Plan Sweden surges, Palme Centre regroups after cuts

News March 28, 2011

The child sponsorship agency Plan Sweden and the union-related Palme Center will this year receive the same amount of funding from Sida: SEK 45 million. But over the past five years, Plan’s funding has surged to reach this level, while Palme Center’s has been cut in half.

These shifts reflect dramatic changes in the Swedish government’s approach to civil society organisations.

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