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State Secretary Tone Skogen at the Our Ocean Conference in Valparaiso in Chile. 
State Secretary Tone Skogen at the Our Ocean Conference in Valparaiso in Chile.
Credit: Norwegian Embassy in Santiago 
Foto: Norwegian Embassy in Santiago
Speech at the Our Ocean Conference 
Tale ved Our Ocean-konferansen
Valparaiso, Chile, 5 October 2015 
Valparaiso, Chile, 5. oktober 2015
State Secretary Tone Skogen's speech at the Our Ocean Conference in Valparaiso in Chile on 5 October 2015. 
Statssekretær Tone Skogens innlegg under Our Ocean-konferansen i Valparaiso i Chile 5. oktober 2015.
It is a sincere pleasure for me to be with you today to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Oil for Development Programme, which to me is one of the vantage points in our cooperation with other countries under the development umbrella. 
It is a sincere pleasure for me to be with you today to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Oil for Development Programme, which to me is one of the vantage points in our cooperation with other countries under the development umbrella.
In the fifty years since the Norwegian petroleum era began, we have experienced the challenges involved in managing oil and gas resources – and, if I must say so prepared for the next step to keep on track and avoid pitfalls. 
In the fifty years since the Norwegian petroleum era began, we have experienced the challenges involved in managing oil and gas resources – and, if I must say so prepared for the next step to keep on track and avoid pitfalls.
The oil and gas resources are of major economic and industrial importance to Norway and have been essential for the development of our welfare state. 
The oil and gas resources are of major economic and industrial importance to Norway and have been essential for the development of our welfare state.
Through the lessons we have learnt and by making adjustments along the way, we have developed what is considered to be an excellent example of establishing and administering sound policies, stable and predictable framework conditions, a highly qualified government administration, good resource and state income management and good governance for the petroleum sector. 
Through the lessons we have learnt and by making adjustments along the way, we have developed what is considered to be an excellent example of establishing and administering sound policies, stable and predictable framework conditions, a highly qualified government administration, good resource and state income management and good governance for the petroleum sector.
We are pleased to share and discuss our experiences with other host nations. 
We are pleased to share and discuss our experiences with other host nations.
The broader picture is of interest in this context. 
The broader picture is of interest in this context.
When world leaders gathered for this year’s UN General Assembly, which marked the 70th anniversary of the UN itself, they adopted the 2030 Agenda and the new, ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. 
When world leaders gathered for this year’s UN General Assembly, which marked the 70th anniversary of the UN itself, they adopted the 2030 Agenda and the new, ambitious Sustainable Development Goals.
These goals include eradicating extreme poverty, reducing economic inequality and urgently addressing climate change. 
These goals include eradicating extreme poverty, reducing economic inequality and urgently addressing climate change.
Never before have world leaders pledged joint action across such a broad and universal policy agenda. 
Never before have world leaders pledged joint action across such a broad and universal policy agenda.
It means that we must all follow a path towards sustainable development and devote ourselves collectively to the pursuit of global development. 
It means that we must all follow a path towards sustainable development and devote ourselves collectively to the pursuit of global development.
We can all gain by cooperating to this end. 
We can all gain by cooperating to this end.
The Norwegian Government is committed to support the Agenda 2030 and determined to obtain the best possible results. 
The Norwegian Government is committed to support the Agenda 2030 and determined to obtain the best possible results.
The Oil for Development Programme is one of our best tools in these endeavours. 
The Oil for Development Programme is one of our best tools in these endeavours.
The programme’s aim to share Norwegian experience with partner countries implies that they can use the full potential of their petroleum resources. 
The programme’s aim to share Norwegian experience with partner countries implies that they can use the full potential of their petroleum resources.
For oil and gas nations, good resource management is part of making the sector a contributor to sustainable growth. 
For oil and gas nations, good resource management is part of making the sector a contributor to sustainable growth.
Oil and gas activities represent an economic activity that will provide the social dimension of employment, growth and welfare. 
Oil and gas activities represent an economic activity that will provide the social dimension of employment, growth and welfare.
The activities must, however, be carried out taking high account of climate and environmental concerns. 
The activities must, however, be carried out taking high account of climate and environmental concerns.
If managed properly and effectively, the oil and gas resources may prove to be an important building block for many developing countries. 
If managed properly and effectively, the oil and gas resources may prove to be an important building block for many developing countries.
Petroleum-rich states are most likely to prosper if there is a stable legal framework and a predictable trade and investment environment with international trade rules. 
Petroleum-rich states are most likely to prosper if there is a stable legal framework and a predictable trade and investment environment with international trade rules.
The same factors also benefit the petroleum sector. 
The same factors also benefit the petroleum sector.
This is why the Norwegian Government has provided oil and gas companies with a predictable legal framework that allows them to make investment decisions on a stable and long-term commercial basis. 
