1. New Swedish coherent policy for Global Development n Contribute to - a global equitable and sustainable development. - creating conditions for poor people to improve their livelihoods. n Coherens between Trade, Development Cooperation and Foreign Policy n Millennium Development Goals. Increase collaboration with EU and multilaterals Increase collaboration with EU and multilaterals

2. Overriding objective of Development Co-operation Eradiction of Poverty n Multifacetted definition of poverty (lack of choice, power and material resources) n Dynamic, multidimensional and specific for each location n Increased demands on poverty analysis in programs and country strategies

3. The guiding indicators for urban development co-operation MDG 7 - ”Sustainable Development” n Subgoal 9; Sustainable Development - CO2 emissions reduced n Subgoal 10; Half the proportion of people without drinking water by 2015 n Subgoal 11; Improve the lives of 100 million slum dwellers by 2020 - Proportion of population with improved sanitary conditions - Proportion of population with secure tenure

4. Urban cooperation focusing on…… Poverty reduction through support to different areas n Decentralisation and democratic urban governance n Comprehensive Urban Planning n Water & Sanitation n Housing n Waste Management n Land tenure n Urban Transport n Air quality n Cultural heritage

5. Urban cooperation Methods n Reforms of municipal structures and utilities to imrove service delivery n Participatory methods (in planning, budgeting etc) n Co-operation public, private and civil society n Capacity building in partner institutions n Financial mechanisms for local authorities, communities e.g. microfinance

6. Sida activities in the Financial sector  Support to the development of financial sectors and capital markets  Enhancing mobilization of market funds for investment in municipal infrastructure  Partial risk and partial credit guarantees  Funding

7. Financing TA  Grants Investments  Concessionary Credits  Soft Loans  Equity investments through Swedfund  Guarantees

9. Sida´s Urban Development Cooperation - main regions  Central America (Hon, Gua, Sal, Nic)  Southern and Eastern Africa (RSA, Zam, Tan, Uga, Ken, Eth)  Asia and Middle East (Ind, Chi, Pal)  Eastern Europe, (Baltics, Balkan, Rus)

10. Sida´s Urban Development Cooperation - organisational changes  Decentralisation to (an increasing no of) offices in partner countries (42 at present)  Division for Urban Development and Environment created  Cooperation with Eastern Europe and Central Asia incorporated in development cooperation