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The Local Government White Paper contains the Government’s comprehensive plan for local government reform during this Storting session. 
Regjeringen presenterer i kommuneproposisjonen en helhetlig plan for en kommunereform i denne stortingsperioden.
“The local government reform is a welfare reform. 
- Kommunereformen er en velferdsreform.
The objective of the reform is to secure good welfare services for us all: Good schools, nursing and care when we get older, safe day-care institutions for our children. 
Målet med kommunereformen er å sikre gode velferdstjenester til oss alle: Gode skoler, pleie og omsorg når vi blir eldre, trygge barnehager for barna våre.
Good, equal services for citizens, comprehensive and coordinated societal development, sustainable and financially robust municipalities and strengthened local democracy are the objectives of the reform. 
Gode og likeverdig tjenester til innbyggerne, en helhetlig og samordnet samfunnsutvikling, bærekraftige og økonomisk robuste kommuner og et styrket lokaldemokrati er målene for reformen.
“The Government wants strong, robust municipalities that can be assigned additional tasks and responsibilities. 
- Regjeringen ønsker sterke og robuste kommuner, som kan få flere oppgaver og mer ansvar.
Most services are best provided as close to the citizens as possible, in the local communities,” says Minister Sanner. 
De fleste tjenester løses best nærmest innbyggerne, i lokalsamfunnene, sier statsråd Sanner.
There will be two different processes during the reform period. 
Det legges opp til to ulike løp i reformperioden.
Municipalities that decide to merge no later than the autumn of 2015 will be followed up with Royal decrees. 
Kommuner som vedtar sammenslåing senest høsten 2015 følges opp med kongelige resolusjoner.
As regards the remaining municipalities, the plan is for them to adopt decisions by the summer of 2016. 
For de andre kommunene legges det opp til at kommunene fatter vedtak innen sommeren 2016.
The Government is planning to present a comprehensive bill to the Storting regarding the new local government structure in the spring of 2017. 
Regjeringen planlegger å fremme en samlet proposisjon til Stortinget om ny kommunestruktur våren 2017.
“It has been 50 years since the last local government reform and the municipalities have since been assigned considerable responsibility for welfare services. 
- Det er 50 år siden forrige kommunereform og kommunene har fått betydelig større ansvar for velferdsoppgaver siden den gang.
At the same time, central government micromanagement has increased, and the municipalities have recently moved a number of tasks out of the municipality and into intermunicipal collaboration. 
Samtidig har den statlige detaljstyringen økt, og kommunene har de senere år flyttet flere oppgaver ut av kommunen og inn i interkommunale samarbeid.
The politicians’ desire to give the municipalities considerable responsibility may have outweighed their ability to equip the municipalities for these tasks. 
Kanskje har politikernes ønske om å gi kommunene stort ansvar, vært større enn evnen til å ruste kommunene for oppgavene.
We want to better equip the municipalities to handle the tasks they already have, as well as prepare them for challenges and new tasks that will come over the next decades,” says Sanner. 
Vi ønsker både å sette kommunene bedre i stand til å håndtere oppgavene de har, samt ruste dem for utfordringer og nye oppgaver som kommer i tiårene fremover, sier Sanner.
The Ministry will cover necessary non-recurring costs of mergers according to a standardised model. 
Departementet vil dekke nødvendige engangskostnader ved sammenslåingen etter en standardisert modell.
Funding will be given according to the number of municipalities and number of citizens involved in the merger. 
Støtten gis etter antall kommuner og antall innbyggere i sammenslåingen.
Merged municipalities may also be awarded reform funds. 
Sammenslåtte kommuner vil også kunne få reformstøtte.
The current scheme of amalgamation grants will be continued. 
Dagens ordning med inndelingstilskuddet videreføres.
With the current amalgamation grant, the new merged municipality will retain grants as though it was still two (or more) municipalities for 15 years after the merger, until the amalgamation grant is gradually reduced over five years. 
