The acting Director-General of Sida has a mission to form an organization that better is suited in meeting the demands and expectations on our work. The intention is to form a development agency that is more adapted to its mission, and where knowledge and know-how moves closer to our partners in order to deliver sustainable results for the poor.
The new organization structure Sida in brief
The present organizational structure, in which Sida's departments are divided into three “pillars”, will function until 1 January 2011. From then on the organization will have a new organizational structure in a classical structure with nine departments directly under the Director General.
Focus is on a more effective and efficient organization based on a flatter structure, with fewer managers. Today there are 17 departments. The two-tiered leadership structure that is today’s SMG and OMG (Strategic management group and operational management group) will be removed. The current three “pillars” will disappear.
The restructured organization, which will come into effect 1 January 2011, is smaller than the current one. This reality translates into an organization with between 120-150 full-time employees less than Sida currently employs. The reduction will affect staff in Sweden, in order to scale up the proportion of staff abroad. Parallel to the restructuring process during autumn 2010, ongoing activities according to our strategies will continue.
What prompted the change?
In essence, we are faced with a twin challenge of balancing our administrative budget, while increasing our presence in partner countries
- The Government has decided that Sida should have more personnel working in our partner countries to monitor and promote further development achievements.
- Sida must have an administrative budget in balance by 2012 and will require an even more efficient and effective management and governance.
- Sida´s assignment is partially changed with the new instruction from the government in July 2010, with an emphasis on governmental conduct and management of resources, while we need to pursue the best possible assistance. By decreasing Sida´s staff in Sweden, the authority wil be able to increase staff – both share and numbers - in partner countries
