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Head of the development cooperation section at the embassy: Dag Sundelin

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Swedish Development Cooperation with South Africa

Since the 1960s, cooperation between Sweden and South Africa has progressed from support to the anti-apartheid struggle and traditional development cooperation to a partnership built on mutual interest and shared responsibility.


South Africa and Sweden jointly set the priorities for and share the ownership of the cooperation. The aim is to develop broad partnerships between businesses, authorities, municipalities and regions, universities and non-governmental organisations in the two countries. Cooperation also takes place in areas of joint priority, such as HIV and AIDS.

 

Country support strategy

 

Bilateral development cooperation between Sweden and South Africa is governed by a country support strategy. The strategy is based on South Africa’s guiding strategies and priorities, as well as the country’s own approach to poverty reduction.

Current guidelines for cooperation between Sweden and South Africa apply until the end of 2008 and have the following overall objectives:

  • to reduce poverty, inequality and vulnerability;
  • to strengthen democracy and promote respect for human rights; and
  • to combat the HIV and AIDS pandemic.

During 2008 Sweden and South Africa will jointly develop a new strategic framework for the partnership from 2009 and beyond.

 

Sectors

 

Cooperation currently takes place in the following areas:

  • Democratic governance in the public sector and civil society
  • HIV and AIDS
  • Economic cooperation
  • Education
  • Culture
  • Research
  • International Training Programmes
  • Municipal twinning
  • Regional cooperation

Cooperation in figures

In 2007 Swedish support to development cooperation with South Africa amounted to approximately 150 million Swedish kronor, whereof 20 million went to organisations working to promote peace and security in Africa, and approximately 30 million kronor was channelled through Swedish non-governmental organisations to South African civil society.

Project/programme list

For information about current projects and programmes in the Swedish-South African cooperation, download the project/programme list from the column to the right.

Case studies

Click on "Case studies" in the menu to the left for examples of projects and programmes.

Read more about Swedish development cooperation on >www.sida.se.
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