SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

COOPERATION AGENCY

The overall goal of Swedish Development Cooperation is

to:

“contribute to creating conditions for people in poverty to

be able to improve their lives”

Sida works according to

directives from the Swedish

Parliament and Government

Government Universities

Civil society

Free media

Business

In the last 20 years most of Sida’s cooperation countries have shifted to market economy

In a market economy the private sector is the engine of growth and employment creation

The Private Sector

FÖRDELNING PRODUKTIVA

TILLGÅNGAR

PRIVATE

SECTOR

MARKETS

FINANCIAL

SERVICES

SKILLED HUMAN

RESOURCES

RULES AND

REGULATIONS

INFRASTRUCTURE

HEALTH

PEACE AND

SECURITY

MACRO

ECONOMY

DEMOCRATIC

GOVERNANCE

EDUCATION

RESEARCH AND

INNOVATION

GLOBAL AND

REGIONAL TRADE

Market Development and B4D

MD: Private Sector Facilitation

B4D: Private Sector Collaboration

Point of departure for MD: the Market System

Point of departure for B4D: the Market Player

MD: Trade and Private Sector Development (incl financial sector)

B4D: A set of instruments for direct private sector collaboration

Objective B4D –

private actors that effectively contribute to the

objectives of international development

cooperation

Objective ICT4D –

good skills and high capacity among various

actors to facilitate the effective use of, and access

to ICT4D

To achieve the ICT4D objectives, Sida

is to:

• Provide support to strategic ICT4D

activities with an inovative approach.

Access to, and the use of, new

technology by women and girls in

particular should be highlighted

Sida’s B4D

instruments/methods

• Private public partnership

• Challenge funds

• Drivers of Change

• Innovative Financing

Partnerships Bring Value

10

Business

Interests

Sidas

Development

Goals

Partnership

Opportunity

Sida’s Private Public Partnerships

A company initiates & specifies

Program implemented

by UN or NGO

Sida

Partner Countries Ministries

Partnerships Complementing components

- Where?

- What?

Other local

stakeholders

Financial

contribution

50 %

Dialogue &

Ownership

Challenge funds

• Companies and entrepreneurs are

invited to apply for catalytic funds

in competition, in accordance with

a number if pre-defined selection

criteria.

Innovations Against

Poverty

“Just as the private sector is critical to the future of the

developing world, the developing world is critical to the future of big business. Four out of five consumers live there.”

UNDP

Innovations Against

Poverty Innovation Against Poverty

Business for Development

Innovation against poverty

• First launch – 157 applications from 25 countries

– 21 grants (12 small, 9 big)

• Second launch – 236 applications from 45 countries

– 17 grants (5 small, 12 big)

Examples

• Backpack Farm Agri (Kenya, South Sudan)

• Solar water pumping (Egypt, Jordand, South S)

• Mobile phone payment service (Ethiopia)

• Preventive weather forecasting (Ghana)

• Portable ultrasound for pregnant women in rural

areas

• Plastic recycling

• Callcenters – Health

• Pedal-driven energy creation

• Farm Business Advisors – new markets

Drivers of Change

Watchdogs Swedwatch

Market Transformation Initiative

Business Call to Action

Innovative Financing

Innovative financing aims at mobilizing capital resources

from the private sector.

ICT4D-activities

• Statistics and women entrepreneurs,

UNCTAD/ILO

• Governance Afghanistan, UNDP

• Seed Alliance, Challenge Fund

• mLabs – Infodev

• Mobile money for the poor – UNCDF

• Empowering Local Radio, Tanzania, UNESCO

• Training CSO

Mobile Money for Poor

(MM4P)

Background:

• 2.7 billion no access to formal savings, transactions or credit accounts

• UNCDF’s focus countries 90% of the working age adults have no access

to financial services. Women and youth are traditionally further excluded.

• Services like M-pesa in Kenya have shown that also poor people will use

these services if they are developed viable

MM4P:

Scalable and replicable mobile money projects for financial services to low-

income persons, small and microenterprises, including women and those in

rural and remote areas.

ICT4D through Regional

Challenge Funds

• Collaboration by the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) for Asia/Pacific,

Africa and Latin America.

• Provides small grants (10 000 – 30 000 USD) and awards (3 000 – 5 000

USD)

• Small grants = small consequences of failure room for innovation.

• Focus on sustainable business models where a purely market-driven

model is unlrealistic or inappropriate.

• Targets both private sector and not for profit organisations

• Recipients of grants can apply for various capacity development tools

(online training, consultants, internships) and networking options

(participation in IGF)

Mobile innovation for

development - mLabs

• Open spaces where mobile application developers can interact, work

and gain access to tools and expertise to assist in the creation of viable

mobile application businesses.

• Acts as gateways to local, regional and international markets, connects

local entrepreneurs with seed, venture and angel investors.

• Most well-known mLab is *iHub_ in Kenya. Others include South Africa,

Viet Nam, Pakistan, Nepal and Armenia. More locations to come.

• Many African innovations related to agriculture: iCow, Mfarm, FarmPal,

Mkulima Calc. etc.

Course ICT for Development (ICT4D)

in democracy, education and health

Training course targeted at CSOs

supported by Sida

The course aims to assist Swedish CSOs to understand how

ICT4D can be an integrated part of their activities, and to

practically plan and implement strategic interventions.

Division of Labour Sida

Embassies

Regional departments

Global/B4D-ICT4D