Translate the text from Welsh to English.



 
Mae'r Aelodau'n ymwybodol fy mod wedi ymweld â Norwy yr wythnos ddiwethaf.  
   
Er nad yw'n aelod o'r UE a'i bod y tu allan i Undeb Tollau'r UE, mae gan Norwy fynediad llawn a dirwystr at y Farchnad Sengl ar gyfer y rhan fwyaf o'i nwyddau a'i gwasanaethau drwy fod yn aelod o'r Gymdeithas Masnach Rydd Ewropeaidd (EFTA) a'r Ardal Economaidd Ewropeaidd (EEA).   
  
Diben fy ymweliad oedd cael gwell dealltwriaeth o'r ffordd y mae'r berthynas hon yn gweithio, a dysgu mwy am fanteision ac anfanteision y model.  
  
Ar drothwy'r trafodaethau Brexit, mae'n bwysig i ni adeiladu perthynas gyda gwledydd ar draws Ewrop a'r byd ehangach, a chael gwell dealltwriaeth o'r ffordd y maent yn masnachu'n llwyddiannus a gweithredu'n rhyngwladol.  
  
Yn ystod fy ymweliad cefais gyfarfodydd gyda busnesau Norwyaidd a'r Gweinidogion sy'n gyfrifol am fasnach a pherthynas gyda'r UE o'r ddwy blaid sy'n llywodraethu fel clymblaid. Yn eu plith roedd Gweinidogion â chyfrifoldebau ym meysydd Addysg ac Ymchwil, Pysgodfeydd, Materion Ewropeaidd, Llywodraeth Leol, a Llafur a Materion Cymdeithasol.  Hefyd cefais gyfarfod cynrychiolwyr y brif wrthblaid Lafur a Chymdeithas Awdurdodau Lleol a Rhanbarthol Norwy, y corff sy'n cynrychioli llywodraeth leol.    
  
Cefais gyfle i glywed am bolisïau Norwy mewn meysydd perthnasol fel datblygu economaidd rhanbarthol, cydlyniant cymdeithasol, diwygio llywodraeth leol, ac addysg a hyfforddiant.  Yng nghyd\-destun yr olaf, ymwelais â choleg chweched dosbarth sy'n llwyddiannus iawn yn dysgu pobl ifanc 16\-19 oed er mwyn dysgu mwy am ddull Norwy o ddysgu'r cwricwlwm ac, yn arbennig, integreiddio ffrydiau galwedigaethol ac academaidd. Mae Norwy'n buddsoddi cryn dipyn mewn addysg ac yn perfformio'n dda iawn yn rhyngwladol, yn arbennig yn y profion PISA, ac wedi sgorio dros gyfartaledd OECD ym mhob pwnc.   
  
Mae Norwy'n wlad fach o ran ei phoblogaeth, sydd y tu allan i'r UE ond â'r cysylltiad agosaf ati. Mae'n llwyddo i gyflawni'n well na'r disgwyl, gan ystyried ei maint, yn economaidd ac yn wleidyddol.  Mae gennym lawer i'w ddysgu o'i phrofiadau.  


 





Translation:


 
Members will be aware that last week I undertook a visit to Norway.  

  

Although not an EU member and outside of the EU Customs Union, Norway has full and unfettered access to the Single Market for most goods and services through its membership of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area (EEA).  

  

The purpose of my visit was to better understand how this relationship works and to gain insight into the advantages and disadvantages of this model.  

  

Ahead of the forthcoming Brexit negotiations, it is important we build relationships with countries across Europe and the wider world and better understand how they trade successfully and operate internationally.  

  

During my visit I had meetings with Norwegian businesses and Ministers with relevant responsibilities for trade and relations with the EU from both parties within the governing coalition.  These included Ministers with responsibilities in the fields of Education and Research, Fisheries, European Affairs, Local Government and Labour \& Social Affairs.  I also met representatives of the main opposition Labour Party and of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, the body that represents local government.    

  

The visit also gave me the opportunity to hear at first hand about Norwegian policies in relevant fields such as regional economic development, social cohesion, local government reform and education and training.  In the context of the latter, I visited a sixth form college that has a high success rate of teaching 16\-19 year olds to learn about the Norwegian approach to the curriculum and, in particular, the integration of vocational and academic strands.  Norway invests highly in education and performs well internationally, particularly in the PISA ratings and scored above the OECD average in all subjects.  

  

Norway is a country with a small population outside the EU but with the closest ties to it, which punches well above its weight both economically and politically.  We have much to learn from its experience.