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For an overview of
Norway's
Official Development Assistance, please click here.
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The Norwegian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs defines Norway's development
policy and works out strategies for cooperation with
individual countries. Multilateral development cooperation and
Norwegian disaster relief is furthermore responsibility
of the Ministry.
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. It administers government-to-government development
cooperation. NORAD works through Norwegian embassies. |
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There are two categories
of priority countries, "program countries" and
"other countries and territories". The currently
seven "priority countries" are defined as such due
to the long-term character of Norwegian support for these
countries. There are 17 countries that are categorized as
"other countries and territories". NORAD intends to
reduce the number of priority countries.
Program countries: Malawi, Mozambique, United Republic
of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Bangladesh, Nepal.
Other countries and territories: Angola, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe,
Palestinian Authority, India, Indonesia, China, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, Viet Nam, Guatemala, Nicaragua. |
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Norwegian development
priorities are poverty reduction and the improvement of the
standard of living, especially in the fields of employment,
health and education; the promotion of peace, democracy and
human rights; environmental concerns; prevention of poverty
due to political conflicts and hazards; gender equality. |
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NORAD's priority sectors
are institutional development, human rights/ democracy, peace/
conflict prevention, gender, basic social services, private
sector development, infrastructure, environment/ natural
resources, human resource development, culture, debt relief/
financial sector development[1].
In each program country, NORAD can support three to four
sectors. Interventions should always be in line with the
recipient countries' policies, such as the Poverty Reduction
Strategy Papers. |
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Norway uses the terms
SWAp, Sector programme, and sub-sector programme. A SWAp is a
medium to long-term sector program, prepared and owned by the
recipient country and reflecting the recipient country's
development targets. The planning and monitoring process of
the program are considered essential[2].
As stated in "Norway's Action Plan towards 2015 for
Combating Poverty in the South", the guidelines for
Norwegian development cooperation for poverty reduction, the
recipient country's ownership of programs is wished-for.
Furthermore, this document describes Norway's intention to
reduce project assistance in favour of sector program and
budget support, responding to the partner country's
development strategy.
Conditions attached to general budget support are an economic
situation that can promote growth and equitable distribution,
and good public financial management systems. The recipient
country's past aid performances and actual donor involvement
are taken into consideration when the decision about general
budget support is taken. The Norwegian embassy is responsible
for the required assessment of the host country's economic
situation. |
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NORAD's 2003 strategy on
education and development, defined in the document "Education
Job Number 1 - Norwegian strategy for delivering Education For
All by 2015" [PDF - 642 KB] [3],
sets Norway's goal to provide 15% of its international
development assistance to the education sector. This comprises
the fields of education (general), basic education,
post-primary education and higher education. With that Norway
has to double the support to the education sector - referring
to the budget of 2001 - from about USD 99 million in 2001 to
about USD 211 million in 2005.
Norway's support to TVET projects includes youth enterprise
centre, prevocational training, teacher training, traditional
vocational skills training, skills development courses
connected to adult literacy efforts, skills development
training combined with non-formal education to keep children
off the streets and to confront the issue of child labour,
skills training for marginalised groups, skills training for
persons with disabilities.
Most of Norway's TVET support is provided by NGOs[4]. |
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About 10% of
NORAD's Official Development Assistance is dedicated to
technical assistance.
Technical assistance in form of technical know-how through
experts, volunteers and consultants is provided for program
countries, but also to other countries concerning sectors
where Norway has technical expertise (fisheries, petroleum and
offshore industries, shipping and hydropower). |
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About one third of NORAD
assistance is provided through NGOs. 20% of this budget
is distributed to NGOs based in Norway. NORAD evaluates NGO
activities to add to their efficiency. |
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Information not
identified yet. |
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| Name |
Norwegian
Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) |
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Head
office |
| Street
Address |
Ruseløkkveien
26
Oslo |
| Mailing
Address |
Postboks 8034
Dep
0030 Oslo |
| Phone |
[+47]
(22) 24 20 30 |
| Fax |
[+47] (22) 24 20
31 |
| E-Mail |
postmottak@norad.no |
| Website
(languages) |
http://www.norad.no
(English, Norwegian) |
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NORAD
Information Centre |
| Phone |
[+47] (22) 24 20
60 |
| E-Mail |
sk@norad.no |
NORAD offices are
located in the following 16 additional countries, integrated
within Norwegian embassies: Angola, Bangladesh, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal,
Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestinian Administrative Areas, Sri
Lanka, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Viet
Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe: http://www.norad.no/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=249.
Information on departments within NORAD and contacts can be
found here.
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| [1] |
Compare
"NORAD invests in the future. NORAD's strategy for
2002-2005", http://www.norad.no/english/files/NoradStrategiEng.pdf
[PDF - 98 KB]. |
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| [2] |
See
NORAD's document on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. |
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| [3] |
Please
find the document at here: http://odin.dep.no/archive/udvedlegg/01/05/utdan018.pdf
[PDF - 632 KB]. |
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For
detailed information about Norway's development
assistance in TVET please see the following paper:
Wirak, A., "Norway's Support to Technical and
Vocational Education and Training and Skills
Development: a Brief Outline", (Report 2003-3) LINS,
NCG.DECO, 2003
Information concerning this section is taken from the
following two documents:
Heen, Elizabeth F., "Norway's efforts to make
education and training "JOB NUMBER ONE", paper
presented at the meeting of the Working Group for
International Cooperation in Skills Development/
Conference on "Life Skills: A Bridge Between
Education and Training?" in Bonn, Germany, 28/ 29
April 2003.
Heen, Elizabeth F., "Norwegian Strategy for
Delivering Education fo All by 2015", paper
presented at the meeting of the Working Group for
International Cooperation in Skills Development/
Conference on "Life Skills: A Bridge Between
Education and Training?" in Bonn, Germany, 28/ 29
April 2003. |
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More
documents are available here: http://www.odin.dep.no
> Language > Ministry of Foreign Affairs >
Publications. |
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If not indicated otherwise,
information concerning Norwegian development cooperation is
taken from the following sources:
Hasegawa 2002, pp. 55-60;
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, website: http://www.norad.no,
access: 03 September 2003;
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, website: http://www.odin.dep.no
> Language > Ministry of Foreign Affairs, access: 05
September 2003;
Riddell 2002, p. 27. |
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