The Norwegian Ambassador to EU Oda Helen Sletnes, the Belgium Ambassador to EU Jean De Ruyt (Belgium currently holds the EU-chairmanship for 6 months), the Icelandic Ambassador to EU Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson, and Georges Baur chargé d'affaires at the Embassy of Liechtenstein to EU. Photo: Council of the European Union
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04/08/2010 //
On July 28, 2010, the three EEA/EFTA states - Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein - and the EU signed an agreement on a new package of financial contribution of close to NOK 15 billion for the period 2009–2014. Norway will thus provide nearly NOK 3 billion (EUR 347 million) per year to reduce social and economic disparities and promote cooperation in Europe in the given period. The EEA Grants wil...
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22/07/2010 //
The Museum of the Armenians in Transylvania – Dumbraveni (Sibiu county) was officially inaugurated on July 15th , in the presence of the Norwegian Chargé d’affaires a.i., Mrs Liv Maren Røste and the Armenian ambassador to Bucharest, H.E Mr. Hamlet Gasparian. Important representatives of the Armenian community in Romania, high officials of the central and local government, as well as many citize...
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05/07/2010 //
On June 30th the Norwegian Embassy’s representatives participated in the launch of the first Parenting Services Center in Bucharest and conveyed ambassador’s Hovdkinn support message for the project “Towards Positive Healthy Parenting in Romanian Families”, promoted by Save the Children Romania and funded under the EEA Financial Mechanism. Four other similar centers have been opened in Iasi, Su...
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16/06/2010 //
The Best Combat project combines biology, sociology and tourism with the aim of conserving the Danube beluga sturgeon by supporting and educating local communities to develop new livelihoods, focussing on community based tourism, as an alternative to the unsustainable fishing of the endangered beluga.
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27/05/2010 //
Between 7-9 May 2010, the Civil Society Development Foundation (CSDF), operator of the EEA NGO Fund in Romania, launched the 5th edition of the National Festival of Romanian NGOs (NGOFest) under the motto “200 NGOs, 200 reasons to be there!”
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14/07/2010 //
Between July 7-8, on the occasion of a high level meeting between the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Financial Mechanism Office in Brussels, and the Ministry of Public Finances in Romania, two site visits to projects funded under the EEA and Norway Grants were performed.
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29/06/2010 //
Between 21 – 23 June, Ambassador Øystein Hovdkinn was present in the northern eastern part of Romania in an official visit to assess the progress of several projects supported under the EEA Financial Mechanism (EEA Grants) and the Norwegian Cooperation Programme with Romania (Norway Grants), and met with the regional and local authorities in Iasi, Piatra Neamt and Suceava.
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07/06/2010 //
On 26 May 2010, took place the 8th edition of Civil Society Awarding Gala, a prestigious event organized by Millenium Communications which promotes and awards the activity of the NGO sector in Romania. On this occasion, three projects supported fully or partially under the EEA NGO Fund received five distinct awards, out of a total of 192 projects competing for different categories of awards!
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27/04/2010 //
During his official visit to Sibiu, between April 19-21, Ambassador Øystein Hovdkinn visited three projects in Sibiu and Sighisoara areas supported under the EEA Financial Mechanism (EEA Grants) and the Norwegian Cooperation Programme with Romania (Norway Grants), and met with the local authorities in Sibiu.
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