Med dagens inndelingstilskudd får den nye sammenslåtte kommunen beholde tilskudd som om den fortsatt var to (eller flere) kommuner i 15 år etter sammenslåingen, før inndelingstilskuddet trappes ned over fem år.
This is a favourable and long-term scheme for the municipalities, which will have ample time to adapt to new framework conditions. 
Dette er en gunstig og langsiktig ordning for kommunene, som får god tid på seg til å tilpasse seg nye rammebetingelser.
The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) will be invited to cooperate with the County Governors in these processes at a regional level. 
KS regionalt inviteres til å samarbeide med fylkesmennene om prosessene.
The Government is also planning to present a white paper to the Storting in the spring of 2015 with proposals for new tasks for robust municipalities. 
Regjeringen tar også sikte på å legge fram en melding til Stortinget våren 2015 med forslag til nye oppgaver til robuste kommuner.
Then the municipalities will know which tasks they could be assigned before they make decisions on mergers. 
Da vil kommunene vite hvilke oppgaver de kan få før de fatter sine vedtak om sammenslåing.
Schedule for the local government reform: 
Tidsplan for kommunereformen:
Spring 2014: Storting consideration of goals for the reform and plan for further work. 
Vår 2014: Stortingsbehandling av mål for reformen og opplegget for videre arbeid.
Autumn 2014, 2015 and spring 2016: Regional processes with KS, County Governors and municipalities. 
Høst 2014, 2015 og vår 2016: Regionale prosesser med KS, fylkesmenn og kommuner.
Summarised by the County Governors in the autumn of 2016. 
Oppsummeres av fylkesmennene høsten 2016.
Spring 2015: The Government presents its proposals for new tasks for the municipalities. 
Vår 2015: Regjeringen legger frem forslag til nye oppgaver for kommunene.
Storting consideration of this white paper. 
Stortingsbehandling av denne meldingen.
Autumn 2015 and spring 2016: Municipal merger decisions. 
Høst 2015 og vår 2016: Kommunale vedtak om sammenslåing.
Spring 2017: The Government will present draft bills on the new local government structure and new tasks for the municipalities. 
Vår 2017: Regjeringen fremmer proposisjoner om ny kommunestruktur og om nye oppgaver til kommunene.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you, Jens (Johan Hjort), for your kind words of welcome. 
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you, Jens (Johan Hjort), for your kind words of welcome.
And thank you all for valuable discussions last night. 
And thank you all for valuable discussions last night.
The Barents cooperation enjoys broad support in Norway. 
The Barents cooperation enjoys broad support in Norway.
My government’s commitment to this cooperation is strong. 
My government’s commitment to this cooperation is strong.
The Declaration adopted by the Barents Summit in Kirkenes last June highlights the important role that the Barents cooperation is playing in strengthening mutual trust and stability in Europe. 
The Declaration adopted by the Barents Summit in Kirkenes last June highlights the important role that the Barents cooperation is playing in strengthening mutual trust and stability in Europe.
The Barents cooperation is probably the most results-oriented, down-to-earth arena for regional cooperation. 
The Barents cooperation is probably the most results-oriented, down-to-earth arena for regional cooperation.
Its success is first and foremost due to initiatives and activities carried out by committed and dedicated people in the region. 
Its success is first and foremost due to initiatives and activities carried out by committed and dedicated people in the region.
Governments can play a facilitating role. 
Governments can play a facilitating role.
We can lay the foundations for cooperation. 
We can lay the foundations for cooperation.
Work to make everyday life better. 
Work to make everyday life better.
But the key to continued success lies in the Barents region itself. 
But the key to continued success lies in the Barents region itself.
With its people. 
With its people.
The most important resource of all. 
The most important resource of all.
As a former Minister of Trade and Industry, I am well aware of the significant resource potential of the High North. 
As a former Minister of Trade and Industry, I am well aware of the significant resource potential of the High North.
Developing these resources is increasingly important for the Barents cooperation. 
Developing these resources is increasingly important for the Barents cooperation.
