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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.
AI must be democratic and cheap
Last week, the leading AI company Open AI announced that the premium version of the best Chat GPT model will go from costing $20 to $200 a month. So you have to spend 25,000 Norwegian kroner a year if you want the latest technology from Silicon Valley.
California has declared a state of emergency. The bird flu could become a global pandemic.
We are in a race against the clock.
Hello, power cable opponents. Can any of you show me where I'm wrong?
High electricity prices are a blessing.
Norwegian aid 2025 - what do the different parties think?
We have looked at the parties' alternative aid budget. Here's what we found.
Media coverage
Isabelle Ringnes: - Keeps me away from investments that give me a bad gut
Longsight's “ten Ki-commandments” is mentioned in connection with an interview by Isabelle Ringnes in Dine Penge.
KI is a threat to the human conversation
Petter Bae Brandtzåg responds critically to supervisor Aksel Braanen Sterri's post about KI to write chronicles.
- Should we make serious the aspiration for European independence, we can start with two obvious things: stopped listening to Elon Musk's thoughts about the future and reject Palantir.
Long term's “ten Ki-commandments” are mentioned in a commentary by Dag Grytli where he discusses what it takes for digital European independence.
- The road around the iceberg goes through locally led aid.
This is written by the Secretary General of Caritas Norway in Fædrelandsvennen and refers to Langsikt's memo on locally led managed assistance from May 2025.
How to free himself from the clingy grip of the tech giants?
Senior adviser Tellef Raabe is on radio to discuss the impact of tea oligarchs on our lives, and why he thinks we need greater government intervention.
Has aid hit the iceberg?
Executive Director Eirik Mofoss discusses the heralded grand message on diversionary policy in a podcast at the think tank Agenda.
Senior advisor Tellef Raabe on big and small at TV2 news company
They discussed amid gold shock, the hatred of ICE and Norway's high sickness absence rate.
Too many goals in Norwegian aid
Eirik Mofoss is clear about what he would prioritise in the aid budget if he were allowed to decide. Norad responds.
“Already, AI is a threat to the newspapers' business model
Researchers Tellef Solbakk Raabe and Aksel Braanen Sterri are interviewed about how they believe that today's newspaper subscribers will increasingly use KI assistants to read or hear news.
AI is the new electricity
Special Advisor Silvija Seres discusses artificial intelligence with Torbjørn Røe Isaksen.