Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian aid through the Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) 2021–2025 – The World
The purpose of the strategy is to manage Sweden’s humanitarian aid via the Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida). The overall goal of Sweden’s humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity for the benefit of those in need who have been, or are at risk, affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters or other catastrophic situations. The strategy applies during the period 2021–2025 and includes the funds set aside in Sida’s regulatory letter for each financial year.
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The goal of Sweden’s international development cooperation is to create conditions for improving the lives of people living in poverty and oppression. The purpose of Sweden’s humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity for the benefit of those in need who have been affected or are at risk of being affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters or other emergencies.
Humanitarian aid must be based on global humanitarian needs and the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, independence and impartiality. The normative framework for humanitarian aid includes international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles. Based on the principles of good humanitarian donorship, the strategy provides scope for flexibility to adapt operations to rapidly changing and ever-increasing humanitarian needs.
This strategy regulates the use of funds under appropriation item 1 “Humanitarian aid” in the settlement letter for Sida for each financial year.
The activities will contribute to the following goals:
Improved ability to provide protection and assistance to people in crisis
• Humanitarian aid and protection activities quickly reach people in acute crisis situations
• Humanitarian aid and protection activities reach people in hard-to-reach areas
• Reduced risk of violence, threats and abuse for people in crisis
• Improved opportunities to live a dignified life for people living in protracted crisis situations
Increased capacity, efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system
Increased efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system in line with Grand Bargain commitments • Priorities of global humanitarian efforts are based on high-quality needs analyzes
• Humanitarian actors have secure, unhindered and lasting humanitarian access to reach people in crisis