Evaluation Network member - Norway

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)

Evaluation Department
P.O.Box 8034 Dep.
N-8030 Oslo
Norway

Phone:   +47 22 24 20 30
Fax:     +47 22 24 20 31
Email:  postmottak@norad.no
Website: Evaluation of Development Cooperation

Department background

The Evaluation Department is responsible for the planning and implemention of evaluations of activities financed over the Norwegian development cooperation budget, and for communicating the results to decision makers and the general public.

The evaluations themselves are carried out by independent consultants, and invitations to tender are published according to the public procurement regulations. All evaluation reports are published in a special report series and distributed free of charge.

The department also acts as an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian embassies and Norad in technical evaluation matters. The department is furthermore Norway’s representative in international cooperation on evaluation.

Evaluation activities are based on a mandate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the political priorities laid down by the Norwegian parliament and government and Norad’s strategy.

NORAD reports are available on DEReC