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Assignments for NORAD and Ministry of Foreign Affairs

31.05.2011 | 09:20

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is Norway’s principal government agency for international development cooperation.

Being organized as a directorate under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), its main tasks are to provide advisory services to the Ministry, to embassies in developing countries and to multilateral development organizations.

Norad is also often carrying responsibility, delegated by MFA, for organizing the implementation of projects and programmes. This is carried out through Agreements with foreign governments and in some cases combined with contractual services by institutions like NVE.

NVE has, through a framework agreement, assisted Norad’s engagements in the fields of water resources management and energy development. The specific tasks have varied from project identification, appraisals of projects and evaluation of reports, to planning and preparatory work for new projects, and to monitoring or comprehensive management of water resources.

Additionally, NVE has recently been asked directly by the MFA to prepare for and provide assistance to the Ministry’s European Economic Area/Norway Grants funding programme.