Forum Syd

Forum Syd is a Swedish umbrella NGO funded by the Swedish government with the stated purpose:

Forum Syd gathers two hundred Swedish organisations working with international development assistance and the forming of opinion on global issues. Member organisations consist of major popular movements such as Save the Children Sweden and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, as well as small societies run entirely on a voluntary basis. Forum Syd also works with a large number of organisations and networks worldwide. Our common aim is global justice.

Activities

Forum Syd's activities:

Areas of work:

• Shaping of public opinion. We cooperates [sic] with other organisations to influence people in power on issues related to global justice, conditions for NGO development assistance and the role of civil society in development cooperation.
• Aid actor in the Global South and East. We cooperates directly with local organisations and is part of international networks. Forum Syd also facilitate cooperation between different organisations. Aditionally Forum Syd runs programmes together with other organisations.
• Channel funds and assure quality. We provide advice and financial support to Swedish organisations that carry out development cooperation and provide information in Sweden on global issues.
• Capacity building. We arrange meetings, courses and exchanges of experience between people from different networks and organisations in countries in the Global North, South and East. We also produce publications on issues central to development work such as gender, environment, debt and trade.

Forum Syd has offices in southern and eastern Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Balkans, as well as representation in Ukraine and Belarus. Development work here is conducted jointly with local organisations. Forum Syd has several different roles, but always one and the same objective: supporting civil society as a force for just and sustainable development in the world.

Contact, References and Resources

Contact

Website: www.forumsyd.org