Department for Regional Affairs

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.

01.01.2015 * Change of name

Name
Department for Regional Affairs

Short name
REGIONAVD

Tasks:
The department is responsible for ensuring that Norwegian international development policy is designed to promote the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals and is in keeping with the Norwegian Government’s priorities. It is also responsible for following up Norwegian interests in regions outside Europe and North America and for developing a more coherent Norwegian foreign policy in these regions.
Source: regjeringen.no (february 2015)

01.01.2007 * Change of name

Name
Department for Global Affairs

Short name
Avdeling for regionale spørsmål og utvikling

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

01.01.2005 * Change of name

Name
Department for Global Affairs

Short name
Regionavdelingen

01.01.2001 * Change of name

Name
Department for Global Affairs

Short name
Bilateral avdeling

01.01.1998 * Change of name

Name
Department for Global Affairs

Short name
Bilat.avd.

01.01.1996 * Maintenance by absorption

Incorporated bodies:

Programavdelingen

01.01.1993 * Change of name

Name
Department for Global Affairs

Short name
Bilat. avd.

01.01.1990 Change of name

Name
Department for Global Affairs

Short name
Bilat. bistandsavd.

01.01.1990 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

01.01.1989 * Regular founding

Name
Department for Global Affairs

Short name
Bilat.avd.

Affiliations
Ministry

Hierarchical level
Division

Superior body
Ministry of Development Cooperation

Located
301 Oslo