995.
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1995
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency established.
1995
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is recorded from 1995.
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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.
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- 1.Sida. Nationalencyklopedin.
- 2.Sweden Development Co-operation Profile. OECD.
- 3.An Activist's Guide to the Yogyakarta Principles
- 4.Research partners. Sida.
- 5.Strategy for research cooperation and research in development cooperation 2015–2021. 29 June 2015.
- 6.Finansiering av biståndet. Sida. 2024-03-04.
- 7.Bjerström, Erika. Sveriges biståndsbudget större än någonsin – men svår att kontrollera. SVT Nyheter. 2018-06-27.
- 8.Sida upptäcker allt fler korruptionsfall. Sida. 2020-12-17.
- 9.Många fler korruptionsfall hos Sida. SVT Nyheter. 2013-04-15.
- 10.Hur mycket korruption finns i biståndet?. Sida. 2020-12-17.
- 11.Röstlund, Lisa. Misstänkt korruption kring Sida-bistånd i Afghanistan. Dagens Nyheter. 2021-09-02.
- 12.Sida stoppar miljonutbetalningar efter korruptionsskandal. Aftonbladet. 2019-09-02.
- 13.Nyheter, SVT. Sida får hård kritik – betalade ut miljoner till korruptionsprojekt. SVT Nyheter. 2015-08-29.
- 14.Jemsby, Carolina. Sidas agerande ifrågasätts av korruptionsexperter – Sveriges Natur. Sveriges Natur. 2020-02-06.
- 15.Sida får kritik i ny granskning. SvD.se. 2022-05-12.
- 16.Cassemar, Louise. Inga-Britt Ahlenius kritik mot Sida: ”Noll koll!”. Omni. 2019-09-03.
- 17.Sida om kritik mot Afghanistanbistånd: ”Har inte lyckats”. Altinget.se. 2021-09-02.
- 18.Nyheter, SVT. Riksrevisionen riktar skarp kritik mot regeringens hantering av svenskt bistånd. SVT Nyheter. 2021-11-02.
- 19.Vem, hur och varför – Sidas val av samarbetspartner och biståndsform ( RiR 2022:9 ). Riksrevisionen.
- 20.Nyheter, SVT. Riksrevisionen riktar skarp kritik mot regeringens hantering av svenskt bistånd. SVT Nyheter. 2021-11-02.
- 21.Canbäck, Av Rasmus. Stor oenighet inom SIDA efter jävsrapporten. Blankspot. 2024-05-12.
- 22.Radio, Sveriges. Hög risk för jäv på Sida: ”All anledning att stå bakom kritiken”. Sveriges Radio. 2024-05-01.
- 23.Gasslander, Tor. Intern rapport varnar: Hög risk för jäv på Sida. Omni. 2024-05-01.
- 24.Radio, Sveriges. Ministern efter rapport om risk för jäv: Det finns problem i systemet. Sveriges Radio. 2024-05-02.
- 25.Sida efter kritik. Dagens Arena. 2024-09-14.
- 26.Hall, Gunilla von. Direktör levde lyxliv – för svenska skattemiljoner. SvD.se. 2019-03-09.
- 27.Gustafsson, Johan. ”Stoppa slöseriet med biståndspengarna!”. SVT Nyheter. 2019-03-13.
- 28.Årets värsta slöseri. Skattebetalarna. 2024-02-07.
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