This is a list of selected plans and strategies from The Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministries.
Plans and strategies
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Offshore wind power: Public consultation on areas and regulation
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy today proposes to open the areas "Utsira Nord" and "Sandskallen - Sørøya Nord" for offshore renewables. The ministry also asks for input on whether the area "Sørlige Nordsjø II" should be opened.
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About the war graves
The graves are divided into foreign war graves in Norway and Norwegian war graves in Norway and abroad.
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Opening statement: The 2019 District Health Information System (DHIS2) Annual Conference
Opening statement held by State Secretary Aksel Jakobsen at the 2019 Distric Health Information System (DHIS2) Annual Conference
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Reports and letters
2019 MSCI Report: Selected geographical issues in the global listed equity market (October 2019) The Report on Energy Stocks in the Government Pension Fund Global - letter to Norges Bank from The Ministry of Finance (28.06.2019) CEM Benchmarking
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The Report on Energy Stocks in the Government Pension Fund Global
On 12 June, the Storting deliberated Meld. St. 14 (2018-2019), Energy Stocks in the Government Pension Fund Global. The report proposed omitting equity investments in companies classified as exploration and production companies from the benchmark
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Phaseout of exploration and production companies from the GPFG
The Ministry of Finance is requesting Norges Bank to assess how the phaseout of exploration and production companies from the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) should be executed.
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Can reveal the destruction of individual trees: Norway to supply highly detailed satellite images of world's rainforests
Norway intends to spend up to USD 50 million USD to purchase high-resolution images of tropical forests. The images will be made freely available for governments, researchers and NGOs all over the world. They will enable the monitoring of
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Change among the political advisers
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Anna Molberg as political adviser to Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Torbjørn Røe Isaksen.
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Norway to provide NOK 345 million for humanitarian mine clearance in 2019
Norway is maintaining a high level of support for humanitarian mine clearance in 2019, with an allocation of NOK 345 million. ‘It is difficult to say how many lives the Mine Ban Treaty has saved, but we know that each of the nearly 52 million
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Public consultation on amendments to banks’ capital requirements
When the European capital requirements framework becomes part of the EEA Agreement later this year, many Norwegian banks’ actual requirements will be reduced. Today, the Ministry of Finance has issued a public consultation on draft amendments to
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Changes among the state secretaries
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has honourably discharged Ms. Christl Kvam as state secretary to Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Ms. Anniken Hauglie, as of 5 August 2019.
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Report on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
In 2018, Norway ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (CETS 201). The Convention came into forcein Norway on 1 October 2018.
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General statement by the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Norway
Excellences, Chairperson, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Let me start by congratulating the Director General elect, Dr. Qu Dongyu. We look forward to cooperating with you. To outgoing Director General, Dr. José Graziano da Silva, we thank you for
By Minister of Agriculture and Food Olaug Vervik Bollestad FAO- Generalkonferans, Roma 2019
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New action plan to combat hunger
Today, the Government is launching a new action plan - Food, People and the Environment - to promote sustainable food systems in the context of Norwegian foreign and development policy in the period 2019-2023.
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Countercyclical buffer unchanged
Today, the Ministry of Finance has decided not to change the countercyclical capital buffer requirement for banks.
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The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy proposes opening of area for offshore wind
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy will soon send a proposal on hearing to open the area of Utsira Nord outside the coast of Rogaland for applications on floating offshore wind. The Ministry also asks for input on the southern area of Sørlige
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Informasjon fra OGPs toppmøte i Ottawa
Viktige hovedtema for dette toppmøtet var tillit, antikorrupsjon, åpenhet om reelle rettighetshavere, f.eks. aksjeeiere, åpenhet om store kontrakter og offentlige anskaffelser, likestilling, inkludering av ungdom og forsvar av sivile rettigheter som
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Statement at Conference on Maritime Security
State Secretary Marianne Hagen's statement at a ministerial conference on maritime security in the Western Indian Ocean.
By State Secretary Marianne Hagen Mauritius, 19 June
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Olaug Svarva to be new chair of Norfund board
Norfund’s general meeting has today elected Ms Olaug Svarva to be the new chair of its board of directors.
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Trondheim CCS Conference
Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg gave the opening speech at the Trondheim CCS Conference on June 18th 2019.