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The Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation (SAIDC) contributes with its activities to the fulfillment of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations. SAIDC ensures the implementation of development cooperation and humanitarian aid by building capacity, sharing experience, sending volunteers and experts, along supporting the business environment following the Medium-Term Strategy of Development Cooperation of the Slovak Republic for 2025 to 2030.
In carrying out our activities, we strive to apply the principle of belonging and so contribute to change for a fairer and safer world.
We are part of one world, and we understand the world language of tolerance and respect. Our home is the world, our world is solidarity and humanity.
The Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation (SAIDC) is a budgetary organization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic (MFEA SR). The mission of the agency is to ensure the implementation of official development assistance of the Slovak Republic following programming and conceptual documents prepared by MFEA SR, required evidence of the European Union (EU), United Nations (UN), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other international commitments.
Firmed by § 5 of the Act no. 392 on development cooperation and the amendment of certain acts as amended by Act no. 281/2019 coll., the agency, in assistance with the MFEA SR, implements development cooperation, including humanitarian aid, public information, development education, and capacity building.
Title: Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation (SAIDC)Address: Palisády 7052/29, 811 06 BratislavaContact: e-mail: info@slovakaid.skCentral Authority (Founder): Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak RepublicForm of management: budgetary organization connected to the state budget through the budget chapter of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak RepublicIdentification number (IČO): 31819559Tax ID (DIČ): 2022359009
Director: Ing. Michal Čornak
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Details of the agency's effort, on the internal organization of the agency, and on mutual relations between the agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic in the field of development, cooperation is regulated by the SAIDC Statute.
SAIDC provides all activities related to the management and administration of the project cycle.
These include the announcement of calls for applications for subsidies, evaluation of submitted applications, preparation of meetings of the SlovakAid Project Commission, conclusion and administration of contracts with project implementers, financial management and control of projects, their monitoring, and evaluation.
The role of SAIDC is also to provide support to non-governmental organizations, the business sector, and others interested in the implementation of projects to involve them in development programs and projects.
The Agency also ensures the communication of ideas and missions of official development assistance to the professional and secular public through various external communication activities.
SAIDC provides official development assistance according to basic rules and principles that matched the foreign policy and economic priorities of the Slovak Republic and with the principles of international development policy, especially the Paris Declaration and the Accra Agenda for Action and European Union Development Policy. In its activities, SAMRS emphasizes the effectiveness of development aid, coherence for development, and flexibility arranged by development aid, while paying attention to the economy of spending funds.
The Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation (SAIDC) is a budgetary organization of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic (MFEA SR). The scope of SAIDC is determined by § 5 of Act no. 392/2015 Coll. on Official Development Cooperation (as amended by Act 281/2019) and supplementing Act no. 575/2001 Coll. on the organization of the activities of the government and the organization of the central state administration, as amended on 5 December 2007.
Act no. 392/2015 Coll. on Official Development Cooperation and Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended by Act 281/2019
The procedure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic of 23 March 2016, no. 600.238/2016-ORPO laying down the details of the financial contribution to development cooperation
The procedure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic of 23 March 2016, no. 600.239/2016-ORPO, which lays down the details of the award of a development cooperation contract
Act no. 545/2010 on the provision of subsidies within the competence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic and the amendment of Act no. 617/2007 Coll. on Official Development Aid and the modification of Act no. 575/2001 Coll. on the organization of government activities and the organization of the central state administration, as alter regulations
In its activities, SAIDC includes the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to which the Slovak Republic has explicitly committed itself. Within its capabilities and competencies, it helps address global challenges such as eradicating poverty and extreme hunger, achieving universal education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving health, combating deadly diseases such as HIV / AIDS and malaria, and ensuring environmental sustainability and the Global Partnership for Development.
The contract between MFEA SR and SAIDC is concluded following the Resolution of the Government of the Slovak Republic no. 1370/2002 / B1 of 18 December 2002 and according to Act 523/2004 Coll. on budgetary rules of public administration. It regulates relations between MFAEA SR and SAMRS in the implementation of foreign development aid by Act no. 392/2015 Coll. on Development Cooperation and Amendments to Certain Acts as Amended by Act 281/2019 Coll. on 11 September 2019 and the Statute of the SAIDC. You can find the contract valid for the current calendar year in the Documents section below.
SAIDC is a member of The Practitioners´Network for European Development Cooperation.
Every request to make information available must have the prescribed requirements listed in Article 14 (2) of the Act No. 211/2000 Coll. on free access to information (Act No. 211/2000 Coll. on free access to information and on amendments to certain laws (Act on Freedom of Information) *Slovak language only) .
It must be clear from the application to which liable person it is intended, the applicant's name, surname, first name or business name, the applicant’s residence address or registered office, which information the application relates to and the method of making the requested information available.
According to the law, the request for making information available can be submitted in writing - by email (to the address: info@slovakaid.sk, by post or in person at the agency’s registered seat (Palisády 7052/29, 811 06 Bratislava).
SAIDC does not charge a fee for making information available.
SAIDC shall process a request for access to information without undue delay, no later than 12 working days from the date of submission of the request or from the date the deficiencies in the request were remedied, and 15 working days if the information is disclosed to a visually impaired person in an accessible format.
For serious reasons, SAIDC may extend this deadline, but by no more than eight working days, or 15 working days if the information is disclosed to a visually impaired person in an accessible format. Serious reasons include:
SAIDC shall notify the applicant of the extension of the deadline without delay, and no later than before the original deadline expires. The notification shall state the reasons for the extension.
Processing of the request and issuance of a decision
If SAIDC does not grant the request, even partially, it shall issue a decision to that effect within the statutory period of 8 working days. Grounds for refusing disclosure of information are set out in the Freedom of Information Act.
Appeal
An appeal may be lodged against a decision by SAIDC refusing the requested information within 15 working days of delivery of the decision or of the expiry of the deadline for issuing a decision on the request. The appeal shall be submitted to the obliged entity that issued or should have issued the decision.
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