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International visitors program – local elections in Norway, September 9, 2019

Norway is holding elections to municipal councils and county councils on Monday September 9 2019. The Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation is organising a visitors program for international guests from election management bodies and

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Recommendation of February 15, 2008, on exclusion of companies Rio Tinto Plc and Rio Tinto Ltd.

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Coherent for Development?

The Norwegian Policy Coherence for Development Commission completed its mission on 9 September. A broad public hearing for its report “Coherent for Development?” is scheduled to last until 31 December 2008.

Deadline for consultation: 31/12/2008 Status: Consultation has been processed

New Building Blocks in the North

The High North efforts build on constructive partnerships - between the public and private sector, between central and local authorities, and between Norwegian and foreign actors.

Recommendation of November 14, 2008, on exclusion of the company Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd.

The Chinese company Dongfeng Motor Group was excluded because it supplies military trucks to the Burmese government. The recommendation of the Council on Ethics is available here.

An english summary of the white paper on long-tem perspectives for the Norwegian economy

On 9 January 2009 the Government presented a report to the Storting (Norwegian parliament) on long term perspectives for the Norwegian economy.

Report on policy coherence for development

This year's report to the Storting on policy coherence for development is about how Norwegian policies could affect efforts to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals, the SDGs, as they were discussed in the UN Open Working Group around mid-

Norway’s sixth National Communication under the Framework Convention on Climate Change

Status report as of January 2014

This report is Norway’s sixth national communication on national circumstances, polices and measures related to climate change under the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The previous national communications were submitted in 1994,

Norway’s fifth national report to the Convention on Biological Diversity

The report presents information on status and trends for biodiversity in Norway, measures undertaken to implement the Convention since 2009, successes and remaining Challenges.

Norway’s humanitarian policy

Annual report 2013

War and conflict again had an enormous human cost in 2013. Lives were lost, people were seriously injured and children’s schooling was interrupted. Millions of displaced persons lacked food, water and shelter. All this was the consequence of

Barents cooperation

Ethical guidelines for contact with business and industry in the defence sector

Guidelines | August 2019

Recommendation of November 15th, 2010, on the exclusion of the companies FMC Corporation and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan

The companies FMC Corporation and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan were recommended for exclusion from the Government Pension Fund Global because of their purchase of phosphate minerals from Western Sahara. Please find the Council’s

The High North - Visions and Strategies

The Government’s white paper on the High North outlines key developments in the High North and identifies future priorities. Here you will also find the French version of the report.

International migration 2010-2011

Annually Norway sends a report to the OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - as a contribution to the common reporting system on migration for the OECD countries, called SOPEMI. The recent report for Norway covers 2009 and

Improving lower secondary schools in Norway

OECD-report - Executive Summary April 2011

The report Improving lower secondary schools in Norway aims to help education authorities in Norway and other OECD countries to understand the importance of lower secondary education and to find approaches to strenghten this key educational level.

T-1468 ENG/CHI Universal design

Clrification of the concept

T-1468 ENG/CHI ISBN 978-82-457-0726-6 Universal design - Clarificaton of the concept (pdf)

Meld. St. 11 (2009-2010) - Report No. 11 (2009–2010) to the Storting

Cooperation with Russia on nuclear activities and the environment in the High North

Recommendation on the exclusion of the company Elbit Systems Ltd

Elbit supplies a surveillance system that is part of the separation barrier being built by the Israeli government in the West Bank. The construction of parts of the barrier may be considered to constitute violations of international law, and Elbit,