Our Projects
Norges Naturvernforbund cooperates with environmental NGOs and support civil society development in a number of countries in East and South. The objectives are to strengthen our local partners’ capacity and influence in their struggle for a better environment . Environmental Education, Sustainable Energy Solutions and Climate Change are key issues for the cooperation.
At the present Norges Naturvernforbund initiate, implement and maintain projects regarding capacity building, energy saving, renewable energy, climate and education in 20 countries in former Soviet Union and Africa. Norges Naturvernforbund has by its International Project Department been engaged in international development projects since the early 90`s. NNV has developed wide competence on issues related to energy saving, renewable energy, climate and education with a focus on the local level.
An important motivation for our activities is the global climate challenge. But regardless of climate change or not – making energy consumption more sustainable is of vital importance for many aspects of people’s everyday life. Saving or using energy in a more rational way will:
- Contribute to a long term environmental friendly energy supply and consumption.
- Reduce local and indoor pollution.
- Reduce pressure on vulnerable nature resources.
- Reduce acute shortages of fuel.
- Improve comfort (increase temperature, give access to hot water).
- Reduce time consumption for collection of firewood.
- Improve the general knowledge and understanding among the recipients about environment, energy and climate in a local and global context.
Many of our countries of cooperation are characterized by lack of democratic and socio-economical development. Poverty, bad infrastructure and low access to basic needs are part of the everyday life. As an indicator you will find Tajikistan as number 122 on the Human Development Index, Togo as number 147 and Nigeria as number 159. This makes the aspects of social development, democracy and civil society development important components of our current project activities.
The main objective of NNV’s international project activities is to ensure capacity building of local partners regarding organisation development, competence building on energy, environment and development issues, and policy campaigning on local and national level.
The main target group of our projects is therefore environmental NGOs and the civil society.
We regard capacity building of local NGOs, and through them of local communities, as an important component of development towards democratisation. As development goes on in many countries today, it is clear that the forces promoting environmental and human concerns are too weak, and need to be strengthened.
Our international projects are supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norad.
