Norway in South Africa and the Region

Norway has had a long cooperation with South Africa in the areas of environmental protection and energy. As our existing cooperation programs with both the Department of Environment (DEA) and...

• Support to South African CCS Centre
• Regional co-operation in the environmental sector
• Peer review and learning network for leaders of electricity regulatory agencies in Africa
• Co-operation on fisheries and marine environment
• Environment Programme 2005-2010
• Energy
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South Africa and Norway have a long history on cooperation within the fields of Human Rights and Peace and Security both in South Africa and in the region. The governments of South Africa and Norwa...

• South Africa - UN Special Rapporteur
• Zimbabwe - Policy Dialogue Program
• Enhanced Human Security in Africa
• Burundi - Post-Conflict Peace Building
• Sudan - Police training
• Training for Peace (TfP)
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Collaboration in research and higher education between Norway and South Africa dates back to mid 1990s. The major parts of the collaboration is presently formalized in two separate program...

• Institute for justice and Reconciliation - Transitional Justice
• DGRU - Enhancing the Governance of the Judiciary
• NOMA - the Master Program of NORAD
• NUFU - The Norwegian Programme for Development Research and Education
• The South Africa – Norway Tertiary Education Programme (SANTED)
• The Norway – South Africa Programme on Research Co-operation
• Regional co-operation in the educational sector

Trade and investment between Norway and South Africa is growing, but has been described as 'below potential'. Currently Norway has a trade deficit with South Africa, meaning Norway is importing more than it exports. Read more

Cultural ties with other countries are important for Norwegian and South African cultural policy and for the development of our multi-cultural society. Cultural encounters can counteract stereotype...

• Mmino
• Regional co-operation in the cultural sector