Swedish Development Cooperation With Palestine

The development cooperation with Palestine is part of Sweden’s overall engagement, whose aims are the end of Israel’s occupation and a peaceful, sustainable two-state solution based on international law. Sweden is part of the EU’s common approach to the Middle East peace process.

Sweden’s bilateral development cooperation with Palestine is governed by “Strategy for Sweden’s regional development cooperation with the Middle East and North Africa 2024-2027”. The humanitarian aid is governed by “Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian aid 2021-2025”. The strategies are implemented mainly by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and partly by the Folke Bernadotte Academy FBA).

Sida’s activities under the strategy will contribute to the following objectives:

Economic development, improved infrastructure and job creation, 
including entrepreneurship and the economic empowerment of 
young people and women.

Improved access to health care, including sexual and reproductive 
health and rights, and a focus on children’s health. 

Sida’s and the FBA’s activities will contribute to the following objectives:

Strengthened capacity for good governance, democracy, the rule of 
law and accountability, and promoting a two-state solution in 
accordance with international law.

Important links:

• Sida.se
• fba.se
• Openaid.se