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SWE-2010-90 Stemming Violence against Civilians? Effective External Security Sector Reform in Conflict/Post-Conflict Settings -the case of the DR SWE-2010-90 Stemming Violence against Civilians? Effective External Security Sector Reform in Conflict/Post-Conflict Settings -the case of the DR This project aims to analyze how Defense and Police Reform in DRC, via foreign involvement, is received, navigated and assessed from the perspective of local actors, as well as from the perspective of key external actors. Analysis of official discourses will be combined with in-depth interviews and observations of mechanisms at work. In focus are reforms aimed at improving civil-military relations, including, stemming gender based violence, and creating non partisan security forces representative of the population. Inadequate attention to national institutional contexts produces reforms that address symptoms rather than causes, which may have counter-productive effects. This study will help us better understand the problematic relationship between external actors and local agents and conditions. It thus aims to better identify the impact and success/failure of particular measures. This project aims to analyze how Defense and Police Reform in DRC, via foreign involvement, is received, navigated and assessed from the perspective of local actors, as well as from the perspective of key external actors. Analysis of official discourses will be combined with in-depth interviews and observations of mechanisms at work. In focus are reforms aimed at improving civil-military relations, including, stemming gender based violence, and creating non partisan security forces representative of the population. Inadequate attention to national institutional contexts produces reforms that address symptoms rather than causes, which may have counter-productive effects. This study will help us better understand the problematic relationship between external actors and local agents and conditions. It thus aims to better identify the impact and success/failure of particular measures.
Expertbesök Expert visits Brings together participants from around the world to discuss different sustainability topics. The goal is to develop solutions for 48 hours to help companies and organisations effectively manage different sustainability challenges in their local context Samlar deltagare från hela världena tt diskuetra olika hållbarhetsämnen. Målet är att utveckla  lösningar inom 48 timmar som hjälper företag och organisationer effektivt hantera olika hållbarhetssvårigheter som de upplever
Investigation of coronavirus immunity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda Immunitet mot coronavirus före och under COVID-19 pandemin i Uganda Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes the coronavirus disease COVID-19. During the two years since the virus and the disease was first discovered, COVID-19 has by mid-March 2022 caused at least 480 million infections and 6.2 million deaths world-wide. The pandemic hit unevenly across the world population, with characteristics such as age, male sex, underlying conditions, and host genetics influencing the risk of developing severe disease. Interestingly, available data suggests that East African countries such as Uganda have been relatively less affected in terms of severe COVID-19 disease and mortality compared to many western countries, despite very limited and delayed vaccine availability. In this proposal, we hypothesize that pre-existing T cell immunity to coronaviruses gained before the pandemic may influence these patterns of susceptibility to severe COVID-19. To address this possibility, we will utilize the Ugandan arm of the RV329 African Cohort Study (AFRICOS), which has a retrospective longitudinal set of cryopreserved samples covering pre-pandemic and pandemic time-points. This cohort will also allow us to address the impact of HIV-1 infection on the characteristics of pre-existing immunity. We anticipate that the proposed experiments, together with the comprehensive clinical data collected in the AFRICOS study, will significantly enhance our understanding of the role of pre-existing T cell immunity to protect from severe COVID-19. COVID-19 har under de två åren som gått sedan sjukdomen och det nya viruset SARS-CoV-2 identifierades, orsakat mycket lidande världen över med hundratals miljoner infekterade och ett antal miljoner döda i sjukdomen. Trots att många länder i Afrika är hårt utsatta för infektionssjukdomar som malaria, HIV, och flera andra virussjukdomar, så har COVID-19 slagit mindre mot vissa länder särskilt i östra Afrika jämfört med länder i Europa och Amerika. Känsligheten för SARS-CoV-2 infektion och risken för svår COVID-19 sjukdom beror av många variabler, såsom ålder, kön, och andra kroniska sjukdomar. Skillnaden mellan östafrikanska länder som Uganda och Europeiska länder är dock för stor för att kunna förklaras enbart med dessa kända faktorer. I detta forskningsprojekt vill vi undersöka möjligheten att immunitet som existerade innan pandemins utbrott kan bidra till att minska risken för svår COVID-19 i den Ugandiska befolkningen. Det adaptiva immunsystemet som försvarar oss mot infektioner utgörs till stor del av två huvudsakliga celltyper, T celler och B celler. I detta projekt använder vi en longitudinell cohort med insamlade blodprover från 2013 och framåt för att särskilt undersöka förekomsten av T cells-medierad immunitet mot SARS-CoV-2 före pandemin. Vi hoppas att detta projekt kan ge ny kunskap som hjälper oss förstå motståndskraft mot svår COVID-19 med särskild relevans för östra Afrika.
