Johan Åkerblom

SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATION AGENCY
 Sida works according to directives of
the Swedish Parliament and
Government

The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is

to:
“contribute to making it possible for poor people to
improve their living conditions”
 The challenges are enormous.
Who are the agents of change?
• International organisations?
• Governments?
• Civil society?
• Media?
• Academia?
• Business?
• The poor?
 Why collaboration with the private
sector?
• Untapped potential of knowledge, networks, result based
management, innovative capacity and capital
• A policy decision, Policy for Global Development, further
emphasized by sitting government
• The Government’s instruction to Sida
–Flexibility and innovation
–Mobilize other financial resources
–Increased interaction & collaboration with the private sector
 Business for Development, B4D
Sida’s Programme for collaboration with business
– greater impact with less money
Business for
Development
B4D Advisors & Dialogue
Partners

Business’ role
in relation
to Sida Actor in its own
interest
Suppliers in
Development
Assistance

Business for Development

Business for Development Tools

Advisors &
Dialogue
Various tools for Actor – Partners
collaboration with
B4D Toolbox
businesses
Corporate Sustainability
Challenge Funds
Some are under Public Private Partnerships
development – a Innovative Financing
few are up and Market Transformation Suppliers of
running Innovations Against Poverty
aid
assistance
Social Entrepreneurship
Organization Support

Business for Development

 Actor
B4D Tools B4D Toolbox
Corporate Sustainability
Challenge Funds
Public Private Partnerships
Action based Innovative Financing
Market Transformation
research Perform
Evaluate Innovations Against
Project
Poverty
Social Entrepreneurship
Organization Support

Refine the
Analyze
B4D- tools

Develop

Business for Development

 Result Chain

’
Attitudes

Favorable climate
(Institutional, policies, regulations,
health, competence)
 Sida & Corporate Sustainability
• The private sector enters the core area of development cooperation
through its engagement in social & environmental responsibility
• Corporate Sustainability permeates the B4D work

Business for Development

Development of CSR Third
from business point Generation

of view Strategic CSR

Engagement of core
competences – changed
business models – towards
Second ”doing good”
Generation – contributing to sustainable
development & poverty
”do no harm” reduction
Management & B4D
reporting on Programme
environmental &
First social performance
Generation in processes and
supply chains
Philanthropy
Donations unrelated
to company
operations

Business for Development

Business for Development Tools

Advisors &
Dialogue
Actor – Partners
B4D Toolbox
Corporate Sustainability
Challenge Funds
Public Private Partnerships
Innovative Financing
Market Transformation Suppliers of
Innovations Against Poverty aid
Social Entrepreneurship
assistance
Organization Support

Business for Development

 Innovations Against
The Innovations
Poverty Against Poverty
Programme

“Just as the private sector is

critical to the future of the
developing world, the
developing world is critical to the
future of big business. Four out
of five consumers live there.”
UNDP

Business for Development

Innovations Against Poverty

Business for Development

 Innovations Against Poverty
• The Explorative phase
– pre-feasability studies
– stakeholder needs assessments
– networking with local organisations
– max 50%, max € 200´

Business for Development

 Innovations Against Poverty
• The Explorative phase

• The Research & Pilot phase

- R&D-project (products, services, systems or business models)
- test a concept on the market
- adaptation of existing products
to make them affordable and
accessible by the poor
- max 50%, max € 200´

Business for Development

 Innovations Against Poverty
• The Explorative phase

• The Research & Pilot phase

• The Launching
& Scaling up phase
- Sida Guarantees
- Risk-reflecting fee
- Mobilising private, social and
philantropic capital
- Mobilising local capital

Business for Development

 Thank You!
b4d@sida.se www.sida.se