SILC supports activism for democracy and human rights. Current programmes are focused on Post-Soviet Eastern Europe, the MENA-region and Latin America.

SILC has its own publishing house, Silc förlag, which publishes two books a year on democracy activism in challenging environments.

SILC takes a visible part in the Swedish debate on development aid and foreign policy.

Headquartered in Stockholm, SILC currently has a staff of ten, of which four are working from the programme office in Vilnius, Lithuania. SILC’s annual turnover is approximately €2 million (2016).

SILC is organisationally associated with the Swedish Liberal party (Liberalerna).