Bringing Business and Human Rights Context in Action Bringing Business and Human Rights Context in Action The project aims to bring together actors active in human rights, the environmental movement and business and work for accountability and democracy. The project aims to bring together actors active in human rights, the environmental movement and business and work for accountability and democracy.
SWE-2011-202 Frictions, fractures and cultural resilience of Swahili coastal towns SWE-2011-202 Frictions, fractures and cultural resilience of Swahili coastal towns The project aims to study the recent history of nominations and inscription to the UNESCO World heritage that the Stone Town of Zanzibar and Bagamoyo, in Tanzania, has/are undergoing and its consequences. A lot of effort and resources, both locally and internationally, has been invested in these projects. We want to study the social results of this. How has it influenced the identity, the civil society, and the understanding of these places. Are the inhabitants loyal to the inscription/nomination, and do they see it as benefitting for them? Which narratives have survived the processes and are today used to describe them. How do they reflect the experts narratives. Do the inhabitants recognize any benefits from the World Heritage. Or the opposite. The project aims to study the recent history of nominations and inscription to the UNESCO World heritage that the Stone Town of Zanzibar and Bagamoyo, in Tanzania, has/are undergoing and its consequences. A lot of effort and resources, both locally and internationally, has been invested in these projects. We want to study the social results of this. How has it influenced the identity, the civil society, and the understanding of these places. Are the inhabitants loyal to the inscription/nomination, and do they see it as benefitting for them? Which narratives have survived the processes and are today used to describe them. How do they reflect the experts narratives. Do the inhabitants recognize any benefits from the World Heritage. Or the opposite.
Project funding Projektstöd Project funding - Creative Force Agenda 2030 To strengthen human rights, freedom of expression and democracy in the target countries. Creative Force är ett program som finansierar internationella projekt som genom kultur eller media arbetar för att åstadkomma positiv förändring i länder där demokrati, mänskliga rättigheter och yttrandefrihet brister.
Medical doctor/training expert to UNDSS NY to increase in-house capacity in medical trainings Läkare som bistår UNDSS NY med att öka deras kapacitet inom medicinska utbildningar Den sekondera läkaren jobbar med att utveckla organisationens egna kapacitet att själva genomföra Emergency trauma bag utbildning, bla genom att planera och genomföra instruktörsutbildningar. The seconded doctor is working on increasing UNDSS capacity to deliver Emergency trauma bag trainings to UN agencies around the world. For example with Training of trainers courses. The goal of MSB:s peace operations is to enhance its partners’ capacities and strengthen responsiveness to enable sustainable peace, security and development in conflict-, post-conflict countries and fragile states, to ensure the transition from poverty and oppression to peace, freedom and security’. Målet med MSB:s fredsfrämjande arbete är att samarbetsaktörer får en stärkt kapacitet och svarsförmåga att verka för hållbar fred, säkerhet och utveckling i konflikt- och postkonfliktländer samt sviktande stater, för att människor som lever i fattigdom och förtryck ska kunna leva i frihet och säkerhet’.