This is why the Norwegian Government has provided oil and gas companies with a predictable legal framework that allows them to make investment decisions on a stable and long-term commercial basis.
There are too many examples from around the world of how petroleum production can be impeded by unstable conditions, undue state interference, poor governance and conflict. 
There are too many examples from around the world of how petroleum production can be impeded by unstable conditions, undue state interference, poor governance and conflict.
Oil for Development is about good governance at large and to pave the way for a stable oil and gas sector to avoid such pitfalls that I just mentioned. 
Oil for Development is about good governance at large and to pave the way for a stable oil and gas sector to avoid such pitfalls that I just mentioned.
By supporting initiatives where there is a strong degree of national ownership, we believe we can share our experience in a way that is valuable for host countries – also those that are very different from Norway. 
By supporting initiatives where there is a strong degree of national ownership, we believe we can share our experience in a way that is valuable for host countries – also those that are very different from Norway.
Norway’s transparent and democratic system, rule of law and strong institutions have enabled steady and predictable development in the oil and gas sector and enhanced technological development in the field. 
Norway’s transparent and democratic system, rule of law and strong institutions have enabled steady and predictable development in the oil and gas sector and enhanced technological development in the field.
The idea behind Oil for Development is not to transfer the Norwegian model to other countries, but to be target oriented taking point of departure in the situation, ambitions and culture in the host nation. 
The idea behind Oil for Development is not to transfer the Norwegian model to other countries, but to be target oriented taking point of departure in the situation, ambitions and culture in the host nation.
Thereby it will be possible to develop and support solutions that will be suitable for partner countries in their pursuit of a well-regulated and successful oil and gas sector. 
Thereby it will be possible to develop and support solutions that will be suitable for partner countries in their pursuit of a well-regulated and successful oil and gas sector.
We must be aware that there is no fast-track approach to good governance. 
We must be aware that there is no fast-track approach to good governance.
Norway has taken an integrated approach to management of the oil and gas sector, and this is one of the key principles underlying the Oil for Development Programme. 
Norway has taken an integrated approach to management of the oil and gas sector, and this is one of the key principles underlying the Oil for Development Programme.
Well-functioning institutions in this sector alone are not enough; they need to be supported by strong institutions and good governance in society at large. 
Well-functioning institutions in this sector alone are not enough; they need to be supported by strong institutions and good governance in society at large.
We all know that the risk of opportunistic decision-making and corruption is generally high in resource-rich countries, and this unfortunate issue must be mentioned. 
We all know that the risk of opportunistic decision-making and corruption is generally high in resource-rich countries, and this unfortunate issue must be mentioned.
Strengthening government accountability is therefore one of the key objectives of the programme. 
Strengthening government accountability is therefore one of the key objectives of the programme.
On this note, we are happy to share Norway’s experience of promoting transparency in all areas. 
On this note, we are happy to share Norway’s experience of promoting transparency in all areas.
If governments are to be held accountable, we also need a well-informed civil society that demands openness, public debate and responsibility. 
If governments are to be held accountable, we also need a well-informed civil society that demands openness, public debate and responsibility.
This is why Oil for Development works with a range of non-state actors as well as national authorities, and focuses on how petroleum revenues are used. 
This is why Oil for Development works with a range of non-state actors as well as national authorities, and focuses on how petroleum revenues are used.
The importance of an informed public debate and governments that fully appreciate the consequences of their decisions cannot be overstated. 
The importance of an informed public debate and governments that fully appreciate the consequences of their decisions cannot be overstated.
I would like to congratulate you all on your achievements over the last 10 years. 
I would like to congratulate you all on your achievements over the last 10 years.
I know that all of you, both Norwegians and representatives from our partner countries, are deeply committed to and highly qualified for your work. 
I know that all of you, both Norwegians and representatives from our partner countries, are deeply committed to and highly qualified for your work.
I am pleased that Oil for Development has become an internationally recognised initiative and that our experience and advice are much in demand. 
I am pleased that Oil for Development has become an internationally recognised initiative and that our experience and advice are much in demand.
The Government will continue to support the programme. 
The Government will continue to support the programme.
Norway has benefited greatly from its oil and gas resources, and it is very encouraging to see that good results are achieved in the oil and gas activities in our partner countries. 
Norway has benefited greatly from its oil and gas resources, and it is very encouraging to see that good results are achieved in the oil and gas activities in our partner countries.
I am confident this will continue. 
I am confident this will continue.
I wish you all success in building and maintaining a prosperous oil and gas sector - for the common good for the future of your nation. 
I wish you all success in building and maintaining a prosperous oil and gas sector - for the common good for the future of your nation.
State Secretary Tone Skogen held the opening speech at the 10th anniversary of the Oil for Development Programme in Oslo 21 October 2015. 
