Conflict Sensitivity in the Swedish Development Cooperation

Sweden, 2005-2006, Sida

The review aimed to analyze conditions and possibilities to ensure conflict sensitivity in the Swedish development cooperation. It analyzed structural problems, practical obstacles and bottle-necks affecting conflict sensitivity of the implementation of development cooperation.
The review departed from the ‘Do No Harm' approach and included:

• Exploration how conflict sensitivity is integrated into Sida's different aid modalities such as budget support, sector programme support, and project support and into cooperation strategies.
• A baseline study of the extent of Sida's development cooperation. (For this purpose, the review included ten countries: Afghanistan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Field visits were conducted to Georgia, Sri Lanka, and Uganda.)
• 37 randomly selected interventions categorized into two groups. One set of ten included interventions with primary or secondary objective to promote peace and security. Second set of 27 included interventions without an objective to promote peace and security. Most of these projects were related to organizations in civil society.
• Recommendations to improve processes and functions in Sida's contribution management system to ensure conflict sensitivity in Sweden's development cooperation.