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Tertiary Vocational Education

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Protection against harmful content

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

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

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

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

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

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

Forests and climate

Forests contribute positively to a sustainable climate balance, both as a carbon sink and a renewable resource that can replace alternatives more harmful to the climate.

Press centre

Welcome to the press center of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. On this page, we aim to accommodate easy and quick access to relevant information for the press and media.

Political staff

The political staff of the Ministries consists of state secretaries and political advisors. State secretaries are appointed in a State Council Meeting, while political advisors are hired by the Office of the Prime Minister. The political staff is

Administrative staff

Secretary General

The highest ranking permanent official is the Secretary General, who leads the Ministry’s administration.

Press centre

Contact information and other information for the press can be found here.

The departments of the Ministry of Children and Families

The Ministry consists of four departements and one Departement of Communications.