Erikshjälpen has made it to the final in the Sida process

The government's new aid reform, and Sida's announcement that it would terminate existing agreements, risked putting an end to several of Erikshjälpen's interventions in the world's most vulnerable countries.

Erikshjälpen has previously had its Funding through the Swedish Mission Council (SMR), but now a process was started where they had the opportunity to apply for funding directly from Sida. An application was submitted together with the British organization Cord.

- "With the changes that have taken place, we feel it is time to take this step," says Mattias Ingeson. Cord contributes valuable expertise in areas such as conflict management and peacebuilding, which complements our child rights-based approach. Something that is becoming increasingly important in many of the areas where we operate.

Erikshjälpen has now been invited to a first dialog meeting with Sida on November 6 to get more information about the upcoming application. There are still questions to be answered, such as levels of support and what further selection looks like, but Mattias Ingeson is cautiously positive.

- We are happy and excited to have come this far. I do not want to pre-empt the dialogue that we have with our partner and with Sida, but as I see it, we definitely have the capacity to double our interventions compared to today.

An in-depth application must be submitted to Sida by February 1, 2025.