Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions.In giving support to the work of Non-Governmental Organisations, Sida hopes to promote the development of a dynamic and democratic civil society, and strengthen the local partner organisations.
Project funds are distributed through 15 framework organisations that administer all applications from their subsidiary organisations, which they then submit to Sida for a decision. The principal rule is that an NGO must contribute at least ten per cent of the total sum for a project or programme.
The East Europe Committee of the Swedish Health Care Community (SEEC) - non-governmental professional organisation.
SEEC was established to promote a sustainable development in the health and medical care sectors and closely related social spheres in our neighbouring countries of Eastern Europe.
The activities of SEEC have progressively developed from small-scale contact building and study visits to larger strategically oriented systems reform projects, with partnership projects and knowledge transfer within health care and medical treatment. The overall objective of the support is to create system and structural changes for an effective health care, with the aim to stimulate the exchange of knowledge and know-how in health care and adjoining areas of social protection.
The SEEC receives a yearly subsidy of national funding through Sida.
Cooperation with Belarus started from the year 2006. The Belarusian Ministry of Health expressed interest in projects focusing on the promotion of healthy lifestyles and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and accidental injuries in children.
Swedish NGO Centre for Development Cooperation FORUM SYD
Forum Syd is a framework organization which gathers two hundred Swedish organisations working with international development assistance and the forming of opinion on global issues. The aim of Forum Syd is to strengthen and develop cooperation between the civil society organisations in Sweden and in countries in the Global South and East. Its operations are largely financed through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
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