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Meet SlovakAid

Our mission

We are part of one world, we understand the world language of tolerance and respect. Our home is the world, our world is solidarity and humanity.

Our achievements

Already for 17 years, the Slovak Republic has been contributing effectively and concretely under the SlovakAid brand to the implementation of sustainable development goals and addressing major global challenges.

Our goals

Through the projects and activities of our partners under the SlovakAid brand, we strive to be part of a global effort to eliminate inequality and poverty, and thus improve the living conditions of people in developing countries around the world.

16

Calls for grant proposals in 2020

132+

New grant projects in 2020

24+

Volunteers and experts in 2020

49

Microgrants approved in reaction to COVID-19

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Types of projects

Since 2003, the Slovak development agenda has come a long way and has become an effective tool and an integral part of the foreign policy of the Slovak Republic. Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs has managed to build an institutional, legal and strategic framework for development cooperation and humanitarian aid.

Microgrants
Humanitarian
Development
Financial
SSE
PSE
Volunteers
International
European
Education

Mikrogrants

Microgrants as financial contributions represent an operational and effective form of development cooperation of the Slovak Republic, implemented through a network of Slovak embassies. They make it possible to respond very quickly and directly to the problems and needs of the partner country. Microgrants are provided to non-governmental organizations, civic associations, local authorities, educational and health care institutions registered in the country of operation of the Slovak embassy which issues every year a call for applications for micro-grants, with a financial limit of eur 10.000 per project, for a period of six to 12 months.

Humanitarian projects

Humanitarian aid is an expression of solidarity with people in countries affected by natural disasters, the changing environment, civil wars or social conflicts. The aim is to reduce the negative effects of humanitarian crises, save lives, human dignity and alleviate human suffering in the event of natural disasters, man-made crises, pandemics, hunger and malnutrition or comparable emergencies, as well as prevention and emergency programs, especially in high-risk areas. Humanitarian aid is provided to people regardless of their origin, religion or political beliefs and in accordance with the principles of humanity, independence, impartiality and neutrality.

Development projects

Financial contributions

Financial contributions are used in the development cooperation (bilateral and multilateral), including humanitarian aid. The conditions for their provision are defined by the Development Cooperation Act.

Sharing Slovak Expertise - SSE

SSE offers and passes on (through study visits, sending of experts, internships, roundtables and seminars) Slovak expertise, experience and recommendations from public sector reforms in various areas. This tool also supports the capacity building of public administration and local self-government in partner countries.

Private Sector Engagement Program - PSE

The key factor of development is the support of sustainable economic growth, job creation, as well as supporting mobilization of domestic resources and improving business climate in the partner countries of the official development cooperation of the Slovak Republic (ODA SR). Therefore, the private sector engagement (PSE) is a necessary condition for the success of development activities.

Volunteers sending projects

Volunteering, as an activity in support of the good, carried out in free will and with free choice, is one of the important pillars also in the framework of development cooperation and humanitarian aid. Volunteer, resp. expert, is a person who, on a voluntary basis and without claim to remuneration, provides his (professional) knowledge in the field of development cooperation and humanitarian aid, capacity building of non-governmental organizations, public educational and health institutions and communities in partner developing countries.

International cooperation projects

UNDP & UNESCO & USAID

European projects

Joint Programming in Kenya – AgriFI Challenge Fund & The joint project of Visegrad Four (V4) countries in Kenya

Global and development education projects

Global and Development Education (GDE) forms an integral part of the official development cooperation of the Slovak Republic (SR). Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation (SAIDC) annually supports GDE projects in Slovakia through its call for proposals. The aim is to improve the integration, quality and effectiveness of development education as well as to systematically raise public awareness of development cooperation of the SR.

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