Research prioritised by low-income countries themselves can solve local problems and contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development. Swedish research support has a long tradition and stands on three legs; capacity development, support to research organisations and support to innovation. These collaborations support the countries' efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
SLU participates in several capacity development projects aiming to enhance the human, scientific, technological, institutional and resource capabilities of our partners in different parts of the world. Such projects are financed by several funding organisations including the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the European Union (EU), the Swedish Research Council Formas, the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) institutes, and others.
Sida is the predominant source of funding of capacity development projects and SLU's participation is mainly through cooperation projects within bilateral programmes with partners in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and South East Asia.
Sida currently has bilateral cooperation programmes in Bolivia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tanzania. SLU is involved in several projects in each of these countries, dealing with individual as well as institutional capacity development projects.
Read more about SLU’s involvement and activities in projects in the following countries:
SLU has a long-standing relation with many partners in low-income countries and is active in many other countries which are not mentioned on this page. For example has SLU been actively engaged in bilateral cooperation with Uganda, financed by Sida, between 2010-2022. The main focus has been research capacity development, which has been crucial for the continuous and existent research collaboration in Uganda.
SLU Global supports SLU's work for global development to contribute to Agenda 2030.
SLU Global
Vice-Chancellor's Office
Agricultural Sciences for Global Development
PO Box 7005, SE-750 07 Uppsala
Visiting address: Almas Allé 7
global@slu.se www.slu.se/slu-global
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