Exterior of the Sida headquarters at Valhallavagen in Stockholm. 2009-07-02
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About Sida's Research Cooperation
Published: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:26:59 GMT   Updated: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:08:26 GMT
Sida's Unit for Research Cooperation (FORSK) is part of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida. FORSK has the overall responsibility for the implementation of the Policy and Strategy for Research Cooperation 2010-2014 and reports to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The overall objective of the Policy and Strategy for Research Cooperation 2010-2014 is to support research cooperation partners so that they better plan produce and use research for development. Partners include international organisations, research councils and universities around the world.

The following are policy documents that are relevant to the activities of the Unit for Research Cooperation:

Policy for Research under the Swedish Development Cooperation Programme

Strategy for Sida's Support for Development Research Cooperation (Klicka för svensk version)


Contact Sida's research unit:

Switchboard: +46 (0)8-698 50 00
Email format: fornamn.efternamn@sida.se (firstname.lastname@sida.se)                             

Head of Unit: Anders Granlund

Administrator: Anna Arrhén

Leading Policy Advisors: Hannah Akuffo, Inger Lundgren

To read more about our mission and assignment, please click here. You can also read more about what we support and the results of our research support.

 
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