Sweden and Botswana have had large-scale development cooperation since Botswana’s independence in 1966. The main purpose of the cooperation has been to reduce poverty and increase Botswana’s economic independence.
Botswana Speaks is an eDemocracy project that will enable citizens, traditional leaders and local kgotla assemblies in four constituencies of Botswana to share their views and policy concerns with their elected representative. TechTrends Nigeria edition writes about the intervention that is an example of partner driven cooperation between Botswana and Sweden.
Openaid.se is a web-based information service about Swedish aid built on open government data. Here you can follow when, to whom and for what purposes aid funds have been disbursed, and with what results.
Sweden Abroad is the web site for Swedish Diplomatic Missions abroad. Please follow the link underneath in order to find contact details to the Embassy.
Newsfeed from BBC on Africa.
A shortened version of Sida's Results Appendix to our Annual Report 2011. Describes results of activities focusing mainly on democratic development and greater respects for human rights as well as how the human rights approach is applied.
We are committed to enabling people to get a better life. The individual person is always the focus of our work. Here you will meet some people involved in Swedish development assistance. Let them explain how their situation has changed.
As part of Sida's work with capacity and institutional development Sida offers international training programmes (ITP) for participants from low-and middle-income countries in priority areas. ITP's methodology takes account of the desire to develop and reform that the participants' organization have expressed in their application to the program.
Q&A about procurement at Sida. What regulations apply? What if I submit after the deadline? How do I know what documents are required?
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