Overview of national activities and events in Norway

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Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

Publisher: Ministry of Labour

2010: the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

Article | Last updated: 16/10/2013

Date	Activity/event	Organiser	Location
19–20 January	Power and opportunities in the European Year 2010. Motivation and inspiration	Collaboration Forum against Poverty/Batteriet Oslo	Oslo
18 February	Meeting in Bodø of people experiencing poverty	Batteriet North Norway	Bodø
9 March	National Opening Conference	Ministry of Labour in cooperation with the Fafo Institute	Oslo
Spring 2010	Start of Red Cross Nature (Røde Kors Friluft)	Haugesund Red Cross	Haugesund
5–6 May	Humanitarian forum in Nordland	Nordland Red Cross	Nordland
11–13 June	Groruddalen Blokk Party	Break Records	Oslo
August	Scriptwriting course and competition for young people aged 12–20 in Stovner and Romsås city districts	Groruddalen Frie Filmere	Oslo
5–8 August	Promoting social inclusion for transsexuals	Harry Benjamin Ressurssenter (National organisation for the diagnosis transsexualism)	Toten
Approx. 16–27 August	Introduction Week (Verdiuka) for upper secondary-school pupils	MOT - an awareness-raising organisation working for and together with young people	Nation-wide
28 August–5 September	National Focus Week arranged by the Welfare Alliance/EAPN Norway: information and campaign stands, four regional meetings of the Sociopolitical Forum (on minimum income, child poverty, access to services including health and dental health, housing), information and campaign stands at local welfare and labour offices, etc. Publication of activities during EAPN Norway’s Focus Week.	The Welfare Alliance/EAPN Norway (Velferdsalliansen)
	Raising awareness about financial and social problems	Batteriet Midt-Norge/Church City Mission Trondheim (Stiftelsen Kirkens Bymisjon Trondheim)	Trondheim
13–19 September	EAPN Norway’s Focus Week in Bergen in the European Year 2010. Seminar (Fagdag) on poverty and social exclusion, on 14 September. Market stands for voluntary organisations	Welfare Alliance/EAPN Norway, Batteriet Vest Norge, Bergen University College	Bergen
20–26 September	EAPN´s Regional Activities in the European Year 2010. Meet the Organisations Day: 24 or 25 September	Batteriet Midt-Norge	Trondheim
11–17 October	National Focus Week, miscellaneous activities
12 October	Seminar for exchange of experience regarding the experiences card for young people	Ålesund municipality	Ålesund
Autumn 2010	Prize awards	Batteriet Sør-Norge	Kristiansand
Autumn 2010	Humanitarian forum in Nordland	Nordland Red Cross	Nordland
9–10 November	Conference “Poverty in Norway”	The Rettferd for taperne foundation (Stiftelsen Rettferd for taperne)	Oslo
5 December	Humanitarian forum	Norwegian Red Cross (Røde Kors sentralt)	Oslo
14 December	National Closing Conference	Norwegian Labour Party in cooperation with the Fafo Institute
Date not yet set	Inclusion in the voluntary sector	Association of NGOs in Norway (Frivillighet Norge)
Date not yet set	Exhibition week and concert	Church City Mission Bergen	Bergen
Date not yet set	SIMBA – Sammen i arbeidet mot barnefattigdom (project for combating child poverty)	Senter for oppvekst, Drammen municipality	Drammen
Date not yet set	Competence-building seminar for volunteers seeking to work with inclusion in the local community	Norwegian Women's Public Health Association (Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening)
Date not yet set	Measures to encourage football clubs to make active efforts to include vulnerable groups in their ordinary activities. Financial support for goal-oriented low-threshold activities and outreach activities to encourage target groups to join ordinary club activities. Fifteen clubs will be chosen.	The Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund)	Nation-wide
Date not yet set	Support for cultural activities that help young people to improve their life skills through participation	Mental Health Norway, Sør-Trøndelag (Mental Helse Sør-Trøndelag)	Sør-Trøndelag
Date not yet set	Seminar on child poverty for municipal officials	Save the Children Norway (Redd Barna) and Framfylkingen
Date not yet set	National information campaign	Norwegian Federation of Organisations of Disabled People (Funksjonshemmedes Fellesorganisasjon)
Date not yet set	Media workshop in cooperation with Unikum A/S (owned by Church City Mission Oslo). The target group, consisting of persons with a dual diagnosis (substance abuse/mental health problems), will learn to visualise their own life histories by means of media equipment, keep a video diary, teamwork. 8–10 participants.	Vestfold Frie Filmere	Oslo
Date not yet set	Fortell meg! (Tell me!) A learning project for the whole family for recently arrived immigrant families.	Adult Education Centre (Voksenopplæringen), Tønsberg municipality	Tønsberg
Date not yet set	Use of cultural activities as a tool for inclusion in the local community	Cultural centre Sisa (Kultursenteret SISA)	Alta
Date not yet set	Seminar – “Diversity and Inclusion in the Red Cross”	Akershus Red Cross	Akershus
Date not yet set	The Vard model project (Vard-modellen): contact through sport – strengthening the networks of recently arrived immigrant families	The sports club SK Vard	Haugesund
Date not yet set	Two seminars for the exchange of experience (1. Local strategies and partnerships for active social inclusion and poverty reduction, using the qualification programme for vulnerable groups as a tool 2. Social entrepreneurship)	The Directorate of Labour and Welfare
Date not yet set	Award of prizes	The Ministry of Labour/The Directorate of Labour and Welfare, Ministry of Culture