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Nordic NGO financing

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

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.  

News June 24, 2026

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Norway plans to open civil society funding to competition. NGOs warn of pitfalls in Sweden’s ‘chaotic’ process

Against a backdrop of global democratic backsliding and crashing aid budgets, Norway is re-thinking the...

News May 29, 2026

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Sida rolls out first decisions on civil society funding, dozens await word

Several Swedish organisations, including We Effect and WWF, and the British NGO HelpAge are among the...

News October 23, 2025

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Last-minute rule changes spark anger as revamp of Sweden’s civil society funding regime nears completion

Sida is nearing the final stretch of a tortured two-year-long process of revamping its system for allocating...

News July 01, 2025

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Sida chair’s blunt message to Swedish NGOs: compete for funds abroad

As Chair of Sida’s Board, Gunilla Carlsson has overseen the tumultuous transformation of Sida’s civil...

News February 03, 2025

Sweden’s civil society shake-up: triples recipients, puts cap on funding, opens window for Global South

The aid agency Sida has announced its final selection of civil society organisations that are invited...

News November 08, 2024

Civil society strategy outlines Sida’s new funding system, earmarks direct grants to Global South

The new Swedish civil society strategy calls for more transparency and diversity in Sida’s support to...

News September 25, 2024

Sida delays NGO funding decision as it awaits new civil society strategy

Three hundred non-governmental organisations – including 250 from the Global South – are holding their...

News September 18, 2024

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Only Norwegian actors selected by Norad to be ‘strategic partners’

While Sida is upending its decades-old system of strategic partnerships with Swedish civil society organisations,...

News July 03, 2024

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More than 1,000 organisations make first cut in Sida civil society funding call

The Swedish aid agency Sida was inundated with more than 2,700 expressions of interest for its new civil...

News June 04, 2024

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