completed · Livelihoods
Slum Dwellers International 2018/19-2021/22
SDI, established in 1996, is a global network of community-based organizations driven by the poor themselves. The network now brings together over a million slum dwellers in over 34 countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. SDI has a professional Secretariat based in Cape Town, which is Sida's agreement partner.SDI’s vision is for "resilient and inclusive cities that substantively improve the lives of the urban poor". Its mission is "to transform slums into resilient neighborhoods and inclusive cities by collectively driving a women-led, bottom-up change agenda for securing tenure, and increasing access to basic services, housing and livelihoods".The core unit of SDI is the women-led savings group at the community- or slum settlement level. Members of the savings group become part of a national federation, which is then affiliated with the global SDI umbrella.The proposed agreement for 2018-2022 intends to continue strengthening the core activities of SDI and support implementation of the new strategic plan. Sida also intends to follow-up on growth and improvement areas that have been recommended by the 2017 independent evaluation and adopted by the SDI board. These include: expanding and deepening the savings groups at the settlement level; exploring new financing instruments and sources; engaging youth; ensuring a sustainable leadership; strengthening risk management and the organisational culture of accountability; and using SDI data and experiences to influence policies and programs at the city- and country level. Sida's support is also intended to consolidate SDI's work in fighting and negotiating alternatives to evictions. Forwarding of funds to third parties (i.e., support organisations) has been assessed as part of this agreement.Sida proposes a total contribution of SEK 190 000 000 during this new phase, 2018-2022, and is intended to scale-up the work of SDI in the countries where they operate. The previous contribution was SEK 98 000 000 during 2014-2018. The decision to increase the support by 100% is partly based on SDI's proven capacity to deliver concrete results for its slum dweller members, and also based on the urgency of the slum problem and the urbanisation of poverty. The UN estimates that there are now a billion slum dwellers living in the urban centres of low- and middle-income countries. In this context, SDI is unique because it brings together people from this group to organise and improve their own lives through concrete actions at the settlement-, city-, country- and global levels. The cooperation with SDI is relevant to the Swedish global strategy for sustainable environment, climate and oceans, 2018-2022, specifically, the following sub-goals: Environmentally sustainable cities and communities; and Increased access to basic social services and housing for people living in poverty in urban areas. Because of the scaling up of resilience, climate and renewable energy activities during this phase, the cooperation is expected to contribute to the sub-goals on Reduced vulnerability of people living in poverty as well as increased resilience to manage climate change and natural disasters, Sustainable energy systems based on renewable energy. Furthermore, it is relevant to the sub-goal on increases in women´s economic empowerment of the strategy for global actions on economically sustainable development 2014-2017.
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About this project
SDI, established in 1996, is a global network of community-based organizations driven by the poor themselves. The network now brings together over a million slum dwellers in over 34 countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. SDI has a professional Secretariat based in Cape Town, which is Sida's agreement partner.SDI’s vision is for "resilient and inclusive cities that substantively improve the lives of the urban poor". Its mission is "to transform slums into resilient neighborhoods and inclusive cities by collectively driving a women-led, bottom-up change agenda for securing tenure, and increasing access to basic services, housing and livelihoods".The core unit of SDI is the women-led savings group at the community- or slum settlement level. Members of the savings group become part of a national federation, which is then affiliated with the global SDI umbrella.The proposed agreement for 2018-2022 intends to continue strengthening the core activities of SDI and support implementation of the new strategic plan. Sida also intends to follow-up on growth and improvement areas that have been recommended by the 2017 independent evaluation and adopted by the SDI board. These include: expanding and deepening the savings groups at the settlement level; exploring new financing instruments and sources; engaging youth; ensuring a sustainable leadership; strengthening risk management and the organisational culture of accountability; and using SDI data and experiences to influence policies and programs at the city- and country level. Sida's support is also intended to consolidate SDI's work in fighting and negotiating alternatives to evictions. Forwarding of funds to third parties (i.e., support organisations) has been assessed as part of this agreement.Sida proposes a total contribution of SEK 190 000 000 during this new phase, 2018-2022, and is intended to scale-up the work of SDI in the countries where they operate. The previous contribution was SEK 98 000 000 during 2014-2018. The decision to increase the support by 100% is partly based on SDI's proven capacity to deliver concrete results for its slum dweller members, and also based on the urgency of the slum problem and the urbanisation of poverty. The UN estimates that there are now a billion slum dwellers living in the urban centres of low- and middle-income countries. In this context, SDI is unique because it brings together people from this group to organise and improve their own lives through concrete actions at the settlement-, city-, country- and global levels. The cooperation with SDI is relevant to the Swedish global strategy for sustainable environment, climate and oceans, 2018-2022, specifically, the following sub-goals: Environmentally sustainable cities and communities; and Increased access to basic social services and housing for people living in poverty in urban areas. Because of the scaling up of resilience, climate and renewable energy activities during this phase, the cooperation is expected to contribute to the sub-goals on Reduced vulnerability of people living in poverty as well as increased resilience to manage climate change and natural disasters, Sustainable energy systems based on renewable energy. Furthermore, it is relevant to the sub-goal on increases in women´s economic empowerment of the strategy for global actions on economically sustainable development 2014-2017.
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