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Item | Detail |
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Name | Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
Abbreviation | SIDA |
Website | http://www.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=121&language=en_US |
Organization Type | International Non-governmental Organization |
Disability Type | Cross-disability |
Country | Sweden |
Address | 105 25 Stockholm Sweden |
Telephone | (+46) 8 698 50 00 |
Fax | (+46) 8 20 88 64 |
info@sida.se, | |
Contact Person | |
Brief Introduction |
Sida is a government agency of the country of Sweden with over 650 employees. Sida channels its resources through NGOs, multilateral cooperation, and the EU, among others and is interested in promoting the idea of โinternational development cooperationโ to replace the one-sided giving indicated by the term โassistance.โ Supporting over 2,000 projects in over 100 countries (over 20 of them are specially designated as target countries), Sida seeks to create partnerships with companies, popular movements, organizations, universities, and government agencies for its development projects. Sidaโs geographic focus is on countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. |
Last Updated | 23/6/2009 |