Norsk // 14/06/2010 //

På bakgrunn av de 2 eksplosjonene i Uhuruparken i Nairobi sentrum den 13. Juni 2010, vil ambassaden gjerne få minne om det gjeldende reiserådet, ambassadens anbefalinger for norske borgere i Kenya, samt om våre råd om generell sikkerhet.

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Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statsministerenskontor/4642192116/The Indonesian President, Susilo Yudhoyono, and the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, held a joint press conference after they signed the partnership to reduce emissions from deforestation. Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statsministerenskontor/4642192116/
News and events // 27/05/2010 //

Norway and Indonesia agreed today to enter into a partnership to support Indonesia’s efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests and peat lands. Indonesia will take immediate and decisive action to reduce its forest and peat related greenhouse gas emissions. Norway will support those efforts with one billion USD over the next few years.

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News and events // 26/05/2010 //

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.

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Norsk // 14/06/2010 //

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. 

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Tree planting
News and events // 06/04/2010 //

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...

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You write your name much faster than I do, joked Norway`s Ambassador, Elisabeth Jacobsen, when she and Mr Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, signed the Programme Co-operation Agreement.
News and events // 25/05/2010 //

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...

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Photo: Sway
News and events // 25/03/2010 //

The world’s largest wind turbine is to be built in Norway. Innovative technology will make the production of renewable energy far more efficient.

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The opening of the Mobile Hearing Clinic
Photo: Siv Cathrine Moe
News and events // 18/02/2010 //

The Norwegian NGO Deaf Aid, assisted by Norwegian Ambassador Elisabeth Jacobsen, 17 February flagged off their new Mobile Hearing Clinic Truck. The Mobile Clinic will reach out to Kenyan communities to help identify, assess, assist or refer children and youth with hearing loss.

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Photo: Olivier Morin / AFP
News and events // 24/11/2009 //

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.

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Ambassador Jacobsen admiring the work of the students
News and events // 24/02/2010 //

5 February 2010 the Norwegian Ambassador to Kenya, Elisabeth Jacobsen, spoke at the closing cocktail for the SIU-NOMA Masters Programme at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), a joint initiative by the Oslo School of Architecture in Norway and five East African universities.

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