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DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH IN NORWAY
The Research Council of Norway
The Research Council of Norway has an annual budget of more than NOK 5 billion and plays a central role in Norwegian research. The mandate of the Council is to promote and support basic and applied research in all areas of science, technology, medicine and the humanities. Important goals include raising the general level of the understanding of research in society as a whole and supporting innovation in all sectors and branches of industry.
Norwegian development research has traditionally focused on issues relating to North-South relations, effects of development assistance and broader aspects of conditions for development and growth in developing countries. In the past decade, however, the focus has increasingly shifted toward thematic research issues such as trade, globalisation, poverty reduction, peace/conflict etc. For more information click here
NFU (Norwegian Association for Development Research) works to promote development related research and training in Norway, and to connect the Norwegian development research community. NFU is a member of EADI.
NFU's objectives are:
Works to secure and strengthen public support and funding of development research in Norway
Represents members in consultations with Norwegian authorities on priorities in the government's research and education policy to improve conditions for development research in Norway and in developing countries
Connects the development research community in Norway by supporting links and providing channels for interdisciplinary exchange and co-operation between members
Co-operates with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in publishing Forum for Development Studies, a biannual journal of development research
Works to facilitate research co-operation between researchers in Norway and in developing countries
Provides, in connection with the association's annual meeting, the Annual NFU Conference. Each year this conference is organised by a different research institution in Norway in co-operation with the NFU Board. The objective of the conference is to stimulate the advancement of knowledge on international development
Grants the biennial NFU-award, for the best scientific article by a junior development researcher
Disseminates information on development research and training in Norway - through our journal, newsletter and website - to a wide audience of prospective students, universities and research institutes in Norway and abroad, donor agencies and other organisations that support, assign and fund development research in Norway
NFU appoints one Norwegian representative to the Executive Committee of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, NORAD is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Norad's most important task is to contribute in the international cooperation to fight poverty. From February 2004 Norad is reorganized to fulfil a new role and new expectations.
Norad will contribute to effective management of development funds and ensure that the Norwegian development cooperation has high quality and is evaluated.
Knowledge about development issues based on research is of great importance in Norwegian development politics and for planning and implementing development cooperation. Norad gives support to Norwegian development research in order to ensure that the Norwegian research community has relevant competence in order to contribute with independent specialist evaluations of Norwegian development cooperations.
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