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In our new strategy, ‘Norad of the future’, we look towards 2030, with the Sustainable Development Goals as our cornerstone.

We have gathered all presentations and panel discussions from the 2021 Norad Conference for everyone interested in global health, climate change and economic development to watch.

Learn more about the participants at this year's Norad Conference.

Norad welcomes you to our annual conference 26 and 27 January. This year’s conference is digital.

A total of 60 projects have been awarded funding under the NORHED II call for proposals. The new programme portfolio covers a broad thematic and geographical focus, with the intention to strengthen the quality of education and research at higher education institutions in the Global South.

Norad received 199 applications for university collaboration under the NORHED II call for proposals. The applications include more than 300 partner institutions across 50 countries.

In 2019 the world lost 3.8 million hectares of tropical primary forests, according to a new report. This equals a soccer pitch every six seconds – in total an area the size of Switzerland.

Norad is currently processing a total of 358 applications received after the call for proposals for climate and forest projects. Organisations from Brazil head the list of applicants. Support to indigenous peoples is the largest category.

An international network of funders has just released its first assessment of CGIAR, the world’s largest global agricultural research network.

In 2019, Norway gave a record NOK 37.8 billion to development aid. Syria was the largest recipient country for the fourth consecutive year.