Statssekretær Tone Skogen holdt åpningsinnlegget under markeringen av 10-års jubileet til Olje for Utvikling i Oslo 21. oktober 2015.
Credit: Fredrik Naumann, Felixfeatures.com 
Foto: Fredrik Naumann, Felixfeatures.com
Oslo, 21 October 2015 
Oslo, 21. oktober 2015
State Secretary Tone Skogen's speech at the 10th anniversary of the Oil for Development Programme 21 October 2015. 
Statssekretær Tone Skogens åpningsinnlegg i forbindelse med markering av ti-års jubileet for Olje for Utvikling (OfU) 21. oktober 2015.
Speech at dinner for president Michelle Bachelet, Chile 
Tale ved middag i anledning president Michelle Bachelets besøk
Akershus Palace, Oslo 
Akershus slott, Oslo
It is a great honour to welcome the President of Chile and her delegation to this dinner here tonight. 
Det er en ære å ønske Chiles president og hennes delegasjon velkommen hit i kveld.
Your visit is greatly appreciated and it underscores the excellent relations between our two countries. 
Vi setter stor pris på ditt besøk her og det understreker det meget gode forholdet mellom våre to land.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in his speech at the dinner for president Michelle Bachelet. 
Det sa statsminister Jens Stoltenberg til president Michelle Bachelet under middagen i forbindelse med Bachelets besøk i Norge.
Madam President, Dear Michelle Bachelet, Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, 
Madam President, Dear Michelle Bachelet, Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a great honour to welcome the President of Chile and her delegation to this dinner here tonight. 
It is a great honour to welcome the President of Chile and her delegation to this dinner here tonight.
Your visit is greatly appreciated and it underscores the excellent relations between our two countries. 
Your visit is greatly appreciated and it underscores the excellent relations between our two countries.
Many of us have followed your own remarkable career with great sympathy and expectation. 
Many of us have followed your own remarkable career with great sympathy and expectation.
Your life is a reflection of the recent history of your country. 
Your life is a reflection of the recent history of your country.
You have yourself been a victim of oppression under dictatorship, and now you are the Head of State of a truly democratic nation. 
You have yourself been a victim of oppression under dictatorship, and now you are the Head of State of a truly democratic nation.
Some of us, including myself have had the privilege of meeting you earlier, when you were on the path to where you stand today. 
Some of us, including myself have had the privilege of meeting you earlier, when you were on the path to where you stand today.
I must therefore confess that I was not impartial when the presidential election in Chile took place early last year. 
I must therefore confess that I was not impartial when the presidential election in Chile took place early last year.
Chile has a special place in many Norwegian hearts, including my own. 
Chile has a special place in many Norwegian hearts, including my own.
In fact, one of my first political functions was as board member of the Norwegian “Action for Chile”, during the times of dictatorship. 
In fact, one of my first political functions was as board member of the Norwegian “Action for Chile”, during the times of dictatorship.
We sold buttons, collected money for the underground opposition, and adopted political prisoners. 
We sold buttons, collected money for the underground opposition, and adopted political prisoners.
My first visit to Chile was as an election observer at the referendum which marked the end of the Pinochet regime, back in 1988. 
My first visit to Chile was as an election observer at the referendum which marked the end of the Pinochet regime, back in 1988.
I was not alone. 
I was not alone.
I remember celebrating the result through the night, in front of the Moneda Palace in Santiago. 
I remember celebrating the result through the night, in front of the Moneda Palace in Santiago.
And I was in good company. 
And I was in good company.
Together with Mr Reiulf Steen and Ms Bianca Jagger. 
Together with Mr Reiulf Steen and Ms Bianca Jagger.
Since then, I have always been ready to serve as election observer. 
Since then, I have always been ready to serve as election observer.
And if you ask those of us who where there in front of the Moneda Palace, 
And if you ask those of us who where there in front of the Moneda Palace,
why we became interested in international affairs, 
why we became interested in international affairs,
why international solidarity became so important for us, 
why international solidarity became so important for us,
The dramatic events in the 1970s triggered an influx to Norway of Chilean nationals - political refugees, who managed to escape the hatchets and terror of the Pinochet regime. 
The dramatic events in the 1970s triggered an influx to Norway of Chilean nationals - political refugees, who managed to escape the hatchets and terror of the Pinochet regime.
They came to Norway to the tunes of the political protest song El pueblo unido jamás será vencido. 
They came to Norway to the tunes of the political protest song El pueblo unido jamás será vencido.
Many of the Chileans who came here where among the best and the brightest of their generations. 
Many of the Chileans who came here where among the best and the brightest of their generations.
Today they number more than 8000. 
Today they number more than 8000.
They enrich our country and our culture. 
They enrich our country and our culture.
They are very well integrated. 
They are very well integrated.
Norway has received very valuable cultural stimulus. 
Norway has received very valuable cultural stimulus.
