At the climate summit in Glasgow (COP26) in November 2021, Norway pledged to double its climate finance to developing countries by 2026. This includes a commitment to at least triple funding for...
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Global: Launch of new funding tool scales up support for women human rights defenders, peace activists on the front lines
(New York) – The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with Norway, Germany, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Women’s...
Common Donor Approach for humanitarian cash programming
(The following countries have agreed to the Common Donor Approach for humanitarian cash programming: Australia, Canada, Denmark, EU/DG ECHO, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA.) ...
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NOK 30 million to new humanitarian innovation programme
Today, Innovation Norway and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched an innovation programme that will facilitate partnerships between humanitarian organisations and private companies. The aim of...
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Norway’s Humanitarian Strategy: An effective and integrated approach
Foreign Minister Eriksen Søreide launches new humanitarian strategy 'Humanitarian action is an important part of the Government’s international engagement, and Norway has increased its humanitarian...
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Address at Syria Conference
State Secretary Laila Bokhari's address at the side-event: «How to apply the Grand Bargain commitments to support Syrians» in Brussels 4 April. Check against delivery Excellences, Ladies and...
The Grand Bargain – A Shared Commitment to Better Serve People in Need
We live in a world where conflicts, natural disasters and disease are driving ever greater numbers of people to seek desperate remedies for their hunger, safety and survival. The world has never been...
Can we reverse the trend of ever-growing humanitarian needs?
By Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende Article by the Nordic Ministers on the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, 23-24 May 2016. On May 23-24 the Secretary General of the United Nations has...
Why we need a US$1 billion Central Emergency Response Fund
A decade ago, 32 million people were in need of urgent humanitarian assistance - today that number is over 125 million. Prolonged conflicts have displaced millions and more intense natural disasters...
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Global Financing Facility Launched with Billions Already Mobilized to End Maternal and Child Mortality by 2030
New partnership to raise resources from private capital markets to help close global financing gap for investments in maternal, adolescent and child health ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 13, 2015—The...
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Le Mécanisme de financement mondial a été lancé, avec des milliards de dollars d'ores et déjà mobilisés pour mettre fin à la mortalité maternelle et infantile d'ici 2030
Ce nouveau partenariat vise à mobiliser les ressources des marchés financiers privés pour combler le déficit de financement mondial en matière de santé de la mère, de l'enfant et de l'adolescent ...
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Uganda’s development threatened by corruption – Norwegian aid suspended
Norwegian aid to the Ugandan state has been suspended for an indefinite period. “It is particularly serious that the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda is implicated in one of the most severe...
Continued international support for the Palestinian Territory
The Ad Hoc Liason Committee (AHLC) for assistance to the Palestinians met today in Brussels, and confirmed the international community’s continued support for economic development and reforms in the...
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Norway to disburse withheld funds to Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund
" I am pleased to see that the Afghan authorities have fulfilled several of the requirements set by the donor countries for resuming the payment of funds to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund...
NORAD Results Report 2008: Development Assistance - No Shortcuts to Good Results
One fifth of Norwegian development assistance goes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Norwegian embassies to the authorities of poor countries. Four fifths goes from Norway via a large number...