Reports, plans and strategies

Equal rights - equal opportunities

Action Plan for Women's Rights and Gender Equality in Foreign and Development Policy 2013-15.

Dance in Norway

The work on a strategy for professional dance in Norway has had a threefold objective: To summarise the results achieved so far in the field of dance as a result of the Cultural Initiative To identify challenges To lay

On rural regional policy

Report No. 13 to the Storting (2012-2013). Summary.

English summary of the Norwegian Government’s white paper to the Parliament on rural and regional policy: Meld. St. 13 (2012-2013) Ta heile Noreg i bruk.

Strategy for the Mineral Industry

The Government wants Norway to be an attractive country for mining activities. This is the background for presenting a strategy for the mineral industry.

Conference report "Right-wing Extremism and Hate Crime"

In May 2013, international experts and stakeholders gathered in Oslo for a two-day conference on right-wing extremism and hate crime directed towards minorities in Europe and beyond. Now you can read the report from the conference.

Together – against cancer

Our ambition is that the National Cancer Strategy 2013-2017 shall form a foundation upon which the high level of quality in Norwegian cancer care can become even better. Compared with other countries, we have good surv ival statistics for several

Research Barometer 2013

International Cooperation in Norwegian Research

The Research Barometer is a publication of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, and has been published yearly since 2011. The report, which also has an accompanying website, presents the latest figures on a broad set of indicators

Food Security in a Climate Perspective

A Strategy developed in cooperation with Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs and Ministry of the Environment.

Green Care in the Nordic countries – a research field in progress

Report from the Nordic research workshop on Green Care in Trondheim, June 2012

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Energy and Development - Report on Policy Coherence for Development 2012

Chapter 11 from the 2013 Budget Proposal from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norway’s 2nd report on Policy Coherence for Development, “Energy and Development” was presented by Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås, Minister for International Development, in a public debate on 9 October 2012. The report was submitted to the Storting (

Import from developing countries

Review of Norway’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for import of goods from developing countries

The Norwegian Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for import of goods from developing countries allows lower tariffs to be imposed on goods from developing countries.

Universal design as a municipal strategy

Experience and results from the pilot municipality project 2005-2008

T-1472 E / 2009 ISBN 978-82-457-0434-1 Download the report (pdf)

Norway’s humanitarian policy - Annual report 2011

Through its humanitarian aid, Norway provided considerable support to local and international humanitarian organisations in their efforts to save lives and alleviate suffering in a long line of humanitarian crises all over the world in 2011.

International migration 2011-2012

Annually Norway sends a report to the OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The report , “International Migration 2011-2012 - IMO report for Norway”, is a contribution to the reporting system on migration for the OECD

International Migration 2011–2012

Annually Norway sends a report to the OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The report , “International Migration 2011-2012 - IMO report for Norway”, is a contribution to the reporting system on migration for the OECD

Markets for applied research

A comparative analysis of R&D-systems in five countries

Markets for applied research compares the national systems for applied research in Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands and Sweden. The report find that Norway has a relatively large domestic market for applied research, and that the research

Cyber Security Strategy for Norway

The strategy sets the direction and priorities on which public authorities should base their information security efforts.

Cyber Security Strategy for Norway

The Government’s primary objective in publishing a national strategy for information security is to set the direction and priorities that will form the basis for the government’s information security efforts in the coming years.

The Norwegian Action Plan Against Match-Fixing

Combating match-fixing is necessary to protect the integrity of sport, maintain a secure and trustworthy gaming industry and fight international organized crime.

National Strategy for Biotechnology 2011–2020

This strategy for biotechnology has its origin in the Government’s white paper on research, Climate for Research, (Report No. 30 (2008-2009) to the Storting) which states that a balanced strategy for basic research, industry-oriented research,