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Have we reached “peak aid”?
The United States and several European countries are turning their backs on the world. Is this the beginning of the end for aid as we know it?
Three AI advancements to look out for in 2025
War, film and work are among the areas that will be characterized by KI in 2025.
Deepseek should be a wake-up call. It's time for Norway to develop its own AI.
Artificial intelligence is too important to be left to oligarchs and party dictatorships.
Aftenposten prevents an enlightened aid debate
Shutting down aid is as knowledgable as shutting down health care.
We are not prepared for the most severe threats
The white paper on total preparedness national security, but we do not know what dangers threaten us or what to do about them.
More knowledge-based aid. What's the next step?
Tighter budgets and new crises make it even more important to have knowledge-based and cost-effective aid. Norway is already doing a lot to make this happen, but we have more to go on. A working group has presented a report with new recommendations.
Improving the efficiency of Norwegian aid through the UN and the World Bank
In 2023, 31.7 billion Norwegian kroner (54% of Norway's aid budget) was allocated through multilateral organizations, with the UN system and the World Bank Group being the two main recipients. This note presents recommendations to the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Norad on how the foreign service can become a more effective and coordinated donor to Norway's largest partners. We focus on the UN system and the World Bank in this first note of the series.
An invisible environmental poison costs millions of lives
Lead in food and paint causes health damage to millions of children every year. Poor countries in particular have a long way to go.
Salmon suffering is Norway's darkest secret
... and the government does nothing. Here are four steps that can help with Norway's biggest animal welfare disaster.
Media coverage
Kan covid-19 ha lekket fra et laboratorium likevel?
Seniorrådgiver Sigrid Bratlie gjester Abels tårn i en samtale om koronapandemiens opphav. Vitenskapsfolk, media og politikere stemplet lab-lekkasje teorien som en konspirasjon. Nå hevder en av våre fremste eksperter på molekylærbiologi at man konkluderte for tidlig.
Redaksjonell sak om NRK Debatten om kunstig intelligens
Kunstig intelligens blir en stadig større del av livene våre. – Vi har ingen vitenskap for trygg kunstig intelligens i dag, mener ekspert.
Senior Adviser Jakob Graabak in NRK Debatten on artificial intelligence
Senior Adviser Jakob Graabak meets Digitalization Minister Karianne Tung, Silvija Seres, Morten Goodwin and Henrik Skaug Sætra in NRK Debatten on the opportunities and risks that the rapid development in artificial intelligence brings
Executive Director Eirik Mofoss in NRK Debatten on Aid
Executive Director Eirik Mofoss meets Development Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim (Sp), Hans Andreas Limi (FrP), and Kari Helene Partapuoli (Plan International Norway) in NRK Debatten on whether Norwegian aid is working well enough and whether it should be divided into two: poverty alleviation and global common goods.
Kan idealistane redde kloden?
Daglig leder Eirik Mofoss i Kompass på NRK P2 om personlig forbruk og vårt moralske ansvar for framtidige generasjoner.
Civitafrokost: Hvordan kan norsk bistand bli mer effektiv?
Daglig leder Eirik Mofoss deltok i paneldebatt om hvordan norsk bistand kan bli mer effektiv sammen med Asle Toje, Erik Solheim og Kari Helene Partapuoli
Norad-sjefen: Politikerne bestemmer alt og har ansvar for alt
Intervju med Norad-direktør Bård Vegar Solhjell om den nylige bistandsdebatten, der blant annet kritikken som daglig leder Eirik Mofoss har kommet med av norsk bistand diskuteres.
Reagerer på Eirik Mofoss’ oppgjør: – Bistand er politikk
Kirkens Nødhjelp og Care er kritiske til tidligere Norad-byråkrat Eirik Mofoss’ angrep på norsk bistandspolitikk. Men han får støtte fra Civita, som mener utviklingsministeren avviser en viktig debatt.
Handlingsregelen som kan redde norsk bistand
Generalsekretæren i Redd Barna svarer på kritikken av norsk bistandspolitikk ytret av daglig leder Eirik Mofoss i et intervju i Morgenbladet 1.mars.
Minervapodden: Eirik Mofoss - Skuffet bistandsforvalter
Daglig leder Eirik Mofoss intervjuet i Minervapodden om norsk bistandspolitikk.