Department for Sustainable Development

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.

2015-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Founding by complex reorganization

Name
Department for Economic Relations and Development

Short name
Avdeling for økonomi og utvikling

Affiliations
Ministry

Hierarchical level
Division

Superior body
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Located
301 Oslo

Related units:

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 * Change of name

Name
Department for Sustainable Development

Short name
Avdeling for bærekraftig utvikling

Tasks:
The Department for Sustainable Development is responsible for a forward-looking development policy, multilateral development financing, the Ministry’s economic diplomacy work, promoting Norway’s energy interests, and work relating to climate change and the environment. The Department safeguards Norway’s interests in the WTO and the OECD, and works to promote fairer world trade. Economic analysis is an important part of the Department’s work.
Source: regjeringen.no 2020