Development Cooperation

Last week, yet another phase in a series of Sino-Norwegian collaborative projects on water supply and sanitation in North-Eastern China crossed the finish line. True to tradition, Norway’s ambassador to China Svein Sæther attended the ceremony. Read more

Dr. Martyn Davies, a well renowned China-Africa expert, was invited to speak in Oslo at the NHO conference 2nd of February, on the topic of China’s increasing involvement in Africa and the consequences for Norwegian engagement with Africa. Read more

A 3-year trilateral pilot project between Norway, China, and Uganda,entitled “Doing Responsible Business in Uganda” has been successfully completed. The project is inspiring other east African countries to enter similar collaborations with Norway and China, and serves as a model of how trilateral collaborations can work. Read more

Since the first seminar held in Beijing last year the effort on engaging China on its work on prevention of humanitarian disasters has been going through a positive process. To stimulate the process even more the Norwegian MFA and the Norwegian Embassy visited and took part in meetings and a conference in China November 9.-12. . The Cooperation is a follow-up to the Report No. 9 to the Storting... Read more

The bilateral co-operation between Norway and China is focused on the environmental sector. Most of the projects have signed agreements with the Ministry of Commerce, MOFCOM and the Royal Norwegian Embassy, according to a MoU between Norway and China from 2001 and referring to a MoU between Norway 's Ministry for Environment (MoE) and SEPA from 1995. A new MoU was signed between MoE and China '... Read more

The chief economist of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), Mr. Stein Reegård, gave a key note address 2 November at a seminar called "China's Reform in the Next Step: Changes and Choices". Read more

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Gordon Brown have launched a major new initiative to preserve the rainforest in the Congo Basin. The two Prime Ministers each committed GBP 50 million to the Congo Basin Forest Fund. Read more

31/05/2004: A Sino-Norwegian Conference on Capacity Building on Environmental Management (ISO 14000) in China, was successfully held in Beijing, April 21-22, with 158 participants from 75 institutions and organizations summing up the experiences of this Sino-Norwegian pilot project. The conference was organized in co-operation with SEPA and the Norassy, by the China Center for Certification and... Read more