Training for Trainers of Labor Inspectors

On 4th November 2009, H.E Ann Ollestad, Ambassador of Norway to India and Dr. Ines Alberdi, the Executive Director of UNIFEM signed an agreement on “Promoting women’s political leadership and governance in India and South Asia” at the Royal Norwegian Embassy, New Delhi.

Norway, the US, Australia, Brazil, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland and the UK intend to transfer 10% of their stocks of the H1N1 vaccine to developing countries. “Pandemics do not respect national borders. Our ability to protect ourselves against infections depends on other countries’ ability to protect themselves. The poorest countries are particularly vulnerable, and that is why this initiati...

The Royal Norwegian Embassy, New Delhi will be in contact with all applicants to inform them of the status of the grants by mid June 2009. The RNE with support from NORAD will commence the process of entering into agreements with Indian/Norwegian Institutions for approved/commissioned grants in July 2009. 

  Background The Prime Minister of Norway, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, visited Delhi in December 2005 to attend GAVI board meeting, and met the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, to discuss areas of bilateral cooperation between Norway and India. The Norway-India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) for MDG 4 follows the understanding between the two governments to collaborate toward the redu...