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Section for Development Policy and Multilateral Development Banks

This page shows the event history for this unit.

Remarks: * = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Founding by complex reorganization

Name
* Bank section

Short name
Bankseksj.

Affiliations
Ministry

Hierarchical level
Section

Superior body
* Department for global issues

Located
301 Oslo

1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
* Section for multilateral bank and financing issues (Bank section)

Short name
Seksjon for multilaterale bank- og finansieringssp

2002-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
* Bank section (BANK)

Short name
Bankseksjonen

2004-01-01 00:00:00.0 * No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

Superior body
* Department for development policy

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English

2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
* Section for multilateral bank and financing issues

Short name
Seksjon for multilaterale bank- og finansspørsmål

2007-01-01 00:00:00.0 * No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

Superior body
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English

2012-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
* Section for multilateral development finance and global economics

Short name
Seksjon for multilateral utviklingsfinansiering og global økonomi

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English

2015-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
* Section for multilateral development financing

Short name
Seksjon for multilateral utviklingsfinansiering

2015-01-01 00:00:00.0 * New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)

Superior body
Department for Economic Relations and Development

2016-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
Section for Multilateral Development Banks

Short name
Seksjon for multilaterale utviklingsbanker

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English

2020-01-01 00:00:00.0 * New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)

Superior body
Department for Multilateral Cooperation

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English

2024-07-01 00:00:00.0 * Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English

2025-07-01 00:00:00.0 * No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

Superior body
Department for Global Affairs

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English

2025-07-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
Section for Development Policy and Multilateral Development Banks

Short name
GLOB SUMBA

Tasks:
The Section for Development Policy and Multilateral Development Banks is responsible for the overall coordination and further development of Norwegian development policy. The Section is responsible for Norway’s work with multilateral development banks and Norwegian debt policy. The Section’s various areas of responsibility provide a good basis for viewing development policy in a relevant geopolitical context. The Section also has responsibility for tasks relating to the budget, annual work plan processes, administration of subordinate agencies and other tasks that cut across the Department’s five sections.

Development policy analysis and research cooperation are a key priority in the Section’s work. The Section has overall responsibility for inter-ministerial cooperation on the Knowledge Bank and responsibility for Norway’s participation in the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), where Norway contributes to developing the rules on official development assistance (ODA). The Section is also responsible for Norway’s participation in multilateral and bilateral development policy dialogue processes and coordinates Norway’s role as a G20 guest country, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Finance.

The Section is responsible for Norway’s cooperation with the World Bank and the regional development banks, i.e. the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), as well as for coordinating European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) issues. The Nordic Development Fund (NDF) is also included in the portfolio.

The Section is the Ministry’s point of contact for the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Responsibility for Norwegian debt policy includes tasks related to responsible lending and borrowing, and the Section represents Norway in the Paris Club.

Source: regjeringen.no