Invitation

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is a government agency responsible for the major part of Sweden’s development cooperation. Focus on long-term knowledge and competence development constitutes a major feature in all development cooperation.

Sida offers, as part of its bilateral development assistance, Advanced International Training Programmes of strategic importance to the social and economic development of cooperating countries based on identified priorities and needs. In the long-term perspective the programmes shall contribute to institutional strengthening and capacity development in the cooperating countries.

These programmes aim at enhancing managerial and technical skills and cover subjects of strategic importance to economic and social development. The Training Programmes are designed for experienced executives in middle and top management positions in their respective organisations.
With the Training Programmes, Sida aims to contribute to processes of change and development in the participants’ organisations and lines of businesses. The foundation of the entire programme is a project assignment. The assignment shall be well established in the participant’s organisation and is a basic part of the programme concept.

Within the energy sector, Sida supports efforts to improve the energy situation in countries where the population is lacking safe, cost efficient and suitable energy. Sida also promotes efforts to develop efficient and sustainable energy systems.

There is an extensive knowledge of electricity distribution in Sweden. Sweden has vast sparsely populated rural areas, which have been fully electrified. Sweden was one of the pioneers in the world of fully deregulate the electricity market, where generation, transmission and distribution are managed by state, private and municipally owned companies.

Sida has entrusted Grontmij International AB in cooperation with ÅFProcess AB with the task of carrying out the programme, which will be conducted in English.

We trust that you will find the training programme of interest and we hereby invite you to nominate candidates.

Women are encouraged to apply.

Göran Holmqvist
Acting Director General, Sida