The State Administration Database

Department for Sustainable Development

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01.01.2015* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Department for Economic Relations and Development
Short name: Avdeling for økonomi og utvikling
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division
Located: 301 Oslo
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Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2020* 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

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.