Sida's objective is to help create conditions that will enable the poor to improve their lives

Examples of Swedish development cooperation
It is possible to halve poverty

When a person is given the opportunity to improve his or her life, he or she will take it. Improvements in the living conditions of any one individual contribute to a country's development.Here you can read about some examples of successful Swedish development cooperation.
13 June 2008
High-level meeting in Accra to evaluate the Paris Declaration
In 2005, a summit meeting was held in Paris to make the increasing amounts of aid more effective. It resulted in the Paris Declaration with a number of measurable goals to be met by 2010. Now, representatives of more than 150 governments and donor organisations are meeting for a mid-term evaluation of the Paris Declaration in Accra on 2-4 September. Sweden, together with Honduras, will host the roundtable session.
Call for Proposals for the Middle East and North Africa
Sida hereby invites Swedish Non-Governmental Organisations to apply for funding for regional projects in the field of democratic development and the promotion of human rights within the framework of the Strategy for development cooperation with the Middle East and North Africa (the MENA strategy).
In-depth information 27 May 2008
Mobile telephone bank in Kenya wins top IT award

The M-Pesa payment system in Kenya, operated by mobile provider, Safaricom, was awarded the prize for the best project in the economic development category at the Stockholm Challenge Award ceremony in Stockholm City Hall last Thursday evening. The programme was financed by the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Ericsson, the Municipality of Stockholm and Sida.
What's new with the new technologies?
ICTs are used for empowerment, communication and information among citizens and civil society for independent networking, communication, publication and a new phenomenon, citizen journalism, has evolved. The Collegium for Development Studies at Uppsala University in collaboration with Sida arranged an international workshop on this theme. "Big Brother and Empowered Sisters - The role of new communication technologies in democratic processes".» Listen to interviews with several of the speakers at the workshop
In-depth information 08 Apr 2008
Sida ventures into Customs reforms
Sida took a new decision to support the World Customs Organisation's capacity building programme internationally known as "Columbus Program". The decision responds to the Swedish Government's priorities set out for trade-related development cooperation and the increased focus in the area of trade facilitation and customs issues.
More news
You can read more about development issues in OmVärlden (only available in Swedish).