Development Cooperation

A contract for the second project on National REDD+ Strategy facilitation in Tanzania was signed between the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA), in Dar es Salaam on 3rd October 2011, and a financial grant of max. NOK 30 million will cover the costs of the project period October 2011 – September 2013.

On Monday 27 June 2011, in Arusha, Tanzania, a four year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enter into institutional cooperation was signed by the Commissioner General Mr. Harry Kittilya of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and the Director General Mr. Svein Ragnar Kristensen of the Norwegian Tax Administration (NTA).

The Pay for Performance (P4P) pilot programme was successfully launched in Pwani (Coast) region on Wednesday 4th May, with attendance from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Pwani Region, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Ifakara Health Institute, Royal Norwegian Embassy and the artist Stara Thomas as well as performers from Taasisi ya Sanaa na Utamaduni Bagamoyo (TaSUBa).

The Norwegian Ambassador to Tanzania H. E. Ingunn Klepsvik together with the Vice Chancellor at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Professor Gerald Monela launched a new research programme on agriculture and adaptation to climate change at SUA in Morogoro on 23 February 2011.