Implementation model for aid through CSO

The plan makes it a cornerstone to build and support independent and democratic popular movements and demands conditions that ensure their strong independence, as well as solidarity-based aid. Requirements for self-financing and limited onwards transmission place a heavy burden on small organisations and risk more short-term and politically controlled aid instead. The criticism of the model's parts therefore follows from the plan's commitments.

• support independent popular movementsdecisive»självständiga och demokratiska folkrörelser är därför en grundpelare i« (party programme ↗)“independent and democratic popular movements are therefore a cornerstone in”
• conditions that ensure independence»Vi driver på för villkor som säkrar en stark« (party programme ↗)“We push for conditions that ensure strong”
• solidarity-based aid»solidariskt bistånd och rättvisa handelsvillkor.« (party programme ↗)“solidarity-based aid and fair trade terms.”
• the strength of movements determines»Det är styrkan i rörelserna som avgör vad som är« (party programme ↗)“It is the strength of the movements that determines what is”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme binds the party to development cooperation that supports the emergence of a strong civil society locally and globally, and to the principle that policy shall be formed in dialogue with civil society and create good conditions for its development. The criticism of requirements for significant co-financing and limited further distribution, which affects smaller organisations and occurs without consultation, rests on the same commitments. However, the technical design of the model is not addressed in the plan.

• support for local civil societydecisive»Utvecklingssamarbetet ska bygga på utvecklingsländernas egna resurser och stödja« (party programme ↗)“Development cooperation shall be based on developing countries' own resources and support”
• strong civil society»Ett starkt och levande civilsamhälle är demokratins underbyggnad.« (party programme ↗)“A strong and living civil society is the foundation of democracy.”
• dialogue with civil society»formas i en levande dialog med det civila samhälle och ska skapa goda villkor för« (party programme ↗)“formed in a living dialogue with civil society and shall create good conditions for”
• the one per cent target»Det svenska biståndet ska motsvara minst en procent av bruttonationalinkomsten.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish development aid shall correspond to at least one per cent of gross national income.”

The election manifesto demands that aid is guided by efficiency and poverty reduction and not conditioned against Swedish domestic policy interests, and the party programme that aid through non-governmental organizations is often more effective and shall be marked by responsiveness to recipients' needs. The criticism of self-financing requirements that hit smaller organizations and make aid short-term and politically controlled thereby gains support in the plan.

• aid free from political controldecisive»att mer än 1 procent av Sveriges bruttonationalinkomst fortsatt ska gå till bistånd, att biståndet ska styras av principer om effektivitet och fattigdomsbekämpning och inte villkoras mot Sveriges inrikespolitiska intressen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that more than 1 percent of Sweden's gross national income shall continue to go to aid, that aid shall be guided by principles of efficiency and poverty reduction and not conditioned against Sweden's domestic policy interests.”
• civil society as an effective channel»I många fall är solidariskt bistånd mellan folk och icke-statliga organisationer effektivare än stöd direkt till regeringar.« (party programme ↗)“In many cases, solidarity aid between peoples and non-governmental organizations is more effective than direct support to governments.”
• support for rights organizations»Organisationer som arbetar för demokrati, mänskliga rättigheter, jämställdhet och hållbar utveckling bör ges stöd genom svenskt utvecklingssamarbete.« (party programme ↗)“Organizations working for democracy, human rights, gender equality and sustainable development should be given support through Swedish development cooperation.”
• consultation and responsiveness»utvecklingssamarbete och skuldavskrivningar ska präglas av respekt och lyhördhet för mottagarländernas behov« (party programme ↗)“development cooperation and debt relief shall be marked by respect and responsiveness to recipient countries' needs”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme states that policy can support civil society by involving it in more processes and financing its infrastructure, that civil society must have an independent role and that policy's task is to remove obstacles for this developing force. Requirements for high self-financing and limited further provision instead place obstacles in the way of smaller organizations and make aid more politically controlled. The criticism is therefore in line with the plan.

• finance civil society's infrastructuredecisive»Politiken kan stödja civilsamhället genom att involvera det i fler processer, finansiera dess infrastruktur« (party programme ↗)“Policy can support civil society by involving it in more processes, financing its infrastructure”
• civil society's independence»Det civila samhället måste ha en självständig roll« (party programme ↗)“Civil society must have an independent role”
• remove obstacles for civil society»Politikens uppgift är att riva hinder och röja väg för denna utvecklingskraft.« (party programme ↗)“Policy's task is to remove obstacles and clear the way for this developing force.”
• civil society as foundation»Det civila samhället, människornas frivilliga organisering, är en fundamental del av varje väl fungerande demokrati och välfärdsstat.« (party programme ↗)“Civil society, people's voluntary organization, is a fundamental part of every well-functioning democracy and welfare state.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that civil society's financing is improved through long-term state grants and that the public in its cooperation respects civil society's independence, while at the same time room for voluntary efforts in aid shall increase. Terms that place a heavy own-financing burden on small organizations and make aid more short-term and politically steered go against that, so the counter-proposal's criticism is supported. The plan simultaneously requires follow-up of grant-giving.

