Development Sweden #36. The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) lays off all employees

Iraq, Afghanistan och and SIW is closing down its development cooperation program. Those are the headlines in Development Sweden #36.

The Swedish government has clearly stated that they aim to reduce further the number of recipient countries. One was closed down (decision taken) in July: Iraq. More are expected.

Another consequence on the development in Sweden is that The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) has been forced to lays off all employees in Afghanistan and close down its operations.

Also in Development Sweden #36: The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) are closing down all development cooperation programs and reducing the office to a skeleton staff.

Development Sweden is published every fourteen days and the target group is people who work professionally with development issues. The editorial board of Development Sweden includes, in addition to employees at Global Bar Magazine, Monika Gutestam Hustus, who has worked for many years for the Save the Children movement in Washington and has extensive knowledge of how international organizations work.

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