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Department of Indigenous and National Minority Affairs

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01.01.1981* Regular founding

Name: Department of Saami and Minority Affairs
Short name: Sekr. for sam. spm.
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Secretariat
Superior body: * Department of Administrative Affairs
Located: 301 Oslo

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

01.01.1982* 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: Quasi Department
Superior body: Ministry of Labour and Municipal Affairs

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

01.01.1984* Change of name

Name: Department of Saami and Minority Affairs
Short name: Ktr. for sam.spm.

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

01.01.1992* Change of name

Name: Department of Saami and Minority Affairs
Short name: Seksj. for sam. spm.

01.01.1996* Change of name

Name: Department of Saami and Minority Affairs
Short name: ASS

01.01.1996* New form of affiliation/administrative level

(The unit is reorganized and has changed its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division

01.01.1999* 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: Section
Superior body: Department of Ministry of Migration

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

01.01.1999* Change of name

Name: Department of Saami and Minority Affairs
Short name: Samepolitisk seksjon

01.01.2002* 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: Division
Superior body: Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

01.01.2002* Change of name

Name: Department of Saami and Minority Affairs
Short name: SAMI

01.01.2006 New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Superior body: Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

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

01.01.2010 New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Superior body: Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs

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

01.01.2014 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 Local Government and Modernisation

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

01.05.2021* Change of name

Name: Department of Indigenous and National Minority Affairs
Short name: UMI

Tasks:
Department of Indigenous and National Minority Affairs is tasked with implementing and following up the Government's objectives in the policy towards the Sami population and the national minorities: Jews, Kven /Norwegian Finns, Roma, Forest Finns and Romani people/Taters.

The department is also tasked with following up the ministry's goal to work for coherence and consistency in the policies toward the Sami and the national minorities, across sectors and administrative areas. The department assists the ministries in their contact with the Sami Parliament and the national minority organizations.

With respect to the policies towards the Sami, the department follows up the government's goal of facilitating the conditions for the Sami to develop and strengthen their culture, language and way of life. The department also participates in Norway's contribution to the development of international indigenous politics and working on coordination of Sami issues at the Nordic level.

Concerning the policy towards the national minorities, the department works to ensure that national minorities are consulted and their views taken into account, in line with the objectives of the Council of Europe's Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter on Regional or Minority Languages.

The department follows up budgetary and administrative matters concerning Sámediggi (the Sami Parliament) and facilitates contact and dialogue between the Government and Sámediggi. The department is also charged with administrative follow-up of one subordinate agency: International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR).

Source: regjeringen.no

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.

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