Talk:Norway–Serbia relations

2 - Norwegian Assistance to BiH 1991-2008
Hey there. Shouldn't Norway's mission to Serbia in leading economic development there as assigned by EU at the time before the Srebrenica massacre be mentioned here? Just saying! 109.189.66.223 (talk) 01:53, 12 July 2017 (UTC) * Sorry. Here is more precise information: "2 - Norwegian Assistance to BiH 1991-2008" "Norway became engaged in the Western Balkans as soon as hostilities broke out in 1991, by providing humanitarian assistance in BiH and Croatia. Once the DPA was signed, focus was shifted towards reconstruction and development, and subsequently to aiding the process of Euro-Atlantic association, state-building and democratization. Support for the Western Balkans was classified as Official Development Assistance (ODA) and thus could have been expected to be handled by Norway’s development cooperation agency Norad. Because of the highly political nature of Norway’s engagement in the region, however, and the fact that the main actors on the donor side were political and/or security bodies like the EU, OSCE and NATO, the MFA decided that it would manage the funds itself. Only during the period 1999-2003 was Norad formally involved, when it was asked to manage the medium-term activities in BiH and Albania. All along, however, Norway emphasized the importance of ensuring that its aid was aligned with and supported overall policy objectives of the international community." "During the period 1992-1995, the annual allocations were for humanitarian aid and relief, along with support to IDPs. The key aim for Norway’s early aid, according to an MFA review document from 1997, was “to assist the refugees as close to their place of origin as possible. The Norwegian program has therefore had BiH as its focus of attention” (Annex I, our translation). The Budget Documents presented a running political analysis of the conflict, being quite realistic concerning the timelines and how soon the conflict might end during the first years." Ref.: "Evaluation of Norwegian Development Cooperation with the Western Balkans" by https://www.oecd.org/derec/norway/45900070.pdf, p. 13. 109.189.66.223 (talk) 16:41, 12 July 2017 (UTC)