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The SAIDC is an organization financed by the state budget under the chapter of MFEA SR. Its mission is to ensure the implementation of the ODA SR in accordance with strategic and policy documents of the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Slovak Government, binding EU instruments, UN documents, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as well as other international organizations and in accordance with the international commitments of the Slovak Republic. The status and authorities of the SAIDC is defined by Section 5 of Act No. 392/2015, amending certain acts, as amended by Act No. 281/2019.
Pursuant to this Act, the core activities of the SAIDC include, in particular, the following:
The implementation of the official development cooperation is subject to the basic rules and principles of Slovak foreign policy priorities, and complies with the principles of international development policy, particularly the EU development policy and the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development).
The SAIDC facilitates all activities related to the management and administration of the project life cycle under the Medium-Term Strategy for Development Cooperation of the Slovak Republic for 2025-2030, (hereinafter the "Medium-Term Strategy"), which defines the territorial and sectoral priorities of official development cooperation of Slovakia; and the Focus of Bilateral Development Cooperation for the relevant year (hereinafter referred to as the "Focus"). These include mainly designing and opening calls for grant proposals, reviewing and evaluating submitted applications, preparing meetings of the MFEA SR Committee, contracting project implementers (beneficiaries), financial management and project auditing and monitoring.
The role of SAIDC is also to support all those interested in the implementation of development projects from among non-governmental organizations, budgetary and contributory organizations, business entities or academic institutions. SAIDC also communicates the main ideas and mission of official development cooperation to experts and the lay public through different communication activities. In practice, the SAIDC emphasizes the effectiveness of development cooperation, coherence in favour of its enhancement, its flexible delivery of provision and cost-effective spending.
In 2025, the SAIDC announced seven grant calls in the period from 1 January to 31 December 2025. A total of 29 grant applications were approved, of which 28 projects were contracted. At the same time, the agency administered 70 grant projects from calls issued in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
During 2025, 43 financial contributions were approved through embassies, and 10 financial contributions were approved based on the decision of the Minister. Four projects were implemented through the Sharing Slovak Expertise (SSE) instrument. Within cooperation with the private sector, 10 projects under the Business Partnerships Programme and four projects under a new instrument – public procurement assignment – were approved.
SAIDC also implemented three European Union delegated cooperation projects, namely a project supporting the internal market in Serbia, the Air Quality in Georgia project, and the Team Europe Initiative IYBA-SEED implemented in Kenya and South Africa.