Two recent studies on economic and business cooperation in the Barents region have put forward recommendations on what we can do to enhance our economic cooperation. 
Two recent studies on economic and business cooperation in the Barents region have put forward recommendations on what we can do to enhance our economic cooperation.
The studies recommend that emphasis should be placed on funding, transport and infrastructure, border-crossing facilities, stable and predictable conditions. 
The studies recommend that emphasis should be placed on funding, transport and infrastructure, border-crossing facilities, stable and predictable conditions.
These recommendations should be carefully considered and followed up by both governments and businesses. 
These recommendations should be carefully considered and followed up by both governments and businesses.
An efficient transport system is essential for economic and social development in the Barents region. 
An efficient transport system is essential for economic and social development in the Barents region.
I welcome the proposals set out in the recently presented Joint Barents Transport Plan as a basis for further developing infrastructure in the region. 
I welcome the proposals set out in the recently presented Joint Barents Transport Plan as a basis for further developing infrastructure in the region.
It is vitally important that development is sustainable. 
It is vitally important that development is sustainable.
Corporate social responsibility and the use of the best available technology are key factors in this respect. 
Corporate social responsibility and the use of the best available technology are key factors in this respect.
I commend Finland for having held a Barents conference on “Best practices in the mining industry”. 
I commend Finland for having held a Barents conference on “Best practices in the mining industry”.
The development of the mining industry is having an impact on indigenous peoples and their traditional industries. 
The development of the mining industry is having an impact on indigenous peoples and their traditional industries.
It is therefore vital to find the right balance between safeguarding the interests of indigenous peoples and promoting resource-based industrial development. 
It is therefore vital to find the right balance between safeguarding the interests of indigenous peoples and promoting resource-based industrial development.
The environment in the Barents region is fragile. 
The environment in the Barents region is fragile.
Some progress has been made towards eliminating environmental “hot spots”. 
Some progress has been made towards eliminating environmental “hot spots”.
There is a resolve to continue and enhance these efforts. 
There is a resolve to continue and enhance these efforts.
This has our full support. 
This has our full support.
The Nickel production facilities on the Kola peninsula, which are defined as “hot spots”, continue to pose environmental challenges, but they also represent potential for industrial cooperation. 
The Nickel production facilities on the Kola peninsula, which are defined as “hot spots”, continue to pose environmental challenges, but they also represent potential for industrial cooperation.
Addressing climate change in the Barents region is a major challenge. 
Addressing climate change in the Barents region is a major challenge.
This requires cooperation at national, regional and local levels. 
This requires cooperation at national, regional and local levels.
I am therefore pleased to see that an Action Plan on Climate Change for the Barents Cooperation has been drafted. 
I am therefore pleased to see that an Action Plan on Climate Change for the Barents Cooperation has been drafted.
The Action Plan includes a number of activities to be carried out by working groups under BEAC and the Barents Regional Council. 
The Action Plan includes a number of activities to be carried out by working groups under BEAC and the Barents Regional Council.
The emphasis is placed on areas where the Barents cooperation can provide added value for local and regional planning, projects and action. 
The emphasis is placed on areas where the Barents cooperation can provide added value for local and regional planning, projects and action.
Cooperation on regional adaptation strategies and the sharing of best practices and experience are key elements. 
Cooperation on regional adaptation strategies and the sharing of best practices and experience are key elements.
The International Barents Secretariat will be strengthened to assist with the implementation of the Action Plan. 
The International Barents Secretariat will be strengthened to assist with the implementation of the Action Plan.
Universities in the Barents region have a key role to play in developing human resources and knowledge. 
Universities in the Barents region have a key role to play in developing human resources and knowledge.
The dynamic cooperation between universities in our countries is very promising. 
The dynamic cooperation between universities in our countries is very promising.
Scientific research cooperation is important for mapping and developing natural resources. 
Scientific research cooperation is important for mapping and developing natural resources.
It is also crucial for identifying challenges that can only be addressed through joint efforts and cross-border cooperation. 
It is also crucial for identifying challenges that can only be addressed through joint efforts and cross-border cooperation.
