Sweden has been providing Sri Lanka with development aid for 50 years. Contributing to a peaceful solution to the conflict has been the overall target in recent times. The government has now defeated the Tamil rebels and Sweden’s development cooperation has been phased out. The programmes and projects that we have supported are therefore being reinforced so that they can continue in the future.
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. The Swedish Embassy in Colombo is closed, and questions are referred to the embassy in New Delhi.
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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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