Norwegian Aid

Norway and Slovenia are signing MoUs on funding totalling EUR 37.7 million for the new funding period for the EEA and Norway Grants. The main focus areas are climate and …

Today, Norway and Lithuania signed MoUs on funding totalling EUR 117.6 million for the new funding period of the EEA and Norway Grants (2014-2021). Priority will be given to justice …

Tania Noakes has become the first British woman to complete the classic Norge På Langs, or ‘Norway from end to end’. She has skied and trekked more than 2,500 Km …

Colombian Environment Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo said that within the next 12 years the government hopes to reduce deforestation to zero. Colombia‘s fight against illegal logging is being extended to 2025 as part of the …

Norway is almost doubling its development assistance to the Western Balkans, with an increase from NOK 175 million in 2017 to NOK 319 million in 2018. In the white paper …

The increased funding will go to a civilian component of the G5 Sahel cooperation, including capacity building within international humanitarian law and human rights. ‘The situation in the vulnerable Sahel …

Today, Norway entered into a four-year agreement on support for UN human rights efforts. ‘Human rights and democracy are under considerable pressure in many parts of the world. It is …

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide and Minister of International Development Nikolai Astrup are urging all partner organisations that receive funding from Norway to intensify their efforts to prevent …

‘Iraqi cities have been freed from the terrorist group ISIL’s control. We are now increasing our aid to the liberated areas, so that even more internally displaced people can return …

‘Norway is one of the largest donors to the Global Partnership for Education and we urge other donors to increase their support. Together we will continue our efforts to ensure …

‘I am deeply concerned about the humanitarian consequences of the underfunding of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Today Norway has paid its core contribution of …

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Belgrade on Wednesday providing a EUR 2.7 million grant from Norway for various projects in Serbia. The Serbian government announced this, adding that …

The EU and Norway will be convening an emergency meeting at the end of this month for donor groups providing aid to Palestinians, following the US’ threat to cut funding …

The Kingdom of Norway is supporting the development of renewable energy sources in Georgia by approving $4 million for the country. This four-year grant program was approved yesterday after signing …

Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland have announced that NOK 146 million is now available under the EEA and Norway Grants scheme for projects promoting cross-border cooperation in Europe. ‘Many of the …

In 2017, Norway maintained its substantial humanitarian support for civilians affected by the conflict in Syria. ‘The war in Syria is a terrible tragedy that has caused several hundred thousand …

Norway is providing NOK 115 million in funding to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. ‘Conflict prevention is good development policy and smart aid. That is why we are now increasing …

Norway signed extensive new MoUs with Poland on the use of funding under the EEA and Norway Grants amounting to EUR 809.3 million. The business and innovation sector will be …

The Government of Norway’s additional $6.9 million contribution to UNICEF earlier this year in May 2017 is helping in strengthening the education system and increasing access and quality of learning …

‘The humanitarian situation in parts of Ethiopia is dire as a result of long-term drought. Norway is now providing a further NOK 10 million in aid to people in need, …

The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Børge Brende, has announced that Norway will contribute with NOK 10 million (LKR 180 million/USD 1.2 million) to the humanitarian relief effort due to floods and …

The Research Council of Norway has awarded ABB a NOK 10 million research grant to develop subsea technology for use on the Norwegian continental shelf and the Barents Sea. This …

Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg said Hungary and Poland must allow independent funding of NGOs as part of a €1 billion Norwegian aid scheme, which is currently up for renewal. …

Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary General Jan Egeland on the humanitarian situation in Yemen: “I am shocked to my bones by what I have seen and heard here in war- and …

Norway intends to allocate $ 25 million financial and technical assistance to Ukraine in 2017. This was stated in the press service of Ukrainian government after the meeting of Deputy …