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The opening conference of the project Gender Equality Promotion supported by the Norway Grants 2014-2021 and the State Budget of the Slovak Republic took place with opening remarks by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway to Slovakia, H.E. Terje Theodor Nervik. The conference focused on the successes and failures of the implementation of gender equality legislation in Slovakia and the experiences and current challenges in this area in Norway. The programme can be found HERE. The event was exclusively in English without translation and is intended for the professional public.
Arni Hole’s presentation in PDF
Presentation by Barbora Holubová in PDF
The outputs of the project Promoting Gender Equality present the views of its authors and/or Human Rights Institute and the Program Administrator is not responsible for their content.
The project Promoting Gender Equality benefits from a EUR 282 517 a grant from Norway through the Norway Grants. The project has been co-financed from the State Budget of the Slovak Republic in the amount of EUR 42 378. The aim of the project is to raise awareness on gender equality. The aim of the project is to raise awareness on gender equality.
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The Norway Grants represent Norway’s contribution towards a green, competitive and inclusive Europe.
Through the Norway Grants, Norway contributes to reducing social and economic disparities and to strengthening bilateral relations with beneficiary countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics.
Norway cooperates closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). Together with the other donors, Norway has provided €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes between 1994 and 2014.
Norway Grants are financed solely by Norway and are available in the countries that joined the EU after 2003. For the period 2014-2021, the Norway Grants amount to €1.25 billion. The priorities for this period are:
All projects are co-financed by the State Budget of the Slovak Republic in the amount of 15%.