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NVE’s main activities in development assistance are funded by NORAD through the NVE-NORAD agreement framework, which includes consultancy, institutional cooperation and NVE long-tern advisers in developing countries. In addition, NVE has also participated in development projects funded by UNDP, Innovation Norway, EU, etc.
NVE’s development assistance is organized and coordinated by the International Section which at the start of 2009 had five staff at the main office in Oslo and two stationed abroad, in Timor-Leste and Mozambique.
By the end of the year the staff was increased to seven at the main office due to an increased number of tasks from Norad and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The main tasks of the International Section are preparation of energy and water resources related projects and cost & quality control of projects and programmes during implementation. The major part of the professional work is carried out by staff from the various technical departments and sections of NVE. During 2009 a total of 63 persons were involved in the assistance, compared to 62 in the previous year. In addition, private consultants and professionals from other directorates and research institutions were subcontracted to assist NVE in cases where NVE either lacked competence or was temporarily short of capacity.
The volume of activities in 2009 was recorded at 11 personyears (one person-year being 1400 effective working hours), compared to 9.3 person-years in 2008. In addition, however, NVE has also been asked to assist in a few other development projects outside of the scope of the Norad–NVE agreement, such as a UNDP-funded project in Azerbaijan (mainly licensing), and two projects in Bulgaria, funded by Innovation Norway (one on water resources monitoring and one on electricity regulation). NVE is also participating in a EU-funded water research project entitled SPLASH, coordinated by the Department for International Development (DFID) in the United Kingdom and with participation from 16 EU countries.
NVE-staff are widely used as lecturers in courses (including the International Centre for Hydropower’s courses). The International Section also normally coordinates visits to NVE by international delegations. An increase in activities is foreseen, mainly due to the institutional cooperation with Liberia which will be established in 2010. A further increase is expected in 2011 in cooperation with Nepal.
