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Stocholm Internet Forum

Transforming international development through ICTs

At the Conference Stockholm Internet Forum, May 22 - 23, Sida hosted a seminar entitled Transforming international development through ICTs. The panel aimed to explore how international development is being transformed by the application of new technologies to existing practices. Participants: Robert Kirkpatrick, Director of the UN Global Pulse initiative, Executive Office of the Secretary-General Juliana Rotich, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Ushahidi Usha Venkatachallam, Founder & CEO, Appropriate IT Laura Walker Hudson, CEO, Social Impact Lab Foundation, the Makers of FrontlineSMS Marlon Parker, Head of Mxit Reach at Mxit, Partner at Kukua Fund, Founder of RLabs

Webbsändning on demand

Big challenges need bold solutions

The Role of Business and Partnerships in Addressing the Development Challenges of the 21th Century ägde rum på Sida den 13 maj. Se seminariet on-demand och hör Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs från Columbias Earth Institute och Hans Vestberg, VD för Ericsson presentera det globala nätverket Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Ett Runda bordssamtal föregick seminariet, där ett tjugofemtal svenska företagsledare ställde sig bakom fyra centrala principer för hur de gemensamt ska medverka till hållbar utveckling och minskad fattigdom i det globala arbete som sker med nya utvecklingsmål efter 2015.

Abdallah Muhammed, Kenya Photo: Linda Essner

People first

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.

Whistleblowing
Visselpipa Photo: Sida

If you suspect corruption

If you suspect corruption in connection with a development assistance project, or if you are aware that development assistance funds are not being managed in accordance with what has been agreed, you can report it. You can choose to be anonymous.

Sweden has supported Uganda's water and sanitation sector for over ten years. The important progress has strengthened Uganda's institutions dealing with water resources. Photo: Helen Holm

How an intervention comes about

Why does Sida choose to support democracy activists in Tunisia or hospitals in DR Congo? Will aid to farmers in Bolivia help improve their situation or is development achieved by supporting market development in East Africa? There are many factors that influence when Sida decides to support an intervention.

Camilita har utbildat sig till webdesigner på en skola för ungdomar från Nairobis slumområden. Sida arbetar i Kenya med urban utveckling, för att skapa bättre villkor för de fattiga i slummen. Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos
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Open Aid
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Sweden's aid - open and internationally comparable

Openaid.se is a web-based information service about Swedish aid built on open government data. The data is published according to the international IATI-standard, which means that it is freely available and compatible with data from other countries and donors.