Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

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Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
Norad
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Government agency overview
Formed1 December 1968 [1]
Jurisdiction Government of Norway
HeadquartersBygdøy allé 2, Oslo, Norway
Employees224 (2013)
Annual budget26.2 billion kroner
Government agency executive
Parent Government agency Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Website Official Homesite

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In matters regarding Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), Norad reports to the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment.

Contents

Norad's functions are laid down in the agency's terms of references and annual letters of allocation issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Climate and Environment.

Norad works to ensure effective foreign aid, with quality assurance and evaluation. Norad finances NGOs and does its own research and projects. The current director general is Bård Vegar Solhjell. Norad used to be the official development assistance organization in Norway. As of mid-2004, the responsibility for state-to-state official development assistance has been transferred to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while Norad continues to fund NGO activities in developing countries (particularly through its NORHED program), and contributes to the management of development funds while ensuring that Norwegian development cooperation is accurately evaluated and efficiently implemented.

Organization

Norad consists of the following departments:

Finances

Norway granted NOK 36.6 billion in development assistance in 2016, corresponding to 1.11 per cent of Norway's gross national income (GNI).

According to the OECD, Norway’s total ODA (USD 5.2 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022 due to aid to Ukraine and increased in-donor refugee costs, and represented 0.86% of GNI. [3]

Employees

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References

  1. Endringshistorie for Direktoratet for utviklingssamarbeid
  2. Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). "New Director General at Norad from 2020". norad.no. NORAD. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. "OECD Development Co-operation Profiles" . Retrieved 4 October 2023.