Principles
Cross-cutting perspectives that underpin and should be analysed in all SwedBio’s operations are: resilience perspectives and social-ecological systems rich in biodiversity. Cross-cutting values that underlie and should be analysed in all SwedBio’s operations are: poverty alleviation, equity, human rights, democracy, gender and endogenous development.
Gender
SwedBio’s gender policy provides comprehensive and practical guidance on gender equality across all SwedBio activities. It serves as a reference for the SwedBio team and partner organizations, outlining clear actions for integrating gender equality perspectives into the programme activities. SwedBio... Read more »
Conflict
SwedBio is committed to integrating a conflict perspective into the implementation of actions and methods, as well as throughout all operations, including management processes, operational practices, risk analysis, and its Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation framework. Furthermore, it is integrated into... Read more »
Human Rights-Based Approach
SwedBio works to include an equity, democracy and rights perspectives in all its activities. SwedBio emphasizes a human rights-based approach (HRBA), as one of its cross-cutting principles. SwedBio’s HRBA policy provides comprehensive and practical guidance for the SwedBio programme. It... Read more »
Adaptive Approach
As stated in SwedBio’s Theory of Change (ToC) we are applying an adaptive approach: “We apply an adaptive approach to seize synergies and embrace complexity by thoughtfully choosing the most context appropriate next step available. We are guided by social-ecological... Read more »
Guiding Principles for Knowledge Collaborations
When engaging in co-creation of new knowledge across knowledge systems and cultures it is important to have a clear framework and transparent principles and procedures to guide the motivation, character and intent of the collaborative initiatives. SwedBio’s Guiding Principles for... Read more »