Swedish Language Education Utbildning i svenska språket Relationsförvaltning: NFGL (Network for Future Global Leaders) och alumnnätverk Relationship Management: SI Network for Future Global Leaders and Alumni Networks Bidra till Agenda 2030-målen, samarbeten med/och kontakter med Sverige
Development of oral eflornithine for late-stage African sleeping sickness Utveckling av oral erflornitinbehandling av afrikansk sömnsjuka i sent stadium Eflornithine is one of only three main-stay drugs registered for the treatment of late-stage human African trypanosomiasis, a uniformly fatal disease if left untreated. Eflornithine is currently recommended as a first line treatment, but due to its complicated intravenous administration, numerous patients are left untreated. A simplified mode of administration would enable more patients having access to treatment. Eflornithine is available as a racemate, a 50:50 mixture of its complementary stereoisomers. L-eflornithine is about 10-20-fold more potent but its absorption after oral dose is less favoured compared with D-eflornithine. The project will explore by non-clinical in vitro, in vivo and pharmacometric methods, a simplified, oral treatment alternative for eflornithine chemotherapy in late-stage T.b. gambiense sleeping sickness by seeking ways to improve the oral absorption of L-eflornithine. Sömnsjuka är en dödlig sjukdom om den ej behandlas med läkemedel. Eflornitin är effektiv vid behandling av sjukdomen i sitt sena, allvarliga stadium. Fler patienter skulle kunna räddas till livet om tillgång fanns till en oralt administrerad behandling, utöver den mycket komplicerade intravenöst givna behandling som används idag.     Eflornitin ges som en 50:50-blandning av två stereoisomerer (L- resp D-form). Av dessa är det bara L-eflornitin som utövar effekt. Gruppen har tidigare visat i såväl icke-kliniska som kliniska studier att, till skillnad från intravenösa infusioner, är upptaget av den aktiva L-formen missgynnat efter oral dos. Projektet avser att undersöka eflornitins stereoselektiva absorption för att finna sätt att öka upptaget av L-formen.
Project funding Projektstöd SI Public Sector Innovation Programme is implemented in collaboration with universities and colleges. Financial support for organisations with capacity-enhancning training programs, focusing on Agenda 2030. The training programmes are for public sector employees and elected representatives from more than twenty OECD/DAC countries. The purpose is to strengthen the capacity of professionals to contribute to innovation in the public sector and support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. SI Public Sector Innovation Programme är ett finansiellt stöd för anordnande av kapacitetshöjande utbildningsprogram med fokus på Agenda 2030 för OECD/DAC-länder.
Capacity development of rescue services Kapacitetsutveckling av räddningstjänst i Ukraina Initiala kapcitetsutvecklande aktiviteter för att stödja utveckling av långsiktigt partnerskap med ukrainska myndigheter Initial capacity development activities to support development of longterm partnership Stärkt förmåga hos aktörer i andra länder att förebygga och återuppbygga samt skapa beredskap för effektiv hantering av risker, olyckor och kriser. Strengthened ability of actors in other countries to prevent and rebuild and create preparedness for effective management of risks, accidents and crises.
Ledarskapsprogram Leadership programme Swedish Institute Management Programme Africa (SIMP Africa) utmanar företagandets traditionella tillvägagångssätt och utforskar hur företag kan ha ett större fokus på människa och planet i den globala ekonomin.  Mer information finns tillgänglig på SI:s webbsida: https://si.se/en/apply/leadership-programmes/swedish-institute-management-programme-africa/ Swedish Institute Management Programme Africa (SIMP Africa) is a programme that challenges traditional approaches of doing business and explores how business can become more people and planet focused in the global economy. The programme provides knowledge and tools that are critical for understanding sustainable and responsible business. Throughout the programme, the participants work on a sustainability challenge in their organisation and apply learnings to continually develop skills for making a positive business impact. The participants formulate the challenge based on the needs of their organisation and local circumstances. For more information please visit SI's website: https://si.se/en/apply/leadership-programmes/swedish-institute-management-programme-africa/
Emergency preparedness co-operation Beredskapssamarbete Vitryssland bygger ny kärnkraft och beredskapssamarbete är därför av vikt för Sverige Belorussia will soon have operating NPP:s and co-operation on emergency preparedness is therefore vital to Sweden. The Belorussioan nuclear authority, as well as the Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian ones, have had conferences which aim at getting agreements on mutual understanding on emergency preparedness issues. Myndigheterna i Belarus, Sverige, Norge samt Finland samarbetar om att skapa en ökad gemensam förståelse för beredskapsfrågor.
