Reports, plans and strategies

Environmental and Social Responsibility in Public Procurement (Sustainable Public Procurement)

The Government wants the public sector to lead the way as a responsible consumer and demand environmentally sound products and services which have been manufactured in accordance with high ethical and social standards. To this end, the Government

Storing CO2 under the North Sea Basin

A key solution for combating climate change

This report represents the first deliverable of the North Sea Basin Task Force, which Norway and the UK established in November 2005 to work together on issues surrounding the transport and storage of CO2 beneath the North Sea. The North Sea

Norwegian Strategy on Invasive Alien Species

Alien species are a growing problem in Norway. Globally, they are considered to beone of the most serious threats to biodiversity.

Electronic Services for Business and Industry

Plan of Action

The plan of action consolidates and supplements the principles and ambitions for 24-hour electronic administration, as laid down in the Report to the Storting (the Parliament) on ICT in the public sector in the area of services for business and

The Council on Ethics annual report 2006

The Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Global has issued its second annual report today. The report contains in full text the recommendations that the Ministry of Finance has made public between 7 January and 31 December

The Norwegian Government's Strategy for the High North

The strategy is available in four languages; English, German, French and Russian.

Evaluation of Norway's Plan of Action to Support EU Accession Countries

The Plan of Action provided almost NOK 300 million to some 500 activities to the 12 then-EU accession countries during the period 2001-2003. This short-term programme had two overarching objectives: to support the EU accession process, and

Stop Human Trafficking

The Government has presented a new plan of action against trafficking in human beings. The plan contains stronger and updated measures that will be implemented from 2006 - 2009.

Outcome of debate: Youth delegates suggest guidelines for future efforts pertaining to young people, migration and development

Outcome of debate: Youth delegates suggest guidelines for future efforts pertaining to young people, migration and development 16.01.07 Terminology We should avoid the term “illegal immigrant”. Immigrants may be unregistered or not have documents,

United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children

United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children Key Messages Violence against children is not inevitable. It can and must be prevented. Every child has the right to a life free from violence. Violence against children can never

The Norwegian Government's High North Strategy

The Norwegian Government's High North Strategy The Norwegian Government's High North Strategy (abstract in pdf-format) The strategy in russian (abstract in pdf-format)

MOPAN Synthesis Report 2006

Assessment of UNICEF, ILO and the Asian Development Bank at country level

MOPAN Synthesis Report 2006 Assessment of UNICEF, ILO and the Asian Development Bank at country level 14.12.06 MOPAN (the Multilateral Organisations Performance Assessment Network) is a network of nine likeminded countries that are cooperating to

Oslo Conditionality Conference

On 28 and 29 November Mr Erik Solheim, the Norwegian Minister of International Development hosted a two-day conference in Oslo on the current use of conditionality in the International Finance Institutions. (05.12.06)

Norwegian Action Plan on Animal Welfare

Recommendation of 13 December 2002 by the Ministry of Agriculture, approved in Council of State on the same date 01.12.2006.

Fatal Footprint: The Global Human Impact of Cluster Munitions

Fatal Footprint: The Global Human Impact of Cluster Munitions Preliminary Report from Handicap International (in pdf)

Annual Report on Bilateral Development Cooperation

2005

The annual report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Norwegian bilateral development cooperation has been published, with an overview of development cooperation with 22 countries in 2005. (10.10.06)

Foreign policy strategy for combating international terrorism

September 2006

Foreign policy strategy for combating international terrorism PDF version of the strategy

Cancellation of debts incurred as a result of the Norwegian Ship Export Campaign (1976-80)

Annex to press Release No 118/06 02.10.06 Cancellation of debts incurred as a result of the Norwegian Ship Export Campaign (1976-80) Norway’s claims vis-à-vis developing countries amount to approximately NOK 4,4 billion. Approximately NOK 2.9

Barents 2020: A tool for a forward-looking High North policy

PDF-version of the report

The World Bank Group