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Network meeting in Sri Lanka In the end of June, 30 FK partners and participants met in Dambulla for a two days conference arranged by Strømme Foundation. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] FK NETWORK IN CENTRAL AMERICA From 1st of May 2007 FK Norway has established a network coordinator for Central America. FK Norway contracted our partner organization Fundated in Guatemala, and they have appointed Mariela Reneau de Salazar to the position. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] New board appointed for FK Norway The Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed a new board in May 2007. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] FK is development cooperation for the future Per Kristian Lunden from Risør, Norway, is re-appointed as chair of the FK Board [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] New Board Advisory Group for FK-Norway - I am very happy that all the four nominated group members have accepted the appointment and conformed their participation in the group for the next two years, says Per Kr. Lunden, chairman of the board of FK-Norway. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] FK-participants in concert at M/S Innvik Fidelis, War and Malvern from Zimbabwe Association of Music Educators (ZAME) are playing at M/S Innvik 31 Mach 2007. The three FK-participants are working at Kulturskolen (the cultural school) in Fredrikstad. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Orthopedics in Malawi Photo: Liz PalmSophies Minde Hospital has since 2004 had an exchange programme... Marianne Abrahamsen Patric GovatiWilson Nanungu Marianne says it has been an advantage... Learned something new every day Former Norwegian participants Gunhild Aasen Tone Øygard Recently two persons from Malawi returned from Tanzania... [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] "We promise to care" - an exhibition about the UN Millennium Development Goals 10 000 children and adults from all over Norway have given a promise. You can see the result at the exhibition "We promise to care" that Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg opens Tuesday 27 February [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] International Essay Competition 2007 The World Bank and The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs invite you to participate in an International Essay Competition 2007 [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] FK Partners in Central America Created Network 16 representatives from 11 partner institutions met in Antigua, Guatemala with the purpose of improving the quality of their exchange programs. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Regional network of former FK-participants in Central America 17.-19. November 40 former FK-participants from Central America gathered in Antigua, Guatemala together with Norwegian participants on exchange to the region. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Evaluation of FK Norway Download the reports here [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Seminar on HIV and Migration in Nepal Close to 60 delegates were present when Hon. Ramesh Lelehak, Minister of Labour and Transport Management opened a seminar on HIV and Migration in Kathmandu, Nepal Friday 27 October. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] The Role of Women in Peace Building [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Former Minister of Defence gave lecture on peace Elizabeth Rehn, Finland's former Minister of Defence and former UN Under-Secretary General, was among the international lecturers at the FK INternationsl Advicory Council Meeting. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Playing football, kicking AIDS out The annual East-Africa Cup took place June-July in Moshi, Tanzania. FK Norway and the Norwegian embassy in Dar-es-Salaam contributed financially to a tournament were not only football was important. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Coming to an End This year's preparatory course in Tromsø is coming to an end, with the last day today, Thursday 22 June. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Sweating it out in the jungle Participants from Bangladesh, East Timor, Sri Lanka, China, Nepal, Thailand, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia were sweating it out in the jungles of Thailand for two days Tuesday and Wednesday 25-26 April. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Role of the media in a corruption-free electoral process in Zambia. Role of the media in a corruption-free electoral process in Zambia. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] FK Norway in The Guardian. FK Norway in The Guardian. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] FK looks back at an active year In the course of 2005, 942 FK participants were posted abroad. Out of these, 401 were Norwegians working in the south, while 278 participants from Africa, Asia and Latin America were posted in Norway. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] FK conference in Lusaka FK arranged a first conference for partners and participants in Lusaka on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th of October. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] FK invites participants present in Norway to conference and party in Oslo on the 30th of September! FK participants - previous and present participants from North and South present in Norway - are most welcome to conference and party hosted by FK and the X :fk committee, at Fabrikken, Grünerløkka, Oslo. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] 16 different African countries met in Ethiopia Largest preparatory course ever in Addis Abeba. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] The unfinished business Fredskorpset’s conference on Ugandan media’s role in fighting corruption: [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] More than 1000 guests in the Oslo City Hall Opening More than 1000 guests have registered for the The Oslo North-South Forum 2004 opening ceremony in Oslo City Hall August 27th. The registration is now closed due to limited number of seats in the City Hall. The opening will, in size and content, be a major [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] Media Contact persons [Missing text /ReadMore for ES] The establishment of Fredskorpset-senior Norway's Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik promised in his 2003 New Year speech that the senior programme in Fredskorpset is becoming a reality. [Missing text /ReadMore for ES]