Development Sweden #38. Water Institute SIWI Goes Down the Drain

Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is shaken to its core. Will it survive? Swedish NGO IM Development Partner is closing down half of its countries and Sida delays decision on Partnership Agreements, Those are the headlines in Development Sweden #38.

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), which is behind both the Stockholm Water Prize and World Water Week, is being shaken to its core. Will the prestigious institution survive the misshandling by the politicians in the municipality in Stockholm? 

Also in this issue – updates on the Swedish government’s cuts in aid budget which have resulted in many NGO’s making drastic cuts in staff. And is it all the government’s fault? And a comment from our Editor-in-Chief: Can you really blame everything in the government?

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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