Sida’s B4D programme contains proposals for new forms of dialogue and collaboration with industry. The purpose is to mobilise resources and encourage companies to develop their core activities so that they can contribute even more to better conditions for poor people. In this way B4D can be of benefit in many different areas, for example health, education, agriculture and forestry, the environment, climate, energy, employment and the infrastructure.
Sustainable development gives sustainable market
The B4D programme is aimed at companies that know that sustainable development - economic, social and environmental - also creates a sustainable market. Through collaboration, industry can adopt different roles, such as operators with own interests, as advisers in dialogue with development assistance and as suppliers of development assistance.
Through the B4D projects, collaboration can become more strategic and co-ordinated, which contributes to making development assistance and companies' own investments more efficient. Ultimately, this is about accelerating the fight against poverty.
Contact:
e-mail to b4d@sida.se
