Six Organisations Awarded New Humanitarian Partnership Agreements
Norway has entered into six new strategic partnership agreements with Norwegian humanitarian organisations. The organisations are the Norwegian Refugee Council, Norwegian Church Aid, NORCAP, the Norwegian Red Cross, Norwegian People’s Aid and Save the Children. The agreements are administered by Norad and will remain effective for five years.
The aims of the agreements are to save lives, relieve suffering and safeguard human dignity and rights during humanitarian crises. At the same time, the scheme will ensure that people in need are protected in line with humanitarian principles.
– These strategic partnerships play an important role in Norway’s humanitarian efforts. At a time of great uncertainty for international aid and solidarity, on top of record-high human needs for emergency aid, it is important that Norway continues to be a principled, predictable and flexible humanitarian donor, says Erik Abild, Head of Humanitarian and Global Action at Norad.
The agreements have been designed so that the organisations can plan for the long term, while also being able to respond quickly and adapt aid to where the needs are greatest.
The financial framework for the agreements is NOK 1.87 billion annually over a period of five years.
The strategic partner organisations were selected on the basis of their ability to provide rapid, high-quality emergency relief, their presence in conflict and crisis areas and their high levels of expertise and relevance in relation to the objectives set out in Norway’s humanitarian strategy.
The call for proposals and evaluations were carried out by Norad on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The strategic partnership agreements are part of a scheme established in 2020, which will be continued for the 2025-2029 period.
Strong competition
There was strong competition for the strategic partnerships. This round of applications saw a total of 13 applicants and a total of NOK 14.84 billion was applied for, while the five-year limit is NOK 9.35 billion.
Applications were evaluated in accordance with the national budget (Whitepaper 1S) from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relevant scheme regulations and the guidelines set out in the call for proposals.
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