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24/11/2009 //
Independence from Portugal in 1975 was followed by 27 years of civil war that left large parts of Angola in ruins. Since the end of the civil war in 2002, Angola has been through a period of significant change in political, economic and development terms. Priority has been given to national reconciliation, reconstruction of infrastructure, and strengthening the government administration. Today,...
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28/05/2009 //
The Norwegian Climate and Forest initiative was launched during the climate change negotiations at Bali in December 2007. The initiative seeks to achieve cost-effective and verifiable reductions in green house gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD), and the working areas of the initiative include all types of tropical forests. Read mor...
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22/04/2008 //
Norway is reinforcing its commitment to promote women and protect the environment in Angola. The Norwegian Embassy recently signed a three-year agreement with the Angola non governmental organisation ADPP - Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo, of a total of NOK 14 million. The Purpose of the Programme is to increase the participation of women in the Teachers of the Future Te...
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03/12/2007 //
The Norwegian government intends to increase development assistance by NOK 2.2 billion in 2007. Overall, the development assistance budget for the year amounts to NOK 20.75 billion: the highest level ever, corresponding to 0.97 per cent of Norway’s gross national income (GNI).
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02/07/2007 //
REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY ASPECTS IN THE NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION WITH ANGOLA
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19/02/2009 //
Norwegian development co-operation in Angola is focused on the following areas: Education, Energy and Good Governance.
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12/03/2008 //
The Norwegian Embassy has renewed its cooperation with the Centre for Studies and Scientific investigation of the Catholic University in Angola (CEIC) NOK 4.5 million (USD 800.000). The support is covering the period 2008-2010 and is a general financial support to the annual budget of CEIC. The purpose of the support is to build national capacity in key areas of public policy resear...
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28/11/2007 //
The strengthening of the civil society is a priority area for the Norwegian cooperation with Angola. The Norwegian Embassy signed 27. November 2007 a three year contract with Norwegian Peoples Aid of 49.5 mill kronor. Secretary General Finn Erik Thoresen signed on behalf of NPA and Minister Counsellor Lise Stensrud signed on behalf of Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/The Norweg...
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14/03/2007 //
Objective The Oil for Development (OfD) initiative aims at assisting developing countries with hydrocarbon potential in their efforts to benefit from petroleum resources in a way that generates economic growth and welfare to the population in general, and is environmentally sustainable. Background Petroleum plays and will play an important role in a number of developing countries. ...
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