Sida finalises overhaul of NGO funding regime, 35 multi-year agreements with Southern actors to be signed

News June 24, 2026 / By: Ann Danaiya Usher

The dust and the shock have started to settle after a major shake-up in Sida’s NGO funding system that began two years ago. The agency now plans to make good on its pledge to devote 8 per cent of its civil society budget to organisations in the Global South. By year end, the total number of grantees will have increased almost ten-fold.

Sonke - anti- GBVF protest last year.jpg — South Africa-based Sonke Gender Justice is among a handful of non-Swedish intermediaries to sign a three-year grant agreement with Sida. Here, from a protest against gender-based violence and femicide in Northern Cape last year. (Photo by Sonke)

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Sida finalises overhaul of NGO funding regime, 35 multi-year agreements with Southern actors to be signed

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