From 4th to 6th May 2010 The National Museums of Kenya hosted a Norwegian funded conference in Nairobi on World Heritage Conservation. The Norwegian Ambassador Elisabeth Jacobsen opened the conference. Site managers and focal points from East-, Central and West African Anglophone Countries were invited with the purpose of capacity building, sharing of experiences and mutual learning.

Det er fortsatt på sin plass å utvise årvåkenhet i forhold til sikkerhet i Kenya. Utover etterdønninger av uroen i Kenya etter valget i desember 2007 og en meget polarisert politisk situasjon, gjør utviklingstrekk knyttet til situasjonen i Somalia det også nødvendig å understreke at faren for terrorangrep mot mål i Kenya er reell. 

23 March 2010 the Norwegian Ambassador Elisabeth Jacobsen visited Laikipia University College. The occasion was an invitation to Annual Students Forum, which highlighted the importance of reforms in Kenya. The theme for the Forum was “Kenya on the threshold of Change: Challenges of Institutional and Constitutional Reforms”, and the Ambassador had been asked to talk about “International Mobiliza...

Norway’s Ambassador to Kenya and Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-Habitat, H. E. Elisabeth Jacobsen, and the Executive Director for UNEP, Mr. Achim Steiner, signed the Programme Co-operation Agreement between UNEP and Norway on May 5, 2010. The Agreement, worth 200 million NOK over two years, is a proof of Norway’s continued commitment to the UNs contribution towards a more sustainable f...