NORCAP

𝐍𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤.
In Gaza, the energy crisis is more than a blackout—it’s a breakdown of families' daily life.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 – 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥:

🚨 90 per cent of families have minimal to no electricity.
🚨 Families are burning plastic to cook, risking toxic exposure.
🚨 Makeshift shelters are left in darkness, increasing safety risks.

“The people of Gaza are not asking for miracles. They’re asking for light to see, fuel to cook, and power to keep their children alive. We have the tools. What we need is the political will to let them in”, says NORCAP’s Executive Director, Benedicte Giæver.

Norad NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council

Full report:https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/reports/gazas-energy-crisis-threatens-lives-and-humanitarian-response/2025-energy-assessment-for-gaza_norcap-report.pdf

Looking forward to hearing our thematic manager on democracy and election observation, Anne Sofie Molandsveen, reflect around the fact that our election observers are candidates for this year's Nobel Peace Prize!

Fredsprisvorspiel Velkommen til fredsprisvorspiel! Vi tar et tilbakeblikk på fredsåret som har gått, samtaler om hvem som kan fortjene fredsprisen for 2024 og teller ned til den kommende kunngjøringen.

Our thematic manager on democracy and election observation, Anne Sofie Molandsveen takes part in this interesting event tonight, to talk about why election observers are candidates for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Fredsprisvorspiel Velkommen til fredsprisvorspiel! Vi tar et tilbakeblikk på fredsåret som har gått, samtaler om hvem som kan fortjene fredsprisen for 2024 og teller ned til den kommende kunngjøringen.

Anbefaler alle å høre denne episoden, med dyktige Anne Sofie Molandsveen som snakker om hvorfor valgobservasjon er viktig!

Our colleague Anne Sofie Molandsveen talks about the importance of election observation in the podcast 'Det Store Bildet', with well-known Norwegian commentators (only in Norwegian).

Halve verden går til urnene i historiens viktigste valgår. Anne Sofie Molandsveen leder norske valgobservatører gjennom NORCAP. Hun forteller hvordan det har gått til nå, og hvilke trender de ser verden over. På hvilken måte kan valg både styrke og svekke land med demokratiske utfordringer? Og hva sier egentlig utenlandske valgobservatører om norske valg? God lytting, og god helg! 🎧😊

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Mer info her: https://fb.me/e/CprYZkOEt

Every year in August, Norwegian politicians, civil society, organisations, private companies, media and different stakeholders gather in the coastal town of Arendal for debates, discussions and networking. NORCAP is having an event (speaking mostly in Norwegian this time) which will be streamed here through LinkedIn LIVE.

🚨 Conflicts drive a new record of internally displaced people.

At the end of 2023, 75.9 million people were living in internal displacement according to Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)'s GRID 2024.
Over the past five years, the number has increased by half.

In the past few months, we have been working to ensure better procedures for receiving refugees and migrants in Greece and better coordination and communication between the different services and institutions that assist in their reception.

This is especially important in remote areas, with limited resources and no presence of any formal facility for asylum seekers.

‘It is vital that the Greek reception system is prepared and have standardised procedures in place to receive refugees and migrants, especially in remote areas and I’m glad that we have contributed to this work‘, says Benedicte Giæver, NORCAP Executive Director.

In NORCAP, we are engaged in enhancing local capacity and working hand in hand with our local partners. We have had a fruitful cooperation with the General Secretary for Asylum Seekers’ Reception, Stellina Siarapi and her staff, and we appreciate the work done by our colleagues on assignment in Greece.

'I am confident that these tools are meaningful and will contribute to Greece’s response in accordance with humanitarian protection standards. We remain willing to continue our cooperation, strengthening national authorities’ capacity to fulfil their mandates’, Benedicte says.

EEA and Norway Grants

Photo: NORCAP experts in Greece - George Koufakis,
Sotiria Tsilavi and Nikolaos Kyfonidis.

Very excited about this cooperation which gives us better data and analysis to improve our work in the humanitarian and development sectors.

Want to learn more about education for out-of-school youth? Then you still have time to register for this webinar next week!

[Webinar] Lost Opportunity: Education for out-of-school youth in emergency and protracted crisis settings.

Join us on 25 April 2024, 1-2pm UTC.

Learn about the key findings and recommendations from the recently released report from NORCAP

Register here: https://rescue.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y8_wdMo3SDyemGWLHigbsw

This week marks 30 years since the genocide in Rwanda. NORCAP's Executive Director, Benedicte Giæver, will participate in the event at the Norwegian Centre for Holocaust and Minorities Studies, where she will talk about her experiences from working in Rwanda at that time. If you're in Oslo, please join us for an afternoon of reflection: https://fb.me/e/3D4jY9QDM

We are pleased to cooperate once again with the Ministry of Migration and Asylum of Greece (Υπουργείο Μετανάστευσης & Ασύλου) and the General Secretariat for Reception of Asylum Seekers.

A great part of refugees and migrants that come to Greece, arrive in remote areas with no reception facilities. In order to ensure that they receive the appropriate services and dignified reception, our common goal for this project is to ensure the best possible coordination of national authorities, local authorities, communities, and civil society.

The new partnership is funded by the in a programme called: ‘Development of the management capabilities of the National Asylum and Immigration Systems/Small Grant Scheme – Improved Strategic Planning and Emergency Response’.

During a visit in Athens, Despina F. Johansen, NORCAP Head of Inclusion and Empowerment, had the honour to meet with the Secretary General for Reception of Asylum Seekers, Stellina Siarapi, and discuss NORCAP’s partnership with the Ministry.

Photo: from left to right: George Koufakis, NORCAP Expert in Greece, Stellina Siarapi, Secretary General for Reception of Asylum Seekers, Ministry of Migration and Asylum, Sotiria Tsivali, NORCAP Expert in Greece, Despina F. Johansen, NORCAP Head of Inclusion and Empowerment.