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The principal responsibility of the Ministry of Energy is to achieve a coordinated and integrated energy policy. A primary objective is to ensure high value creation through efficient and environment-friendly management of Norway’s energy resources.

About the Ministry

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries is responsible for designating industrial and seafood policy with an eye to the future. This includes involvement in any policy area that affects value creation. The collective value creation nationwide

Contact the Ministry of Education and Research

Ministry of Education and Research Visiting address: Kirkegata 18, Oslo Mailaddress: Post box 8119 Dep, 0032 Oslo, Norway E-mail: postmottak@kd.dep.no Tel. + 47 22 24 90 90

Contact the Ministry of Children and Families

Addresses, telephone numbers and other contact information for the Ministry of Children and Families.

Organisation

The Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (BLD) is led by the Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion. The other political staff is a secretary of state and a political advisor. The Secretary General is the administrative

The Arctic Council

The Arctic Council is the most important multilateral forum for Arctic issues. Since its establishment in 1996, the Council has been a key arena for cooperation on matters of common interest to the Arctic states, with a particular focus on the

The Barents cooperation

The Barents cooperation was established by the Kirkenes Declaration of 1993 and is a cornerstone of regional cooperation in the far north of Europe.

Organisation

The Ministry of Defence is organised in five departments with a total staff of about 300. There are both civil and military posts at all levels within the Ministry.

About the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (KDD)

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (KDD) is responsible for matters relating to housing and building policy, local government finances, ICT Policy and Public Sector Reform, rural and regional policy, local administration, the

The UN

'Working together for a better world’. This is the ideology behind the UN. The organisation was founded after two devastating World Wars, and its primary aim is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.

Peace and conflict resolution

Norway has been engaged in various peace processes for decades. Promoting conflict resolution and reconciliation is a key component of Norwegian foreign policy. It is in Norway’s interests to work to achieve a peaceful world. Norway also considers

Human rights

The promotion of human rights and democratic principles is at the heart of Norwegian foreign policy. This policy is implemented both in international forums such as the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe, and at country level.

Oil and Gas

The petroleum industry is Norway's largest industry.

EU and energy

The EEA Agreement makes Norway an integral part of the EU's internal energy market. In addition, we cooperate with the EU on a wide range of topics.

Child Welfare

The primary duty of the child welfare services is to ensure that children and young people living under conditions that may harm their health and development will receive the necessary assistance when they need it, and to contribute to giving

The voluntary sector

Voluntary organizations contribute to competence, learning and inclusion and give people of all ages the opportunity to meet, get involved and be a part of a community. The government wants to ensure voluntary work good funding, great freedom and a

International operations

Participation in international operations is an important and integral part of Norway’s security and defence policy, and a steadily increasing number of armed forces personnel will in future have served overseas. Since 1947 around 100,000 Norwegian

Security policy

The primary objective of Norwegian security policy is to safeguard Norway’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and political freedom of action. A broad set of political, military, diplomatic, economic and international legal instruments is used to

Film and media

The government aims to strengthen the Norwegian media and facilitate that all groups in society have a good media offer. Media is essential for freedom of expression and democracy. The need for credible, editor-controlled media of high quality is

The Maritime Industry