Overview
Published: September 2, 2020
Updated: October 16, 2024
On Openaid you can find information about when, to whom and for what purposes Swedish aid funds have been disbursed – and what results have been achieved. The open data of the website can be filtered by making various choices.
Openaid collects data from different sources in one place. Besides choosing a year, users can filter the website’s data based on the following choices:
- Responsible agencies
- Countries and regions
- Partners
- Sector category and sector
- Sustainable Development Goals
Responsible agencies
Statistics and payments from Sida, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies handling funds in the Swedish Government’s
By choosing a “Responsible agencies” as a filter option, data will be shown from that particular agency. For example: Sida, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs or the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
Countries and regions
The data on Openaid can be filtered by countries or regions that Sweden cooperates with, and with whom Swedish development cooperation is aimed at and implemented in. For example, choose Afghanistan to see open government data for Swedish support in that country.
Partners
Donors cooperate with multiple partners who either handle and/or implement Swedish aid.
It could be:
- Multilateral organizations
Parts of the Swedish development cooperation are carried out by multilateral organizations. Multilateral organizations can be both an implementing partner and a partner that transfers funds to other organizations. The World Bank, the EU and various UN agencies are examples of multilateral organizations. - NGOs and civil society
Parts of Swedish development cooperation are conducted through non-governmental organizations and civil society. These can be based in Sweden or in partner countries, or be international organizations. - Public sector
Parts of the Swedish development cooperation are carried out by the public sector. For example, through Swedish municipalities and Swedish authorities - Cooperation between public and private actors
Parts of the Swedish development cooperation are conducted through cooperation between public and private actors. - Other
The part of Swedish development cooperation that cannot be attributed to any of the mentioned types of organizations.
Sector category
A sector category describes what specific recipient area one activity should benefit and develop.
On Openaid, each activity is linked to a sector that describes the thematic area in which the activity will be performed. It is possible to filter the open data based on a sector category. For example trade or industry. It is also possible to filter by a sector which is a more specific definition of a sector category.
Sustainable Development Goals
Data is available and presented from 2019 onwards. There may be one or more SDGs reported for each activity. The SDG indicates what an activity contributes or is intended to contribute to achieving. This is based on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) system of sector classifications for SDGs