Development Cooperation

A major mother and Child health project in Sindh. Norway and Pakistan signed an MoU end January on cooperation on the Norway – Pakistan Partnership Initiative (NPPI). The NPPI will be the single largest ongoing development project between Pakistan and Norway. It aims to reduce mother and child mortality rates in ten districts in Sindh with almost 40 %.11 million people live in these districts.&... Read more

Norway has been a longstanding partner for SPARC - The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child - in Pakistan . At the lauching og the annual report of the State of Pakistan's Children (23 July) the Ambassador gave the following statement Read more

Free media, efforts for peace, stability and cooperation in South Asia - The Norwegian Embasssy has followed the development and expansion of South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) with keen interest, since they started in 2000. We believe the association is doing a very important job to support and strengthen the independence of media in South Asia. SAFMA is also contributing to the effort... Read more

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Norwegian Government signed, the 18th of August, the second phase of a three year programme to mobilize public and policy action through the national media to combat child labour in Pakistan. Read more

Norway's development cooperation with Pakistan dates back to mid-80s and has over the years evolved from commodity assistance to right-based development.  The main areas of Pak - Norway development cooperation are Good Governance (Democratisation and Human Rights) and Education.  Support to the promotion of Pakistani Culture is an integral part of Norwegian assistance, for which ... Read more

Letter sent from the embassy to Norwegian citizens in Pakistan Read more

On Thursday evening the Storting allocated an additional NOK 300 million for relief efforts in Pakistan, Central America and Africa. Read more

Speeches by Minister for Development and Cooperation Read more

Environment is an important sector for Norwegian development assistance and supported by Norway's National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2002. Environmental issues are also promoted by the Government of Pakistan's Poverty Reduction Strategy and advocated for through its National Conservation Strategy (NCS), and the National Environment Action Plan (NEAP), currently being implemented in t... Read more

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Cultural Heritage A country's cultural heritage includes all traces of human activity in the physical environment. These are irreplaceable sources of information on people's lives and activities, and on the historical development of artistic and technical skills. Because monuments and sites and cultural environments are non-renewable resources, their management must be based on a long-term pers... Read more