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Some schools in northern Colombia use white flags in areas affected by armed conflict. (Photo: Milena Ayala/NRC)
Colombia |

Colombia's long road to peace

The country’s 2016 peace agreement promised an end to 50 years of civil war, but a change of government and the humanitarian crisis in neighbouring Venezuela threaten to undermine its provisions. NORCAP supports the UN in the region in providing a comprehensive response to help the parties navigate the complex crisis.

NORCAP Executive Director, Benedicte Giaever, talking to a local aid worker in the world's biggest refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Photo: Ingrid Prestetun/NRC)
Global |

Immediate Covid-19 support to partners

Adapting current assistance to ensure continued support to vulnerable communities, along with taking care of staff and experts have been NORCAP’s main priorities in the Covid-19 response.

NORCAP-expert Patric Mansour standing in front of temporary shelters in the Moria refugee camp on Lesvos. (Photo: NRC/Tiril Skarstein)
Greece |

Providing dignity on a daily basis

When he started his mission in 2015, Patric Mansour was faced with one of the largest refugee influxes to Europe in modern times. Four years on, refugees and migrants are still crossing the Mediterranean for safety in Greece and Mansour believes it is high time for Europe to take responsibility.

Statistician and NORCAP-deployee Marte Ragnhild Owren Claussen was on deployment to the Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS) in Geneva in 2019. (Photo: NORCAP/Ida Sem Fossvik)
Ukraine |

From business statistics to statistics on forced displacement

In August 2019, NORCAP-deployee Marte Claussen took a break from her job at Statistics Norway to work on statistics linked to refugees and internally displaced people, at the Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS).

A local vendor, selling small items, walking through the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. The Rohingya are not allowed regular jobs in Bangladesh, so they have to find other ways to support themselves. (Photo: NORCAP/Ida Sem Fossvik)
Bangladesh |

Long-term solutions for the Rohingya response

Two years after the people of the Rohingya minority fled Myanmar, 900.000 refugees are trying to rebuild their lives in neighbouring Bangladesh. NORCAP experts support the humanitarian response and our projects target some of the most critical gaps in the assistance.

Ricardo Lobo, CashCap expert in Beira, Mozambique, talking to Elisa Pedro Manuel Malaua, who have just received her vouchers at a WFP distribution, as a response to the Cyclone Idai crisis in March 2019. (Photo: NORCAP/Ida Sem Fossvik)
Global |

CashCap: Connecting global discussions to communities in need

The use of cash and vouchers in humanitarian and development contexts has been steadily increasing in the last five years. CashCap is an active contributor to this trend, promoting cash in global and regional discussions as well as in the field . Three CashCap experts explain why working on all three levels is essential.

Global |

Implementing 1325: Challenges and opportunities

While supporting the implementation process of the UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in the OSCE-area, it became clear to Ewa Sapiezynska what challenges she had to address in order to achieve change.

NORCAP expert Collison Lore Winga walking with a maize farmer in a maize field in Bura, Taita Taveta.
Africa|Kenya |

How local radio boosts climate change adaptation

In the Horn of Africa, local radio stations provide updates on entertainment, sports and health, so why not weather and climate too?

Officer stands in front of a decommissioned weapons.
Philippines |

Handing over weapons: M.I.L.F. combatants commit to peace in the Bangsamoro

The ceremonial presentation of over 1,000 decommissioned M.I.L.F. combatants and their weapons marked a new milestone in the Bangsamoro’s historical peace process. Experts from NORDEM continue to play key roles in the operation.

Women shakes hand man presenter her a birth certificate for her baby at a mobile birth registration exercise.
Kenya |

Documentation opens doors for Kenya's stateless Shona community

Ending statelessness by 2024 is an ambitious goal, but NORCAP expert Sadiq Boateng is closing the gap with efforts to recognise Kenya’s stateless Shona people.

NORDEM study programme delegates from Bosnia and Herzegovina inspect voting booths in the Oslo City Hall polling station.
Norway |

Too much of a good thing? Observers both impressed and concerned by amount of trust in Norwegian elections

Election practitioners from five countries were impressed with the professionalism, transparency and trust in Norwegian local elections, but warn that too much trust can be risky.

Small shacks on a hill behind a bridge where people walk over a swamp area in the Cox's Bazar camp.
Bangladesh |

Calling for a durable and inclusive response two years after the Rohingya mass exodus

In the days following August 25, 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fled their homes in Myanmar for Bangladesh. In the two years since, continued efforts to protect the Rohingya community from climate hazards in overcrowded camps have resulted in a prolonged emergency response. Now, affected communities must be included to secure durable solutions.

