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Norwegian foreign office start campaigning for more Norwegians to pursue top jobs abroad

Sunday, 03 February 2013
A small and very rich country - Norway, people here are very contented with their lives but the government is not feeling happy. The reason for that is that only a handful of Norwegians have top jobs in the international organizations. The government want Norwegians to be more aggressive in getting more top jobs abroad.

"I think that Norway should search for more prominent positions in the UN system. We should do more to get it, for we have much to contribute," said Erik Solheim, former Environment and Development minister and now head of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee to Norwegian daily, Aftenposten.

According to Aftenposten, the Foreign Ministry believes that Norway is strongly represented in international organizations and contributes financial support to various organisations including the UN system. But there is the need for Norwegians to pursue carriers in those organisations in order to contribute in terms of Knowledge from the Norwegian  perspective in solving various global problems.

For now, the Norwegian man power in the International arena is weak and worrying to the authorities.
Among the reasons given as to why Norwegians are coil from pursuing more international careers includes lack of language proficiencies, the perception that the Norwegian wages and the welfare system is better than most non Nordic countries, good Norwegian outdoor nature and forest lifestyle and the fact that the Norwegians are just happy remaining at home in Norway.

Norwegians have previously held prominent positions in the UN. Jan Egeland, a UN emergency relief coordinator, Gro Harlem Brundtland chaired the World Health Organization, Trygve Lie was the first United Nations Secretary General.

Today Norway has seven people with senior positions in the UN system, according to the Foreign Ministry, but there is the need to be more.
By Scancomark.com Team

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