fondbaserad

Fondbaserad is an adjective used in Swedish to describe financing, budgeting, or organizational approaches that rely on a fund as the primary source of resources, rather than on individual line items, projects, or grants. The word fond refers to a pool of money set aside for a specific purpose, while baserad indicates that the basis of the arrangement is the fund itself.

Common contexts for fondbaserad arrangements include public sector budgeting, research funding, and cultural or philanthropic programs where resources are pooled into one or more funds and distributed according to established rules or governance structures. In practice, a fondbaserad finansiering might allocate resources to programs based on strategic priorities and the overall fund balance, rather than approving each project separately. In asset management, a fondbaserad approach involves managing investments through a fund that holds assets and provides distributions to beneficiaries or programs.

Advantages of fondbaserad models include greater potential for long-term planning, risk pooling, and alignment with strategic objectives, as funds can support multi-year initiatives and cross-cutting areas. Potential drawbacks include reduced flexibility, added administrative complexity, and dependence on fund performance or governance quality. Critics may argue that fund-based models hinder rapid responses to emerging needs when compared with projektbaserad (project-based) or resultatbaserad (outcome-based) approaches.

Se även: fond (fund), offentliga finanser, forskning/finansiering, budget, kapitalförvaltning.