Norway contributes 79 Billion Kwacha to Zambia

  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...

      Press Release   Date: November 10 2011   Crackdown on misuse of funds   For the first time, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is presenting an overview of aid funds that have been misused and other financial irregularities.   The Foreign Ministry’s corruption fighters started their hunt for misuse of funds four years ago, on the initiative of Minist

Norway’s Prime Minister in Antarctica From 12 to 15 December Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the South Pole to mark the centenary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reaching the Pole in 1911, and to underline the importance of the Antarctic continent in relation to global climate change. The Prime Minister arrived at the South Pole on Monday 12 December. He will meet...