Border obstacles should be reduced as much as possible to further encourage people-to-people contact and cross-border cooperation. 
Border obstacles should be reduced as much as possible to further encourage people-to-people contact and cross-border cooperation.
The Norwegian Government intends to extend opening hours and increase capacity at the Storskog border station on the border with Russia. 
The Norwegian Government intends to extend opening hours and increase capacity at the Storskog border station on the border with Russia.
It is the younger generation that will build the Barents region of the future. 
It is the younger generation that will build the Barents region of the future.
I am very encouraged by the interregional university programme for Young Innovative Entrepreneurs that has been established. 
I am very encouraged by the interregional university programme for Young Innovative Entrepreneurs that has been established.
Cooperation on health and related social issues has an important impact on the entire population in the region. 
Cooperation on health and related social issues has an important impact on the entire population in the region.
Many people are also engaged in cultural activities, and their cooperation is helping to develop a Barents identity. 
Many people are also engaged in cultural activities, and their cooperation is helping to develop a Barents identity.
BEAC intends to set up a culture award to further stimulate cross-border cooperation. 
BEAC intends to set up a culture award to further stimulate cross-border cooperation.
A flourishing civil society is essential for economic, social and political development. 
A flourishing civil society is essential for economic, social and political development.
Indeed, the achievements of the Barents region could not have been made without the active contributions of civil society organisations and small private-sector actors. 
Indeed, the achievements of the Barents region could not have been made without the active contributions of civil society organisations and small private-sector actors.
We must do our utmost to encourage and facilitate the development of civil society across the region. 
We must do our utmost to encourage and facilitate the development of civil society across the region.
The cross-border cooperation between NGOs is particularly fruitful. 
The cross-border cooperation between NGOs is particularly fruitful.
Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision-making processes that could affect their rights, their development and their traditional land. 
Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision-making processes that could affect their rights, their development and their traditional land.
I therefore welcome the inclusion of an indigenous peoples’ representative as a permanent observer to this Council. 
I therefore welcome the inclusion of an indigenous peoples’ representative as a permanent observer to this Council.
This is also stated in the communique that I now invite the Council to adopt. 
This is also stated in the communique that I now invite the Council to adopt.
I now have the pleasure of giving the floor to Aili Keskitalo, member of the Norwegian delegation and President of the Norwegian Sami Parliament. 
I now have the pleasure of giving the floor to Aili Keskitalo, member of the Norwegian delegation and President of the Norwegian Sami Parliament.
14th Session of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council, Tromsø, 29 October 2013. 
14th Session of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council, Tromsø, 29 October 2013.
Statement by Mr Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Chair of Barents Euro-Arctic Council 
Statement by Mr Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Chair of Barents Euro-Arctic Council
Lecture at University of Wisconsin 
Forelesning ved University of Wisconsin
The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the initiative as an important contribution to meeting the UN Millennium Development Goals. 
Prosjektet er lagt frem for FNs generalsekretær som ønsket initiativet velkommen som et viktig bidrag for å nå FNs tusenårsmål.
Background information Billions of people, especially in developing countries, have no formal rights and are thus without legal protection. 
Bakgrunn Milliarder av mennesker, særlig i utviklingsland, lever uten formelle rettigheter og er dermed ekskludert fra rettslig beskyttelse.
This is particularly serious in relation to the ownership of property and businesses, where formal ownership often forms a platform for further economic development. 
Særlig viktig er dette innenfor eiendoms- og virksomhetssektorer hvor formelt eierskap ofte er en plattform for videre økonomisk utvikling.
Formalisation is important; it will allow people in the informal sector in developing countries to gain rights that we take for granted and it will protect them against oppression and arbitrary treatment. 
Formalisering er viktig for at personer i uformell sektor i utviklingsland skal få rettigheter som vi tar for gitt, og for å få beskyttelse mot undertrykkelse og vilkårlig behandling.
Formalisation efforts have been underway for many years, but there has not been a holistic approach until now. 
