Democratic governance

Institutional cooperation

Partnerships between public sector institutions include cooperation between the Swedish and South African tax agencies and police services.

>Read more about Swedish-South African tax cooperation. 

>Read more about the police cooperation. 

Swedish and South African police are also working together with the Rwandan police service in areas such as criminal investigation technology, community policing, accountability and management. The Rwandan police requested the support to help improve its efficiency and service delivery.

>Read more about tripartite police cooperation.

Civil society cooperation

Examples of civil society organisations that get Swedish support in the area of democratic governance are Masimanyane Women's Support Centre and Zivikele Training, which are both working to prevent violence against women and children.

Sweden also supports South African civil society through Swedish non-governmental organisations. This support amounted to approximately 30 million ZAR in 2007, making South Africa one of the countries in the world that receive most funding through Swedish civil society.

For more information on Swedish non-governmental organisations that are cooperating with South African civil society, please visit their websites:

The Church of Sweden Aid: >www.lutherhjalpen.se

Africa Groups of Sweden: >www.afrikagrupperna.se

Forum Syd: >www.forumsyd.org

Diakonia: >www.diakonia.se

Swedish Mission Council: >www.missioncouncil.se

Swedish Cooperative Centre: >www.swecoop.se

LO/TCO Council of International Trade Union Cooperation: >www.lotcobistand.org

The Olof Palme Centre: >www.palmecenter.se

Save the Children Sweden: >www.raddabarnen.se

For more information about the work of Swedish civil society, visit the NGO database of Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency  on  >www.sida.se/ngodatabase.