Aid effectiveness is about maximising the impact of aid on both development and poverty reduction. We are committed to implementing the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the 2008 Accra Agenda for Action together with other donors and partner countries.
As a donor, our focus is on building up local ownership in partner countries, coordinating with other donors, taking a results-based approach to our activities, and achieving better coherence between aid and non-aid policies such as trade.
As part of the Paris and Accra agreements, Sida is committed to improving in these areas. Our financial support to civil society organisations is an example of our focus on results. Civil society organisations play an important role in both achieving concrete results in poverty reduction and increasing the effectiveness of Swedish aid.