Det har vært arbeidet med formalisering i flere tiår, men det har ikke vært en helhetlig tilnærming til problematikken før nå.
When properly carried out, a formalisation process can be an important tool in the fight against poverty. 
Brukt riktig vil en formaliseringsprosess være ett av flere viktige verktøy i kampen mot fattigdom.
The composition and organisation of the commission Today the commission is made up of 28 members, who include Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, the former High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, the founder and chair of BRAC Dr Fazle Hasan Abed, former President of Tanzania Benjamín Mkapa, and former Minister of International Development of Norway Hilde F. Johnson. 
Blant medlemmene finner vi personligheter som nobelprisvinner Shirin Ebadi, tidligere høykommissær for menneskerettigheter Mary Robinson, tidligere president i Tanzania Benjamín Mkapa, og tidligere statsråd for bistand og utviklingssaker Hilde Frafjord Johnson.
The commission is chaired jointly by former Secretary of State of the US Madeleine Albright and the Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto. 
Kommisjonen ledes av tidligere amerikanske utenriksminister Madeleine Albright og den peruanske økonomen Hernando de Soto.
An important criterion for the selection of members is that they have participated in major reform processes and are in a position to draw political attention to the issue. 
Et viktig kriterium for utvelgelsen av medlemmene har vært at de har deltatt i større reformprosesser og er i stand til å tiltrekke politisk oppmerksomhet rundt problematikken.
There is also a board of advisers, which is made up of representatives from multilateral organisations such as UN-HABITAT, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank. 
Kommisjonen har også et rådgivende utvalg som består av representanter fra multilaterale organisasjoner som UN-Habitat, Den interamerikanske utviklingsbanken, Verdensbanken m.fl.
Representatives of the private sector, civil society and organisations representing people in the informal sector also sit on the board of advisers. 
Videre er det også representanter fra privat sektor, sivilt samfunn og organisasjoner som representerer mennesker i uformell sektor i det rådgivende utvalget.
Most of the technical work will be carried out in the commission’s working groups. 
Det store faglige arbeidet vil bli gjort i kommisjonens arbeidsgrupper.
Each working group will be composed of technical experts in addition to one or two commissioners, and will be linked to relevant multilateral organisations. 
Arbeidsgruppene vil bestå av 1-2 kommisjonærer i tillegg til faglige eksperter, og vil bli lagt til relevante multilaterale organisasjoner.
Each group will have a clearly defined focus area, for example the effects of formalisation processes on vulnerable groups such as indigenous peoples and women, and user rights versus property rights. 
Hver av gruppene vil ha klart definerte fokusområder som effektene av formaliseringsprosesser for utsatte grupper som urfolk og kvinner, bruksrett versus eiendomsrett.
Other important areas will be the effect of formalisation on the labour market and the access of the poor to credit. 
Andre viktige områder vil være forholdet mellom arbeidsmarked og formalisering, og fattiges adgang til kreditt.
It is especially important that the commission and its working groups focus on the rights of vulnerable groups, particularly the rights of indigenous people and women. 
Særlig viktig er det at kommisjonen og dens arbeidsgrupper fokuserer på utsatte gruppers rettigheter, og da særlig urfolks og kvinners rettigheter.
Emphasis will be placed on drawing up reform programmes that can be adapted to local conditions both at national and regional level. 
Det vil bli lagt særlig vekt på å lage reformprogrammer som er tilpasses lokale forhold både på nasjonalt og regionalt nivå.
One of the commission’s tasks is to draw up an overview of and systematise the lessons learned and tools from previous and current formalisation processes. 
En av oppgavene kommisjonen har er å utarbeide en oversikt over, og systematisere, erfaringer og verktøy fra tidligere og pågående formaliseringsprosesser.
UNECE, which has been involved in formalisation processes in the former Soviet Union for 20 years, is an important player in these efforts. 
En viktig aktør i dette arbeidet er UNECE som har arbeidet med formaliseringsprosesser i tidligere Sovjetunionen i 20 år.