The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) works - PDF document

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  The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) works according to directives of the Swedish Parliament and Government to reduce poverty in the world. Sida provides knowledge, skills and expertise that make a dierence for people living in poverty and under oppression. Its work is guided by thematic, global, bilateral, regional strategies; and funding to various programmes stem from the nancial allocations provided to those strategies. Sida’s work in cooperation with others contributes to implementing Sweden’s Policy for Global Development (PGU). The support is provided via both humanitarian aid (emergency relief) and long-term development cooperation. Through development cooperation, Sweden assists countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, in response to each country’s national priorities and development agendas and objectives. Apart from global support though multilateral organizations with global coverage, Sida engages in bilateral WASH-related programmes in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali and Somalia. Sida’s thematic development priority areas are as follows: 1) Democracy and human rights; 2) Environment and climate; 4) Gender equality and women’s role in development. In the government bill for 2016, among other areas there was an emphasis on improved access to water and sanitation for women and children. In 2016, approximately 4% of Sida’s nancial support to bilateral, regional, and global programs was water or WASH-related. Read more details about Swedish Development Cooperation: www.sida.se www.openaid.se     Source: OECD-CRS, 2016 \r\r\f\n\n\t\t\t\b\t\b\r\n\t\r
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\r\n\n\n \r\f\n\t \b Sweden promotes ecient, fair and sustainable water use and management as well as improved access to safe drinking-water, basic sanitation and hygiene facilities. Sida’s work and most of the funds allocated to its WASH programmes are guided by the Results Strategy for Sustainable Social Development and Health, which emphasize a focus on: More people having secure access to sustainable solutions for drinking-water and sanitation; Greater knowledge about hygiene and risks associated with polluted water; Greater number of sanitation facilities in schools and health clinics. Sida’s work and support to global programmes focusing on water resources management are guided predominantly by the Results Strategy for Sustainable Environment and Climate Change . Resources for water resources management programs emphasized in bilateral country strategies are guided by the individual country strategies of each country. Support to transboundary water programs is guided by regional strategies for Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Regional Asia. \r\f\b Since 2013–2015 between 50 and 60% of Sida’s overall support to water and sanitation was distributed through global organizations. Sweden has a strong commitment to joint global eorts for achieving universal access to WASH, as well as reduced child mortality and improved maternal health. This is evident in Sida’s support to organizations such as: World Bank Water Global Practice - Water Security and Sanitation Program Partnership; UNICEF WASH; WaterAid; the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and its Global Sanitation Fund. Support to Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) programmes are an important focus area within Sida’s support to Health, Gender, and WASH sectors. Within the WASH programs, this focus is manifested through support to organizations that specialize in menstrual hygiene management and WASH in schools programmes, ensuring that schools have adequate, child friendly and gender sensitive WASH facilities as well as hygiene education for boys and girls. These are areas that Sida aims to continue to emphasize within its work in future. \r\f
  The most recent results available for Sida humanitarian assistance from 2015 concluded that Sida partners provided access to safe clean water for 66.1 million people in addition to the provision of safe clean water for 6.5 million people in some of the most critical humanitarian crises such as Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Sudan, South Sudan and Yemen. Furthermore, Sida partners provided access to improved sanitation for 5.5 million people out of which Sida supported access to sanitation for 881 482 people. Some of the programmes supported include provision of support to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in both camp and out-of- camp settings with water, construct or rehabilitate water supply in communities to ensure sustainable access to clean water and ensuring maintenance of latrines in addition to conducting hygiene awareness campaigns.  6%5%0%0%4% An additional 84 % of water and sanitation ODA is targeted to sector or multi-country programmes Western Asia and Northern Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Oceania Not applicable Latin America and Caribbean Central Asia and Southern Asia Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia North America and Europe Developed and coordinated by the Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health (WSH) Unit at the World Health Organization (WHO). Results contained in the ESA Highlights have been compiled by the ESA and GLAAS using data from the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) Creditor Reporting System (CRS), estimates and text provided in the responses to the GLAAS 2016/2017 ESA survey. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion w

