Ambassador Kjemprud takes leave with H.E President Girma Woldegiorgis

On the 28th of August, the 50th anniversary was celebrated for Ethiopia’s oldest operational hydropower-plant. The 458 metre long dam was an important part of the country’s development during the time of Emperor Haile Selassie, and also then, Norwegian expertise was utilized to make the most of hydropower in Ethiopia.

« Le ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la coopération Internationale, M. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, a reçu dans la matinée d’hier l’ambassadeur du royaume de Norvège accrédité à Djibouti, avec résidence en Ethiopie, M. Jens-Petter Kjemprud, venu lui faire ses adieux au terme de sa mission dans notre pays », écrit le journal Djiboutien « La Nation ». Lire plus ici :

Under the strategic partnership between the Embassy and Save the Children Norway and Norwegian Church Aid in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) staff from NCA and the Embassy visited activities by some partners of NCA in Oromiya and the South 5-7 August 2010.

The Ethiopian Construction Industry Federation has about 32 000 members. Lately, more than 900 workers in four construction companies have organised themselves and become part of the federation, because of training and funding received from their Norwegian colleagues with the Norwegian Construction Industry Federation.

Hvert år arrangerer Utenriksdepartementet ”Åpent hus”, med formål å øke samarbeidet mellom utenrikstjenesten og norske bedrifter.

Since the beginning of June, about 15 former and current NOMA-students from Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi and Norway have been doing field-work under the Master programme in Development and Natural Resource Economics connected to their MSc theses in 17 locations all over Tigray Region