{"id":59015,"date":"2023-11-02T16:02:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=59015"},"modified":"2023-11-02T14:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:05:15","slug":"norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda","title":{"rendered":"Norway to continue supporting Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Norwegian government will continue supporting its existing partnerships and programmes under the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the country\u2019s ambassador to Uganda has disclosed.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ms Anne Kristin Hermansen\u2019s reassurance comes after recent revelations that the Nordic country will close its embassy in Uganda next July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe closure is only part of a broader restructuring of Norway\u2019s Foreign Service and the management of development cooperation will continue working under the guidance of Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad),\u201d Ms Hermansen said during a courtesy visit of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development headquarters (MGLSD) in Kampala on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Norad is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) whose values of respect, integrity and creativity guide its development assistance endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Mr Aggrey David Kibenge, the MGLSD permanent secretary, emphasised the importance of the collaboration between the governments of Uganda and Norway. He particularly noted the impact on the lives of women and girls in Uganda, citing the inroads made by the joint programme on ending gender-based violence (GBV).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is also the support for the campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) through the Joint Global Trust Fund, which has led to significant reduction in the prevalence of FGM in Uganda,\u201d he said, adding that Norway\u2019s support through UN Women for women, peace, and security has allowed Uganda to develop and implement its National Action Plan III.<\/p>\n<p>The Gender Equality for Development (GEfD) Programme, a government-to-government cooperation initiative between Norway and Uganda, he further revealed, \u201chas played a vital role in advancing gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment.\u201d The programme, which fosters peer-to-peer learning and dialogue, has facilitated multiple missions between the two countries, especially for the girl child and women.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Angela Nakafeero, the commissioner for gender and women affairs at the MGLSD, said capacity building for gender mainstreaming, including training in gender statistics, has been a crucial component of the collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese efforts are empowering government institutions and helping them integrate gender considerations into their policies and programmes,\u201d she noted, adding that, as a result, the productive collaboration under the GEfD Programme will see a 10-strong Ugandan delegation embark on a learning visit to Norway in 2024 to explore early childhood care and development practices.<\/p>\n<p>Assurance: \u2018\u2018The closure is only part of a broader restructuring of Norway\u2019s Foreign Service and the management of development cooperation will continue working under the guidance of Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad),\u2019\u2019 Ms Anne Kristin Hermansen, Norway ambassador to Uganda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The Norwegian government will continue supporting its existing partnerships and programmes under the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the country\u2019s ambassador to Uganda has disclosed. Ms Anne Kristin Hermansen\u2019s reassurance comes after recent revelations that the Nordic country will close its embassy in Uganda next July. \u201cThe closure is only part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12,258],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-59015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Norway to continue supporting Uganda - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Norwegian government will continue supporting its existing partnerships and programmes under the Norwegian Agency ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Norway to continue supporting Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Norwegian government will continue supporting its existing partnerships and programmes under the Norwegian Agency ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-02T16:02:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/sm_1698921242.021794.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Norway to continue supporting Uganda\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-02T16:02:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda\"},\"wordCount\":436,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/sm_1698921242.021794.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/norway-to-continue-supporting-uganda\",\"name\":\"Norway to continue supporting Uganda - 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