EUPOL COPPS Palestine, seconded staff to EU civilian mission EUPOL COPPS Palestina, MSB sekonderar personal till EU:s civila mission inom missionstödjande profiler MSB sekonderar personal till EU:s civila mission inom en bredd av profiler profiler, dessa kan variera från år till år men samtliga ska bidra till att missionen kan genomföra sitt mandat och främja fred och säkerhet. MSB supports/supported the EU mission with seconded staff to ensure that the mission can fulfill its mandate to promote peace and security. Specific profiles may differ throught the years of implementation. The goal of MSB:s peace operations is to enhance its partners’ capacities and strengthen responsiveness to enable sustainable peace, security and development in conflict-, post-conflict countries and fragile states, to ensure the transition from poverty and oppression to peace, freedom and security’. Målet med MSB:s fredsfrämjande arbete är att samarbetsaktörer får en stärkt kapacitet och svarsförmåga att verka för hållbar fred, säkerhet och utveckling i konflikt- och postkonfliktländer samt sviktande stater, för att människor som lever i fattigdom och förtryck ska kunna leva i frihet och säkerhet’.
New organometallic antimalarials Nya metallorganiska antimalarialäkemedel Malaria är en mycket spridd sjukdom som särskilt drabbar utvecklingsländer och där orsakar samhälleliga skador som försvårar ländernas utveckling. Situationen är särskilt allvarlig för afrikanska länder söder om Sahara. Även om mycket stora framsteg har gjorts vad gäller förebyggande och behandling av malaria, finns det ett stort behov av kontinuerlig utveckling av nya läkemedel för behandling av denna sjukdom. Anledningen är att malariaparasiter relativt snabbt utvecklar resistens mot läkemedel. I detta forskningsprojekt undersöks möjligheten att metallkomplex kan hämma malaria, med syftet att sådana metallkomplex skall kunna användas som läkemedel. De metallkomplex som framställs innehåller kända eller postulerade aktiva fragment från etablerade läkemedel, och inkorporeringen av dessa fragment i metallkomplex förväntas motverka resistens på samma gång som fragmenten ger bibehållen terapeutisk effekt. Konceptet har redan visats giltigt för en järnförening som har genomgått kliniska studier, och komplex utvecklade inom detta forskningsprojekt har visat antimalaria-egenskaper. Forskningen är av preklinisk natur och syftar till att utveckla aktiva substanser som kan utgöra grund för framtida läkemedelsutveckling. This project will focus on the preparation of organometallic metal complexes that may function as antimalarial drugs. Complex synthesis is developed in collaboration with research teams in South Africa (University of Cape Town) and India (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi). The antimalarial properties will be tested on Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites in collaboration with researchers at the University of Cape Town.
SWE-2010-38 Long-term Coastal Evolution: Modeling and Managing Coastal Areas in Developing Countries with special regard to Climate Change SWE-2010-38 Long-term Coastal Evolution: Modeling and Managing Coastal Areas in Developing Countries with special regard to Climate Change The main objectives are to develop a modeling system for simulating coastal evolution at the regional scale and to formulate methodologies for integrating simulation results into coastal planning and management, with special focus on climate change. A model framework will be employed that couples the regional processes to the local processes enabling simulations that stretches over large areas and long time periods, yet resolving local phenomena and features. The project involves three different research areas: (1) Develop understanding of long-term coastal processes and their mathematical modeling to build a numerical model of regional coastal evolution; (2) Formulate scenarios of long-term coastal evolution based on climate change and variability; and (3) Integrate modeling results into coastal planning and management to arrive at sustainable management strategies for coastal areas. The main objectives are to develop a modeling system for simulating coastal evolution at the regional scale and to formulate methodologies for integrating simulation results into coastal planning and management, with special focus on climate change. A model framework will be employed that couples the regional processes to the local processes enabling simulations that stretches over large areas and long time periods, yet resolving local phenomena and features. The project involves three different research areas: (1) Develop understanding of long-term coastal processes and their mathematical modeling to build a numerical model of regional coastal evolution; (2) Formulate scenarios of long-term coastal evolution based on climate change and variability; and (3) Integrate modeling results into coastal planning and management to arrive at sustainable management strategies for coastal areas.
