Shared Responsibility Swedens' Policy for Global Development
• Government Bill, May 2003
• Common Objective : To contribute to Equitable and
Sustainable Global Development.
• Policy Coherence - development aspects in all
policy areas.
• Development Assistance refocused.
A Common Global Agenda
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UN Millennium Declaration
Millennium Development Goals
The WTO ministerial conference in Doha
The International Conference on Financing for Development
in Monterrey
• The World Summit on Sustainable Development in
Johannesburg
All Policy Areas Matter
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Legal issues and policy
Security and Defence policy
Trade and business investment policy
Migration policy
Social welfare and public health policy
Economic financial policy
Education policy
Agriculture and fisheries policy
Cultural policy
Environmental policy
Industrial and employment policy
A Rights Perspective
• All human beings are born free and equal in dignity
and rights
• Democracy and human rights reinforce each other
• Gender equality
• Children's rights
The Perspective of Poor People
• The priorities of the poor
• The poverty reduction
strategies are vital
• A shift in focus from rich
countries to the poor, from
governments to individuals
Central Elements of the Policy
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Respect for human rights
Democracy and good governance
Gender equality
Sustainable use of natural
resources and environmental protection
Economic growth
Social development and social security
Conflict management and human security
Global public goods
Global Public Goods (GPG)
• International Task Force on GPG
• Defining International Public Goods
• Priorities in the provision of international public
goods for development:
- selection of key international public goods
- learning lessons from past experience:
management and financing
• Recommendations for future actions
Policy Coherence
• All central government ministries involved in the
writing of the bill
• Next steps :
- Further analysis in certain areas (GPG, migration,
conflict prevention, agriculture and private sector)
- Implementation of recommendations
- Organisational consequences
A New Focus for Swedish Development
Co-operation
• Objective : To contribute to an environment
supportive of poor people's own efforts to improve
their quality of life
• Development co-operation is a complement to
partner countries' and counterparts' own efforts
Increased Efficiency of Development
Co-operation
• Concentration to fewer sectors and areas
• No Program Countries - increased co-ordination
with other donors, international organisations, civil
society etc.
• No sharp division between bilateral and multilateral
assistance
• Harmonisation of procedures and routines
• Untying of development assistance
Learning From Each Other
• An Annual Report from the Government to the
Parliament on the implementation of the policy for
Global Development
• A Citizens' Forum to be created
• Independent Evaluation
Policy Coherence Research by EGDI
(Expert Group on Development Issues)
• Some current topics:
- Migration Regimes and Economic Development
- Security and Development
- Special and Differential Treatment of
Developing Countries in the WTO
- The Multilateral System for Development
Financing
EGDI - Migration and Development
- Development impact of international migration for
work.
- How do migration policies of rich receiving
countries affect the economic development of lowincome sending countries.
- The study is structured around four regional case
studies, each representing different migration
patterns or regime.
EGDI - Security and Development
- Analyse the intersection between conflict prevention,
security and development.
- How can donors act in a post-conflict situation in order not
to encourage a return to conflict?
- Is there a relationship between a "securitization" of a sector
(or country) and the level of investment?
- Can, and if so how, traditional military
security measures promote development?
EGDI - Multilateral Development Financing
- Analyse the multilateral system for development
financing, review recent political initiatives and
propose a vision for a more effective system.
- Analyse the roles and comparative advantages of
the international financial institutions, UN, EU etc.
- Key characteristics: adequacy of finance,
predictability, security of access to finance,
efficiency, flexibility of institutional mechanisms,
developing countries' voice and representation
in governing bodies.
EGDI - International Trade
- Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) of
developing countries within the WTO
- Analyse an ideal system and a political realistic
framework of SDTs in the WTO
- How can SDTs promote development ?
- What are the relevant principles for the SDT
rules? - What are the potential synergies between
different SDT rules?