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Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

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01.12.1968 Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Norwegian Agency for International Development
Short name: DFU
Affiliations: Central agency/directorate
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 01 General public services
Main affiliation category: Central unit in integrated civil service organization
Located: 301 Oslo
Related units:

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

01.01.1984 New superior organization and level

(The unit reports to a new superior organization and at the same time changes its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Directorate in dual role

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

01.01.1986* Change of name

Name: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Short name: DFU (NORAD)

01.01.1990* New superior organization and level

(The unit reports to a new superior organization and at the same time changes its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Central agency/directorate
Hierarchical level: Highest level
Procedure and documents for this change:

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

01.01.2000* Change of name

Name: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Short name: Norad

01.02.2004* Maintenance by reorganization

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

01.02.2020* Maintenance by reorganization

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

01.06.2023* Maintenance by reorganization

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

Remarks

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

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.