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Food safety

09/04/2024 Article Ministry of Agriculture and Food

In comparison to other countries, Norway has few problems with food as a disease vector. Although food safety is generally good, it requires a sustained effort to ensure that food remains safe.

Food

20/08/2015 Article Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Food is public health and it is delight, it is national and international, trendy and traditional. Food determines family budgets and social economics, regional policy and industrial policy, management of fisheries and - not least - of agriculture.

Research cooperation

23/03/2020 Article Ministry of Education and Research

Increasingly, research is being carried out in cooperation across national borders, and a growing proportion of resources for research are being distributed in international competitive arenas.

Learning environments and bullying

25/01/2023 Article Ministry of Education and Research

All children and pupils have the right to a good and safe learning environment that promotes health, well-being and learning.

Tertiary Vocational Education

21/03/2019 Article Ministry of Education and Research

Tertiary vocational education provides vocational education founded on upper secondary education or equivalent prior learning and work experience, and comprises the equivalent of at least one-half and no more than two entire academic years.

Efforts to promote freedom of religion or belief

08/02/2021 Article Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Freedom of religion or belief means that all people have the freedom to practise their religion or belief, either alone or in community with others, in public or in private. It also covers the freedom to convert to another religion, to question

Training in the Norwegian language and social studies

14/12/2014 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

The goal of training in the Norwegian language and social studies is that participants are to reach a level of skill in Norwegian that enables them to use or develop their competence in education, work and social life in general.

Job Opportunity

04/12/2023 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

Immigrants who require basic qualifications, who have no links with working life and who are not covered by existing schemes are in the target group for this measure.

Women’s participation in peace processes

27/06/2024 Article Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ensuring women's participation and that both women and men's rights are safeguarded in peace processes and peace agreements is a central objective for Norway's work.

Admission to places

16/12/2014 Article Ministry of Education and Research

The entitlement to a place in a kindergarten applies to children who turn one year old no later than the end of November in the year that they apply for a place. Children born after the end of November will be entitled to a place in the following

Funding of Kindergartens

16/12/2014 Article Ministry of Education and Research

The goal is to make kindergarten available to all children regardless of their parents’ financial situation.

Protection against harmful content

24/11/2022 Article Ministry of Culture and Equality

The technological developments within the audiovisual sector has led to a strong increase with reference to the availability of audiovisual content. As audiovisual content takes up more and more time of children and young people’s life the risk of

Human rights defenders

25/04/2023 Article Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Protection of human rights defenders is a key priority in Norway’s human rights efforts. Our overall objective is for human rights defenders to be able to carry out their work of promoting and defending human rights in all parts of the world freely

Supervision of foster homes

08/03/2021 Article Ministry of Children and Families

The municipality where the foster home is located is responsible for supervision of all children in foster homes.

Parental responsibility, custody and access in cross-border cases

19/12/2019 Article Ministry of Children and Families

New rules on parental responsibility, international relocation, custody (the child's place of residence) and access (contact) in cross-border cases apply from 1 Juy 2016, due to the implementation of the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention. This

Seas and coastlines - the need to safeguard species diversity

10/03/2015 Article Ministry of Climate and Environment

Norway has the second longest coastline in the world after Canada, with a length of 100,915 km including all the islands. The seabed and water are biological treasure troves that we will both protect and harvest in a sustainable manner. All

Private sector development in developing countries

11/08/2015 Article Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Nine of ten jobs in developing countries are in the private sector. This shows how important private sector development is for value creation and employment. Support for private sector development is an important part of Norwegian development

Secretary General Lars-Henrik Myrmel-Johansen

Administrative staff Ministry of Finance

Lars-Henrik Myrmel-Johansen took over as administrative leader of the Ministry of Finance on 4 September 2023.

E-mail Lars-Henrik.Myrmel-Johansen@fin.dep.no

Phone + 47 22 24 41 08

Mandate for the Ministry of Finance’s advisory panel on macroeconomic models and methods

31/05/2011 Article Ministry of Finance

The Ministry of Finance’s advisory panel on macroeconomic models and methods will advise on topics relevant to the Ministry’s work on macroeconomic issues, and strengthen the Ministry’s contact with academic institutions.

Members of the Ministry of Finance’s advisory panel on macroeconomic models and methods

31/05/2011 Article Ministry of Finance

Professor Steinar Holden, University of Oslo (chair) Professor Torben Andersen, Aarhus University Executive Director Ida Wolden Bache, Norges Bank Professor Hilde Bjørnland, Norwegian Business School Senior Researcher Brita Bye, Statistics Norway