The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency ( sv, Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete, ) is a

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of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida is responsible for organization of the bulk of Sweden's

official development assistance Official development assistance (ODA) is a category used by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to measure foreign aid. The DAC first adopted the concept in 1969. It i ...

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. According to the

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, 2020

from Sweden increased 17.1% to US$6.3 billion. Sida also affirms respect of human rights, democracy and gender equality proclaimed by

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on their missions, and together with " Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law" of

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held from 9 May and 3 June 2011. Sida is also informed by the

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in Action the working for the rights for

LGBTI Intersex people are born with sex characteristics (such as genitals, gonads, and chromosome patterns) that "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies". They are substantially more likely to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexua ...

and Swedish government mandated an "''Action plan for Sida's work on sexual orientation and gender identity in international development cooperation 2007-2009''". And the evaluation of the 2007–2009 action plan demonstrates the significant work done in many countries on LGBTI issues, including dialogue with civil society, other donors, and governments; inclusion in country strategies; and programme initiatives. As well as directly funding a number of LGBTI groups, Sida headquarters has actively promoted LGBTI issues in its networking with other donors and international stakeholders, and by giving radio and TV interviews, writing a newspaper article, participating in and arranging seminars at

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and the

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, and including LGBTI rights in newly adopted policies.

Research cooperation

The most long-term development cooperation supported by Sida is its research cooperation, which aims at strengthening research in and by low-income countries, to reduce poverty and build sustainable societies. The work, with a budget of close to 1000 million SEK (2020), is guided by Sweden's strategy for research cooperation and research in development cooperation 2015–2021.

References

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Research cooperation

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