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 The Swedish Prime Minister committed in Central Park, New York (USA) in September 2015 that Sweden will contribute to provide 60 million poor people with sanitation by 2030. In the future, Sida’s work will continue to have an increased focus on issues relevant to gender equality, social inclusion, resilience, overall environmental sustainability and climate change. \r\f\b Sida’s work in WASH aims primarily to improve direct access to services for poor unserved people and encourage more democratic and eective institutions. Support to waste management concentrates on setting up municipal services based on principles such as prevention, re-use, recycling and environmentally safe disposal. Sida’s support to water resource management focuses on establishing sustainable, equitable, participative and accountable management regimes. Since the majority of the world’s water resources are shared between two or more countries, conict prevention and cooperation are essential in Sida’s work within the sector. Climate change and recurrent water-related disasters make risk reduction, adaptation and enhancing resilience, critical and integrated aspects of the water and sanitation portfolio. Examples of Sida’s activities in its highest priority WASH areas include its support to UNICEF WASH programs, WaterAid International, the WSSCC Global Sanitation Fund and the World Bank Water Global Practice. \t\b As a result of Swedish development cooperation, approximately 2.3 million people received access to health clinics, and 1.8 million people received access to clean water and sanitation in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq in 2015. Since 2013, Sida has continued to provide funding to water resources and WASH programs with an emphasis on applying human rights-based approaches within these programs, with a specic emphasis on increasing gender equality and increasing transparency. It has also continued to hold dialogue with all of its Water Resources Sanitation and Hygiene WASH partners with the aim of increasing alignment, eciency, and harmonization in joint global eorts towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 objectives. \b ­ | 80 | 0 | 20 | 40 | 60 Average commitment, 2013–2015 (US$ millions) Average disbursement, 2013–2015 (US$ millions) Source: OECD-CRS, 2016 Developing countries, unspecied 72 75 Middle East, regional 11 8.2 Africa, regional 6.8 Burkina Faso 5.0 Bolivia 1.1 4.5 South of Sahara, regional 4.3 4.4 Kenya 1.7 3.7 Mali 3.8 3.3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.7 Georgia 1.2 Johan Sundberg Department for International Organisations and Policy Support Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) SE-105 25 Stockholm Sweden Johan.sundberg@sida.se +46 8 6985000 \b\f


\b\b Enhance government leadership of sector planning processes: Proportion of water and sanitation ODA allocated to water and sanitation policy and administration and education and training (%) 36% The median % for all donors is 8% Strengthen and use country systems: Percentage of WASH ODA spending using country procurement systems (%) 1 Kenya: 83% Bolivia: 15% 1 Out of the eight countries reported by Sida in the GLAAS 2016/2017 ESA Survey, the % of WASH ODA spending using country procurement systems was known for two countries. This may not include all countries in which Sida works. Use one information and mutual accountability platform: Participation (at least moderately) in mutual assessment exercises/reviews (% of countries) 1 100% 1 Out of the eight countries reported by Sida in the GLAAS 2016/2017 ESA Survey, the extent of participation in mutual assessment exercises was known for two countries. This may not include all countries in which Sida works. Build sustainable WASH sector nancing strategies: Percentage of WASH funding published/inform- ation shared with Ministry of Finance (%) 1 100% 1 Out of the eight countries reported by Sida in the GLAAS 2016/2017 ESA Survey, the % of WASH funding published/information shared with Ministry of Finance was known for two countries. This may not include all countries in which Sida works. \r\f\b €‚ƒ„„…†‡ˆˆ‚ƒ 200 — 40 — 160 — 120 — 80 — 187 134 2013 2014 115 2015 29 Source: OECD-CRS, 2016 82 0 — 111 Commitment Disbursement 60 — 180 — 140 — 100 — 20 —
\b A breakdown of aid disbursement for 2015 is provided below: WASH basic systems, 20% WASH large systems, 37% Agricultural water resources, 1% Water sector policy, 36% Water resources protection, 6% Source: OECD-CRS, 2016 ODA disbursements for agricultural water resources is included here to illustrate activities across SDG 6, however, is not included in disbursement charts shown above
\b\f A breakdown of funding channels for 2015 aid disbursements, where funding channels were identied, is provided below: US$ 96 million Recipient government, 3% Multi-lateral nancing institution, 17% UN organization, 39% Other multi-lateral, 2% Source: OECD-CRS, 2016 NGOs, 33% Technical assistance/stang, 1% Academic or training institute, 1% Other, 4%