• long-term state grantsdecisive»Vi vill fortsätta förbättra civilsamhällets finansiering genom både bredare skatteavdrag för gåvor och långsiktiga statsbidrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue improving civil society's financing through both broader tax deductions for donations and long-term state grants.”
• civil society's independence»Det offentliga ska i sin samverkan med civilsamhället respektera« (party programme ↗)“The public shall in its cooperation with civil society respect”
• voluntary efforts in aid»Utrymmet för ideella insatser i vård och omsorg, utbildning och kultur, bistånd och totalförsvar« (party programme ↗)“Room for voluntary efforts in healthcare and elderly care, education and culture, aid and total defence”
• good conditions for civil society»Politiken ska bidra till att det civila samhället ges goda förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Policy shall contribute to civil society being given good conditions.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that nonprofit organizations are independent from the public sector and primarily exist for their own goals, that voluntary organizations' resources and distribution systems should be used in development assistance and that stronger civil societies shall be promoted. Criticism of requirements that place a heavy economic burden on smaller organizations and make assistance more politically controlled is in line with this, while the plan's desire to promote voluntary engagement speaks in part for self-financing.

• nonprofits' independencedecisive»ideella organisationer är fristående från den offentliga« (party programme ↗)“nonprofit organizations are independent from the public”
• voluntary organizations in aid»Internationella- och frivilligorganisationers resurser och« (party programme ↗)“International and voluntary organizations' resources and”
• stronger civil society»starkare civila samhällen och större spridning av makt« (party programme ↗)“stronger civil societies and greater distribution of power”
• promote voluntary giving»främja människors frivilliga engagemang« (party programme ↗)“promote people's voluntary engagement”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants Swedish interests and values to guide the choice of aid initiatives to a greater degree and for aid to become narrower, more focused, and results-driven without payment targets. The counter-proposal opposes precisely this kind of governance and the requirements for co-financing and limited pass-through. Its objections therefore lack support in the plan.

• guided selection of aid initiativesdecisive»Svenska intressen och värderingar om demokrati, rättsstat och individuell frihet ska i högre grad styra valet av biståndsinsatser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish interests and values regarding democracy, rule of law, and individual freedom should guide the choice of aid initiatives to a greater degree.”
• narrower and smarter aid»Moderaterna vill reformera biståndet och göra det mer fokuserat på de länder och insatser där Sverige kan göra mest nytta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party wants to reform aid and make it more focused on those countries and initiatives where Sweden can do the most good.”
• results focus in aid»Avskaffa enprocentmålet och ersätta det med en fyraårig budgetram för biståndet som skapar förutsägbarhet och resultatfokus« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish the one per cent target and replace it with a four-year budget framework for aid that creates predictability and results focus”
• humanitarian focus in aid»Svensk biståndspolitik ska vara inriktad på humanitärt« (party programme ↗)“Swedish aid policy should be focused on humanitarian”

The plan's aid line is that appropriations shall be traceable to the final recipient, distributed based on concrete results against pre-established goals and that aid overall shall decrease significantly. Easing requirements on organizations' self-financing and restrictions on re-channeling goes in the opposite direction of that control. The requirement for control over which organizations receive funds is emphasized by the plan's prohibition on aid to Islamist organizations.

• traceable and results-driven aiddecisive»biståndsanslag måste bättre kunna följas ända till slutmottagaren och fördelas utifrån konkreta resultat utifrån i förväg fastställda mål« (2022 manifesto ↗)“aid appropriations must better be traceable to the final recipient and distributed based on concrete results against pre-established goals”
• reduced aid»Överlag måste det internationella biståndet kraftigt minska och insatserna effektiviseras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Overall, international aid must decrease significantly and efforts must be made more efficient.”
• efficiency and evaluation»Effektivisera och utvärdera det svenska biståndet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make Swedish aid more efficient and evaluate it”
• control over recipients»Stoppa allt bistånd till islamistiska organisationer eller regimer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop all aid to Islamist organizations or regimes”