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The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

We do the quality-assurance of Norwegian Development Cooperation.
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NICFI:

Hundreds of organisations from all over the world apply for Norwegian funding to forest projects

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#NorwAid:

This is how Norwegian development aid funds are spent

Launch of the Norwegian Aid Statistics 2019

Covid-19: How Norad is handling the situation

The development cooperation is greatly affected and Norad is monitoring the situation closely.
Disbursements will be given priority
Portrett av Bård Vegar Solhjell, direktør i Norad

Oil for development

The OfD programme aims to reduce poverty by promoting economically, environmentally and socially responsible management of petroleum resources.

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Country pages

Norad's country pages describe Norwegian development cooperation with a selected number of partner countries.

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Norwegian Aid Statistics

Norwegian development assistance 2019:

37,8 billion NOK

Norwegian Aid Statistics gives you easy access to all official statistics about Norwegian development cooperation from 1960 until today.

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Whistleblowing

Suspicions of financial irregularities or other misconduct should be reported immediately.

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Funding

Get an overview over our grant programmes. Find essential information if you plan to apply for funding from Norad.

Climate and forest initiative

The Norwegian Climate and Forest funding scheme for civil society is an integrated and strategic component of the Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI).

Norhed

The Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development aims at strengthening the capacity of higher education institutions.

Find publications

Here you will find a survey of printed and electronic publications concerning Norwegian development aid.
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