Projects in supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2007

Project Project description Grant in Contact details partner NOK The Norwegian The Norwegian Refugee Council’s projects 13 500 000 Norwegian Refugee Council Refugee in Azerbaijan 2007 P.O. Box 6758 St. Olavs plass Council NO-0130 Oslo, Norway NRC has been active in Azerbaijan since 1995, Tel.: +47 23 10 98 00 providing protection and humanitarian Fax: +47 23 10 98 01 assistance to internally displaced persons. The Email: [email protected] aim of the grant is to support and protect the Web: www.nrc.no rights of refugees, internally displaced persons and returned persons, based on projects Contact person: Mads Almaas focusing on shelter (construction and rehabilitation of homes and schools), information, counselling and legal aid (ICLA) and multi-sectored assistance to Chechen refugees. The Norwegian The International Federation of Red Cross 2 300 000 Norwegian Red Cross Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) appeals P.O. Box 1 Grønland, for Azerbaijan in 2007 NO-0133 Oslo, Norway Tel.: +47 22 05 40 00 The Norwegian Red Cross has supported Fax: +47 22 05 40 40 projects in Azerbaijan since 1993. The aim is Email: to strengthen the Azerbaijani Red Crescent’s [email protected] capacities and programme work for vulnerable Web: www.redcross.no groups in the country. The target groups are vulnerable communities, including internally Contact person: Karsten displaced persons. For the capacity-building Solheim component, the target groups are volunteers and staff at the headquarters and in the seven regions of the Azerbaijani Red Crescent. The Royal The Small Project Fund 2007 2 000 000 Royal Norwegian Embassy Norwegian 340, Embassy in The aim of the fund is to support the initiatives , Azerbaijan Baku of local organisations in Azerbaijan. The goal Tel.: +994 12 497 43 25/26 of the Embassy’s programme is to encourage Fax: +994 12 497 37 98 the continued development of civil society and Email: [email protected] democratic institutions in the country. Web: www.norway.az The Norwegian Secondment of an economic and 693 000 NCHR, NORDEM Centre for environmental officer to the OSCE Office in P.O. Box 6706 St. Olavs plass Human Rights Baku NO-0130 Oslo, Norway (NCHR), Tel.: +47 22 84 20 01 NORDEM The aim of the project is to coordinate and Fax: +47 22 84 20 02 implement the economic and environmental Email: [email protected] activities of the OSCE Office in Baku. The www.humanrights.uio.no focus is on four main areas: small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and regional Contact person: Turid Wulff economic development, good governance and Knutsen, anti-corruption, environmental awareness- [email protected] raising, and the promotion of renewable energy resources.

1 The Norwegian Creation of a national association of local 2 000 000 KS Association of and regional authorities in Azerbaijan (2006/07) Haakon VIIs gate 9 Local and P.O. Box 1378 Vika Regional In partnership with the Council of Europe. The NO-0114 Oslo, Norway Authorities aim of the project is to strengthen local self Tel.: +47 24 13 26 00 (KS) governments-units so that they can play an Fax: +47 22 83 22 22 active role in a democratic society, foster good Email: [email protected] governance, and deliver appropriate and high- Web: www.ks.no quality services to their citizens. Contact person: Elita Cakule, [email protected] Human Rights Establishment of a human rights house in 371 000 Human Rights House House Baku, Azerbaijan (2005/06) Foundation Foundation Tordenskioldsgate 6b (HRHF) The Human Rights House Foundation has been NO-0160 OSLO, Norway engaged in establishing a human rights house Tel.: +47 22 47 92 00 in Baku since March 2004. The project also Fax: +47 22 47 92 01 covers capacity–building among Azeri human www.humanrightshouse.org rights defenders, in the form of including them in the activities, evaluations and strategy Contact person: Ane Bonde, preparation processes of the Human Rights ane.bonde@ House Network. In addition, the HRHF’s humanrightshouse.org intention has been to strengthen solidarity among the members of the Human Rights House Network and to increase international awareness about the situation in Azerbaijan. Museum of Karavanserai – Azerbaijan in the past and 3 000 000 Museum of Archaeology, Archaeology, the present Stavanger Stavanger P.O. Box 478 An exhibition open from 12 November 2006 - NO-4002 Stavanger, Norway 15 April 2007. The exhibition “Karavanserai, Tel.: +47 51 84 60 00 Azerbaijan – the Land of Fire” resulted from Fax: +47 51 84 61 99 collaboration between the Museum of Email: [email protected] Archaeology, Stavanger, the Museum of Web: www.ark.museum.no History of Azerbaijan, the and the Ministry of Culture and Contact person: Anne Kari Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Skår, [email protected] The Norwegian Workshop on the administration of the 203 097 The Norwegian Directorate for Directorate for Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape in Cultural Heritage Cultural Azerbaijan P.O. Box 8196 Dep Heritage NO-0034 Oslo, Norway (Riksantikvaren) The objective is to support the administration Tel.: +47 22 94 04 00 of the Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, Fax: +47 22 94 04 04 and to encourage cooperation between Norway Email: [email protected] and Azerbaijan in the area of cultural heritage. Web: www.riksantikvaren.no

Contact person: Anne-Sophie Hygen, [email protected] Tekna – the Energy Efficiency and Cleaner Production 3 000 000 Tekna Norwegian 2007 P.O. Box 2312 Solli Society of NO-0201 Oslo, Norway Chartered The project aims to increase energy efficiency, Tel.: +47 22 94 75 00 Technical and improve the environment and raise awareness Fax: +47 22 94 75 01

2 Scientific of renewable energy sources. The project was Email: [email protected] Professionals started in 2002. The Azerbaijan Cleaner Web: www.tekna.no Production and Energy Efficiency Centre (CPEE Centre) was established in 2004. Contact person: Arild Nordby, [email protected] The Norwegian Graduate Education of Undergraduate 647 620 BI School of Students from /Training Nydalsveien 37 Management of Khazar Faculty in the area of Energy NO-0484 Oslo, Norway (BI) Management Tel.: +47 46 41 00 00 Fax: +47 21 04 80 00 The main objective of this programme, which Email: [email protected] was started in 2005, is to give selected students Web: www.bi.no from Khazar University state-of-the-art knowledge in the area of energy management. Contact person: Feite van Dijk, With a master’s degree from BI, the students [email protected] will be better equipped to contribute to the further development of management sciences at Khazar University. NTNU – the Studies of Petroleum Engineering and 1 250 000 NTNU Norwegian Geosciences International relations office University of O. S. Bragstads plass 3 Science and Scholarship scheme for selected students from NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway Technology the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy for a two- Tel.: +47 73 59 57 00 year-long international master’s programme in Fax: +47 73 59 52 10 Petroleum Engineering/Petroleum Geosciences Email: at NTNU. [email protected] Web: www.ntnu.no

Contact person: Bjørn Kolstad, [email protected] UNDP In 2005, Norway signed a three-year 19 975 668 UNDP Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Memorandum of Understanding on project (for the 3, UN 50th Anniversary str. United Nations cooperation with UNDP in all three South three-year Baku AZ-1001, Azerbaijan Development countries. The cooperation with period) Tel.: +994 12 4989888 Programme UNDP Azerbaijan includes the following four Fax: +994 12 4922491 projects: Email: [email protected] Web: www.un-az.org 1. Capacity-building for Kyoto Protocol implementation in Azerbaijan. Contact person: Jamila 2. Strengthening national and local capacities Ibrahimova, for solid waste management. [email protected] 3. Promoting sustainable land management. 4. Promoting the development of mini- hydropower plants in Azerbaijan.

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