Syrian refugees at Souda camp, Chios, Greece, 2017. (Photo: NRC/Pål Nesse)
Europe|Greece |

Urgent action needed in Greece to save lives before winter sets in

“Ten thousand asylum seekers are now living in cramped conditions in a camp that was designed for 3,500 people. With no proper accommodation or even sleeping bags to face the fast approaching winter, the safety of these desperate people is now at risk”, says Benedicte Giæver, Executive Director of NORCAP.

In April 2014 in Liberia, a UNICEF worker in the city of Voinjama, in Lofa County, distributes posters bearing information on the symptoms of Ebola virus disease and best practices to help prevent its spread. (Photo: NORCAP)
DR Congo |

Fighting Ebola in DRC: Convincing people is key

NORCAP experts working with the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo believe their most important task is to convince the communities of the severity of the epidemic.

Information session on contraception and family planning at a health facility in Macharote, Mozambique. UNFPA with support from NORCAP expert, Sabine Nana, has set up tents for sexual and reproductive health programs at the health facility. (Photo: NORCAP/Oda Lykke Mortensen)
Mozambique |

Protecting people from gender-based violence

NORCAP experts warn that a long-term approach is needed to address gender-based violence in Mozambique. Three months after Cyclone Idai, humanitarian agencies are scaling down efforts in the affected areas, but the work is far from over.

"It is my right to vote and I don't want to lose my right", says Sariaka Fitiavana Randrianatoandro. (Photo: NORCAP/Ida Sem Fossvik)
Madagascar |

NORDEM expert ensures safer elections in Madagascar

Safer and quicker handling of voting lists and election results are contributing to calmer elections in Madagascar, thanks to a NORDEM deployee.

Global |

Statement on outcome from the international conference on “Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises”

Statement by Benedicte Giæver, Executive Director NORCAP, in reaction to the outcome from the international conference on ending sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises.

Global |

Improved support for sexually abused children

Children and adolescent survivors of sexual violence and abuse often need specific help and support in an emergency. Meet the NORCAP experts, Megan Lind and Irene Quizon, who work on the Child and Adolescent Survivor Initiative - established to strengthen the support provided to those most vulnerable.

Global |

NORCAP Statement in relation to the international conference to end sexual violence in humanitarian crises

Statement by Executive Director of NORCAP Benedicte Giæver ahead of the international conference: “Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises” which takes place in Oslo, Norway, 23-24 May:

Gender-based violence

Gender-based violence (GBV) threatens lives, destroys families and harms entire communities. NORCAP works to ensure that survivors get the help they need and that long-term actions to prevent GBV are prioritised in humanitarian, peace and development efforts.

Flooding of the Buzi area, a town and district south of Beira city in Mozambique. The flooding is due to the Idai cyclone that hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in March 2019. (Photo: OCHA/Saviano Abreu)
Malawi|Mozambique |

Gearing up for Idai

NORCAP sends the first four experts to support UN agencies in the cyclone Idai response this week. The tropical storm recently hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, leaving more than 750 people dead, more than 140,000 people displaced, and devastated large parts of the three countries.

Aissatou Ndaw is the leader of a local women's group called "Sisters United" in Kaffrine, Senegal. She is also a focal point for the national meteorological services (ANACIM), and receives weather forecasts that she distributes to her network. (Photo: Fernanda Baumhardt/NORCAP)

Increased resilience through climate information services

Due to a combination of exposure and low adaptive capacity, Africa is very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Meet three of our experts working in Africa to minimise the gap between providers and end-users of climate information.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights and NORDEM reach anniversary milestone

This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2018 is also the 25-year anniversary of the establishment of the Norwegian Resource Bank for Democracy and Human Rights, NORDEM. Though separated by 45 years, the link between the declaration's vision and NORDEM's work is close.

People are crossing from Turkey to Greece in overcrowded boats and with lifejackets of varying quality. A lot of lifejackets and swimming rings are now covering the beaches in Lesvos. Nov.2015 (Photo: NRC/Tiril Skarstein)
Europe|Greece |

Greek winter may claim refugee lives if Europe does not act now

Unless Europe urgently steps up its support to tens of thousands of refugees in Greece, harsh winter conditions may claim lives of vulnerable families living in squalid conditions.

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