Departments
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Director of Material
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Norwegian Defence Material Safety Authority
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The Ministry of Defence Communication Unit
The Communication Unit coordinates communication by the Ministry of Defence.This includes media relations and monitoring, strategic communication with the sector and advising the Ministry’s departments and political leadership. The Communication Unit is also responsible for the content of the Ministry’s website at regjeringen.no, and for managing its development.
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Internal Auditor Unit
The Internal Auditor will contribute to the overall achievement of defence objectives by providing support to the Ministry’s senior management in controlling and managing subordinate departments and agencies.
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Legal Department
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The Department of Development, Administration and Preventive Security
The Department of Development and Administration spans over a range of different professional areas, some administrative and some more related to aspects of development.
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Department of Security Policy and Operations
The Department of Security Policy is responsible for the handling of questions of security policy as well as for the Ministry’s international activities and external relations in the field of security policy.
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Department for Defence Policy, Planning and Capability Development
The Department of Defence Policy and Long Term Planning is responsible for strategic analysis, the development of long-term defence policy and overall planning for the defence sector.
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Department for Finance and Governance
The Department of Management and Financial Governance has the overall responsibility for the planning and development of activities, the organisation and the structure of the Armed Forces within the particular long-term planning period. The department also exercises overall management and control of the activities of subordinate agencies.
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Department for Security and Civil-Military Cooperation
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Department for Defence Market and Resource Policy