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Reply: Organizations are forced to spend money on consultants
Thank you for your post, Arne Zetterström. I agree with you that the National Audit Office's work to strengthen the recipient country's own institutions is important. This is a long-term work that promotes the country's own capacity, and that double control systems are not created that are based solely on the donors' requirements. During one of my visits to Mozambique in 2010, I interviewed a Brazilian […]
December 10, 2013, Debate
Reply: Intermediate or not?
Of: By Byman
The donor guide writes on December 10 about Musikhjälpen, how the money is collected and how it is distributed. They believe that it is better to give money directly to an organization than to go through an intermediary such as Radiohjälpen, because you then have control over which organization receives the funds and where the money goes. The task of radio assistance […]
December 10, 2013, Debate
Power in agriculture - a prerequisite for saturating the globe
Fish that get bad before it reaches the market in eastern Indonesia and nutritious breadfruit that rots away in Haiti. These are two examples of a global problem - that large parts of the world's harvests are wasted due to shortcomings in the chain from farm to fork. In some developing countries it is about so […]
December 11, 2013, Debate
Reply: Impossible for donors to predict and influence Musikhjälpen's choice of project
Of: Gerda Larsson
On 10/12, the donor guide published our report on Musikhjälpen and Radiohjälpen, which is behind Musikhjälpen, responded in a reply to Biståndsdebatten.se. The donor guide and Charity Rating, which is behind the donor guide, want to point out that we work from the donors' perspective. The donor guide has read Radiohjälpen's project criteria but maintains that the donor does not know which organization will receive their grant. Radio help writes […]
December 12, 2013, Debate
Results in the short and long term
Simple means and quick results have often been criticized for being less good aid. Targeted efforts and vertical funds, many believe, undermine the very foundation of sustainable development based on an understanding of how complex reality is. I of course share the view that development and the conditions for poverty reduction require knowledge of and strategic approach to a […]
December 20, 2013, Debate
Has the Lampedusa disaster marked a turning point in EU immigration policy?
When EU refugee policy is discussed, it is primarily issues relating to the reception or rejection of refugees that are given space. Underlying causes, economic opportunities and questions about the safety of migrants have been overshadowed. Does the report released by the European Commission on 4 December from the Task Force Mediterranean working group mark a turning point in EU immigration policy, or is it an empty word […]?
December 27, 2013, Debate
Labor immigration - for the world's poor
The labor immigration reform celebrates five years. It is a reform that has meant a lot both to Sweden and to the vulnerable in the world - and which is perhaps the most important complement to the development assistance we have. When the first five years of freer labor immigration are now summed up, there are two diametrically opposed lines in the debate. On the one hand those who thanks to the […]
January 9, 2014, Debate
Take the discussion about the information support, Hillevi Engström!
Of: Goran Eklöf
Today, Minister for Development Aid Hillevi Engström is responding to criticism that aid organizations are no longer allowed to pursue public opinion and influence development policy with money from Sida's information grants. The Minister's contribution is a defense, without any reservations, of the Government's strategy for the information and communication activities financed through Sida. There is no hint either that the government's strategy […]
January 14, 2014, Debate
Broadened security concepts must be taken seriously
Of: Anders Mellbourn
For almost 25 years, Sweden's defense force has been shaken by dramatically changed conditions. When the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union was dissolved, the conditions for Swedish security policy became completely different. The threat of a major European war and an invasion of Swedish territory was virtually gone. In defense preparations and security policy analyzes, defense and security threats have been reformulated. Climate deterioration […]
January 30, 2014, Debate
The development assistance platform - from policy forest to what?
Of: Bertil Odén
The overstretched, turbulence-creating and severely delayed aid platform is now out for a quick round of consultation, before it is submitted to the Riksdag in the form of a government letter. The background is the criticism the government has received from both the OECD and the State Treasury that the management of Swedish development assistance was unclear, the number of governing documents for many and the priorities difficult to understand. How has […]
February 5, 2014, Debate