SWE-2011-67 Social accountability of the local state in China (People's Republic of) SWE-2011-67 Social accountability of the local state in China (People's Republic of) The project will study how citizens can hold local officials and authorities accountable in China (People's Republic of). The concept social accountability is used to analyze non-electoral forms of accountability such as media, internet, hearings and citizen evaluations. We will test five hypotheses on the conditions when social accountability is likely to be successful. The outcome is measured as (1) answerability (2) sanctions, and (3) legal rights attainment. The city of Hangzhou will constitute a crucial case where the circumstances are benign. We will use process tracing to examine events where citizens are claiming their rights towards authorities. Through interviews with activists and officials and analysis of media we will map the mechanisms resulting in successful social accountability. The theoretical contribution is a test of the concept social accountability in an authoritarian political context. The project will study how citizens can hold local officials and authorities accountable in China (People's Republic of). The concept social accountability is used to analyze non-electoral forms of accountability such as media, internet, hearings and citizen evaluations. We will test five hypotheses on the conditions when social accountability is likely to be successful. The outcome is measured as (1) answerability (2) sanctions, and (3) legal rights attainment. The city of Hangzhou will constitute a crucial case where the circumstances are benign. We will use process tracing to examine events where citizens are claiming their rights towards authorities. Through interviews with activists and officials and analysis of media we will map the mechanisms resulting in successful social accountability. The theoretical contribution is a test of the concept social accountability in an authoritarian political context.
Stöd till UNDP's program mot sudanesiska finansministeriet UNDP Support to Sudanese Ministry of Finance and Planning MSB sekonderar tre personer som ska stödja i utformning, uppföljning och transparensen i biståndet. MSB seconds staff to aid in the design, follow up and transparency of international aid flows. Målet med MSB:s fredsfrämjande arbete är att samarbetsaktörer får en stärkt kapacitet och svarsförmåga att verka för hållbar fred, säkerhet och utveckling i konflikt- och postkonfliktländer samt sviktande stater, för att människor som lever i fattigdom och förtryck ska kunna leva i frihet och säkerhet’. The goal of MSB:s peace operations is to enhance its partners’ capacities and strengthen responsiveness to enable sustainable peace, security and development in conflict-, post-conflict countries and fragile states, to ensure the transition from poverty and oppression to peace, freedom and security’.
Multifunctional training and concept development Multifunktionell samverkan och konceptutveckling Multifunktionell samverkan och konceptutveckling för att öka internationella fredsinsatsers effektivet och förmåga Training and concept development aimed at increasing the civilian capacity and strengthening the cooperation and coordination between civilian and military actors deployed in peacekeeping operations
Providing gender equality among children and combating discrimination Providing gender equality among children and combating discrimination The project aim is to develope and disseminate a gender equality digital educational game for children The project aim is to develope and disseminate a gender equality digital educational game for children
Projekt för mål 5, agenda 2030 Projects for goal 5, agenda 2030 Tekla workshop & dialogue - gender equality project with the aim to contribute to the fifth goal of Agenda 2030; offering the opportunity to challange the underrepresentation of women in technology and ways of empowering girls and women by strengthening their roles and opportunities. Target groups: girls aged 11 - 15 years (workshop) and key stakeholders/decisionmakers/universities/companies within STEM (Tekla Dialogue) Tekla workshop & dialogue - ett jämställdhetsprojekt som syftar till att bidra till mål 5 i agenda 2030 (Jämställdhet). Fokus på att lyfta fram och utmana underrrepresentationen av unga kvinnnor och flickor inom STEM, stärka deras roller och skapa nya möjlihgeter. Målgrupper är: flickor 11-15 år (workshop)  samt nyckelaktörer/beslutsfattare/universitet/företag inom STEM (Tekla Dialogue)
Supporting the financial stability of independent news website Diken Supporting the financial stability of independent news website Diken The purpose of the support is to offer citizens accurate and objective news reporting with a critical perspective. The purpose of the support is to offer citizens accurate and objective news reporting with a critical perspective.