Delivering bilateral ODA

Presentation at Romanian Development Camp

Cheile Gradesti, 19 September 2008

Jonas Bergström, SidaCountry Program Officer for Macedonia and

CroatiaAdvisor Public Administration Reform

Swedish International Development Cooperation

Agency, Sida• Government agency under MFA• Headed by Director General and a

Steering Board• Government Ordinance specifies

the long-term framework• Annual Directive and Letter of

Appropriations define the work during the fiscal year

The Policy for Global Development

• Concerted effort in all policy areas to improve the conditions of the poor

• Applies to all areas within government

• Trade, agriculture, environment, security and migration are examples of areas that must have the same goals

Overarching goal:

Contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions

Two perspectives:

• Perspective of the poor• Perspective of rights

Eight central components:

Fundamental values:• Democracy and good governance• Respect for human rights• Equality between women and menSustainable development:• Sustainable use of natural resources and the protection

of the environment• Economic growth• Social development and social securityOther central components:• Conflict management• Global public goods

New goal from 2008:Reform cooperation in

eastern Europe

” Strengthened democracy, equitable and sustainable development and closer ties with the European Union and its values.”

Choise of cooperation countries

• Direction of Swedish bilateral assistance is set out by the Government and the Parliament, including choice of cooperation countries

• Cooperation is defined through Country Strategies, prepared by Sida and MFA, decided by Government

• Trend towards focus on fewer countries

Country Strategies

• Normally 3-5 years• Define the scope of work, sector

distribution and indicative yearly amount

• Trend towards concentration in the number of sectors

Perspectives on Poverty

• Defines Sida’s understanding on the poverty issue.

Sida at Work

• A Guide to Principle, Procedures and Working Methods

• Two manuals:- Contribution Management- Preparation, implementation and

follow-up of cooperation strategies

Sida’s roles

• The role of an analyst (Sida’s understanding of a complex, interdependent and dynamic environment)

• The role of a dialogue partner (Sida’s interaction with its partners)

• The role of financier/decision-maker (Sida’s performance in transforming resources into effective support)

Aid modalities and cooperation forms

• Move from project support to budget support and sector support

• Shift towards programme based support

- National planning and implementation

- Joint programming with other donors and joint modalities for funding

Planning process

• Strategies narrow down the scope of the cooperation

• Specific contributions are determined in an ongoing process based on the priorities in the Strategy

• Country Plans form the bridge between Strategies and concrete contributions

Definitions

• Programmes/Projects are owned by the Cooperation Partner

• Sida is the owner and decision maker relating to Swedish contributions

• Many forms of contributions; sector support, budget support, project support, support to intermediary organisations

Ownership and roles

Cooperation partner’s core activity

Cooperation partner’s programme/project

Swedish contribution

Impact

Implementation

Preparation

Idea

Contribution management

• Request• Initial preparations• In-depth preparations• Agreement phase• Retrospective follow-up

Quality Assurance

• Use of the LFA method for planning, monitoring and follow-up

• Results based monitoring• Role of the Agreements• Audit• Monitoring and follow-upManual: Looking Back – Moving

Forward”

Procurement

• Defined in the Specific Agreement which procurement rules to be applied

• Preferably local procurement rules, if not Sida Procurement Guidelines

• Procurement in Sweden according to Swedish and EU rules

• Untied aid with few exceptions