Society & Policy

ISFiT -The International Student Festival in Trondheim, one of the world’s largest student festivals, is being held in Norway in February 2011. The theme for this year’s festival is global health. The application deadline is 30 September. Read more

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will 13 September host a high-level conference on the international situation in the labour market, where millions of people are unemployed as a result of the global economic crisis. Read more

1 August 2010 marks a triumph for international humanitarian efforts as the Convention on Cluster Munitions enters into force. Read more

• Education group makes study visit to Slovenia
• More Norwegians consider themselves to be of Sámi heritage
• Bill Gates in Oslo: Norway has become our best partner
• Norwegian fathers choose paternity leave
• Norwegian government allocates NOK 100 million for education in conflict areas
• Children's rights through 25 years

• President Türk opened Norwegian-Slovene human rights conference
• Press conference
• International Conference on equality of women and men in national legislation
• Promoting the human rights of LGBT- lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
• Women politicians networking in Ljubljana
• New Gender in Norway Website
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• Support of Oslo Commitments on Armed Violence
• The Oslo Seminar on NATO's New Strategic Concept
• Barack Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize
• Peace Building, Interreligious Dialogue and Gender Equality
• Norway elected to UN Human Rights Council
• UN World Conference Against Racism in Geneve
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• Record-high aid budget in time of crisis
• ITF has received 3 304 900 EURO from Norway
• Norway steps up efforts to combat human trafficking
• Norway takes the intiative for an international ban on cluster munitions
• Norway to increase development assistance
• Rafto Prize awarded to Vietnamese human rights defender
• Does the EEA Agreement give leeway for an active European policy?

• United on Arctic challenges
• Earth Hour 2010
• Building a cutting-edge wind turbine
• Norway’s fjords voted world’s best travel destination
• Carbon capture and storage – a part of the solution
• Melting ice
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