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Centre for integrity in the Defence Sector (CIDS)

CIDS aims to promote and strengthen professional integrity and good governance in the defence and security sector, both in allied and partner countries.

Humanitarian efforts

An important part of Norwegian foreign and international development policy is concerned with saving lives, alleviating suffering and protecting civilians affected by war and conflict. Norwegian humanitarian efforts are focused on countries where

Contact Infomation The Norwegian Ministry of Finance

The Norwegian Ministry of Finance P.O.Box 8008 Dep, NO-0030 Oslo, Norway Visiting address: Akersgata 40, 0180 Oslo E-mail: postmottak@fin.dep.no News Alert Subscribe to our news alert service to keep up with the latest events concerning a given

The Norwegian Council of State

Meetings of the Norwegian Council of State are generally held on Fridays at 11:00 at the Royal Palace in Oslo.

Department for Fisheries

The Department for Fisheries is responsible for matters related to fisheries. There is a wide range of topics in the department's portfolio, including quota negotiations and international fisheries agreements, IUU fishing, regulation of and the

Director General Elisabeth Norgård Gabrielsen

Strategic Benchmark Index

The strategy is defined in the Fund mandate and reflected in, inter alia, the composition of the benchmark index and risk limits established by the Ministry of Finance.

Governance Framework

The Storting has in the Government Pension Fund Act, made the Ministry of Finance responsible for the management of the Government Pension Fund Norway (GPFN). The operational management of the Fund is carried out by Folketrygdfondet.

Agreement Norway - Georgia

Conditions for marriage

A marriage may be entered into in a church or civil ceremony.

Parenthood (paternity and maternity

The bond between child and parents is fundamental in a person’s life. The parents’ rights and obligations in relation to the child are linked to the legal parenthood. It is therefore important that parenthood is established as early as possible in

Agreement Norway - Uruguay

Agreement Norway - Costa Rica

NOU 2011: 11 - Innovation in the Care Services

History of the Office of the Prime Minister

Since 1814, Norway's prime minister has had secretarial assistance also in other than his constitutional tasks, long handled by the State Secretariat/Secretariat to the Council of State. When Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold in 1939 was relieved

Kompetanseforum om åpenhetsloven 28. oktober

Kompetanseforum ble avholdt 28. oktober med deltakelse fra relevante organisasjoner og eierdepartementer. Tema for forumet var Lov om virksomheters åpenhet og arbeid med aktsomhetsvurderinger (åpenhetsloven), med formål om bedre å forstå hvilke

Seeds shipped from Nigeria february 2008

From Ibadan, Nigeria, twenty-one boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations are shipped to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. All photo: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture i Nigeria (IITA). Cowpea

Gardermoen 08.02.2008

All photo: Ole G. Hertzenberg Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Johansen. Terje Riis-Johansen. Seeds.