Norway commits USD 20 million to meet the climate change challenges

  NORWEGIAN AUDITOR GENERAL EXTENDS COOPERATION AGREEMENT   The Norwegian Auditor General, Mr Jorgen Kosmo, visited Zambia from 30 November to 3 December 2011. During the visit he signed an extension of the cooperation agreement between his office and the Zambian Office of the Auditor General (OAGZ). In signing the extension agreement Mr Kosmo commended the OAGZ for their achievements an

Mr Dana Botha, Managing Director, and Moses Vera, Head of Finance, both of BancABC Zambia, as well as Deepak Malik, Head of the Norfund Southern African office, and Fred Pelser, Associate of the Southern African office, signed the five-year loan agreement on Thursday, 1st December 2011 at the Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia. Exchange Control Approval by the Bank of Zambia was granted on 11...

Norway has confirmed its continued funding of budget support for Zambia, for the purpose of reducing poverty. Together with six other cooperating partners, Norway signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Zambia during a ceremony in Mulungushi Hall in Lusaka on 17 November 2011. The African Development Bank, the European Union, the World Bank, together with...

People with disabilities can be supported at community level in rural as well as urban districts. Recent policy and legislative pronouncements are indicative of the new Zambian government’s urgency to address challenges faced by persons with disabilities. Two Norwegian organisations; the Norwegian Association of Disabled ( NAD ) , and the Norwegian Association for Persons with Developmental...

  Norway continues strong support to Zambia for financial management including tax administration, central bank operations, auditor-general and budget support; as well as for climate change robust agriculture, wildlife and natural resource management. Zambia confirms that Norway’s support is relevant and needed under the new government.   These were the main items on the agenda when Norw

Zambia initiated 16 days of activism against gender based violence, with a major show of political will and engagement in Mulungushi Hall in Lusaka on 25th of November. Thousands of women – and men – together with cabinet ministers, members of parliament, top government officials, the UN agencies and diplomats gathered in order to encourage each other to create a Zambia free of violence against...