And we love Chilean literature. 
And we love Chilean literature.
Suffice it to mention the giant, Pablo Neruda, and Isabel Allende. 
Suffice it to mention the giant, Pablo Neruda, and Isabel Allende.
In the course of a decade, Isabel Allende alone has sold almost 400 000 books in Norway. 
In the course of a decade, Isabel Allende alone has sold almost 400 000 books in Norway.
Today, Chile is a highly respected country. 
Today, Chile is a highly respected country.
Its economic performance is among the very best of Latin America. 
Its economic performance is among the very best of Latin America.
As you know, we are not doing so badly ourselves 
As you know, we are not doing so badly ourselves
But, Norway and Chile share one problem. 
But, Norway and Chile share one problem.
That problem is how not to spend large public revenues from oil and copper respectively. 
That problem is how not to spend large public revenues from oil and copper respectively.
So we struggle together not to spend money. 
So we struggle together not to spend money.
Last year, upon the request of Chile, we sent the Secretary-General in our Ministry of Finance, Mr Tore Eriksen, to Chile to share with you how we try our best to manage the petroleum resources. 
Last year, upon the request of Chile, we sent the Secretary-General in our Ministry of Finance, Mr Tore Eriksen, to Chile to share with you how we try our best to manage the petroleum resources.
And how we avoid causing inflation or otherwise overheating the economy. 
And how we avoid causing inflation or otherwise overheating the economy.
Today Chile, too, is saving billions of dollars. 
Today Chile, too, is saving billions of dollars.
Much according to the same philosophy and economic thinking that we live by in Norway. 
Much according to the same philosophy and economic thinking that we live by in Norway.
And it gives me great personal pleasure that we have managed to turn the guidelines for managing the petroleum revenues – Handlingsregelen – into an export item. 
And it gives me great personal pleasure that we have managed to turn the guidelines for managing the petroleum revenues – Handlingsregelen – into an export item.
For the benefit of the future of the people of Chile and Norway. 
For the benefit of the future of the people of Chile and Norway.
President Bachelet, you and I have much in common. 
President Bachelet, you and I have much in common.
Let me mention two aspects: 
Let me mention two aspects:
- We both have predecessors whom the new Secretary-General of the United Nations has appointed Special Envoys of Climate Chang. 
- We both have predecessors whom the new Secretary-General of the United Nations has appointed Special Envoys of Climate Chang.
Former President Ricardo Lagos and former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland. 
Former President Ricardo Lagos and former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland.
And - we are both close to the field of medicine. 
And - we are both close to the field of medicine.
You as a medical doctor by training and an experienced health manager. 
You as a medical doctor by training and an experienced health manager.
On my part I am heading a government which is committed to helping children survive and their mothers too, by pursuing the Millennium Development Goals, No 4 and No 5 regarding reductions in child mortality and improving maternal health. 
On my part I am heading a government which is committed to helping children survive and their mothers too, by pursuing the Millennium Development Goals, No 4 and No 5 regarding reductions in child mortality and improving maternal health.
I am grateful today that you agreed to join the network of global leaders who will assume a special responsibility for these two Millennium Goals 
I am grateful today that you agreed to join the network of global leaders who will assume a special responsibility for these two Millennium Goals
Dear President Bachelet, 
Dear President Bachelet,
Let me once again express my appreciation for your visit to Norway. 
Let me once again express my appreciation for your visit to Norway.
I am confident that our relations will continue to develop and expand in the future. 
I am confident that our relations will continue to develop and expand in the future.
Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you all to join me in a toast to President Bachelet, to Chile and to the friendship between our two countries. 
Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you all to join me in a toast to President Bachelet, to Chile and to the friendship between our two countries.
Salud! 
Salud!
Oslo Workers' Society, Oslo, 16 November 1976. 
Oslo Arbeidersamfunn, Oslo, 16. november 1976.
At the same time as the international military forces are preparing to leave the country, the Afghan authorities are planning next year's presidential election. 
Parallelt med at internasjonale militære styrker forbereder seg på å forlate landet, planlegger afghanske myndigheter neste års presidentvalg.
"Next year's election will be a milestone for Afghanistan's democracy. 
- Valget neste år er en milepæl for Afghanistans demokrati.
Both President Karzai and his successor will face major challenges. 
Både Karzai og hans etterfølger vil stå overfor store utfordringer.
I made it clear to President Karzai that if Afghanistan fulfils its obligations, Norway will continue its support for the country," Mr Stoltenberg said. 
Jeg gjorde det klart for presidenten at om Afghanistan står ved sine forpliktelser vil Norge opprettholde sin støtte til landet, sa statsministeren.
Norway's main priorities in Afghanistan are good governance, education and rural development. 
Norske hovedprioriteringer i Afghanistan er godt styresett, utdanning og utvikling på landsbygda.