Strategy for Sweden’s global development cooperation activities in the areas of human rights and freedoms, democracy and the rule of law 2024–2028
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(New version) The objective of Sweden’s international development assistance is to create preconditions for better living conditions for people living in poverty and under oppression. Internationally agreed principles on aid and development effectiveness will be applied.
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The strategy will apply during the period 2024–2028 and govern the use of funds under appropriation item 13 in the appropriation directions for Sida for each budget year.
Update
The strategy was updated on 28 May 2026 in connection with the Government’s adoption of a new strategy for the work of the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) in the field of peace and security promotion for the period 2026–2031. As a result, FBA’s mandate under the Strategy for Sweden's global development cooperation in the areas of human rights and freedoms, democracy and the rule of law 2024–2028 came to an end, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) became the sole implementing government agency for the strategy.
