REQUEST FOR A PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE- July 2011 Institutional Support to INP 2011-2015 1. Introduction On the 6th September 2006 the Governments of Norway and signed an agreement for institutional support regarding the development of the Petroleum sector in . The overall objective of ’s assistance was to support and implement ’s development efforts in the Petroleum sector and to enable to manage the petroleum resources in a manner that protects national interest. has allocated 41 million NOK for the activities under the current programme. This programme was scheduled to start the first semester of 2006 but only during the second semester of the same year the programme was started. The purpose of the programme was to develop administrative capacity over the petroleum sector through: Development of INP as a Regulatory Authority, to enable it to perform its functions in a sustainable and competent manner Administrative responsibilities to relevant Ministries to the Management of the petroleum resources Development of interest groups and other stakeholders relatively to the petroleum sector. The Ministry of Mineral Resources has through the National Petroleum Institute, the overall responsibility for the implementation of the programme. 2. Request for Assistance to further strengthen the institutional capacity and support the regulatory activities of the petroleum sector of 2.1 Request for assistance The National Petroleum Institute has been set up from May 2005(see organigram in attachment 2). From its inception it has carried out a lot of activities regarding the administration/management of the Petroleum sector trough the Licensing of exploration acreage, monitoring and auditing of the performance of the agreed work programmes and budgets, supervising production activity, performed safety audits as well as the environmental compliance with the Environmental management plans.
REQUEST FOR A PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE- July 2011 Institutional Support to INP 2011-2015 1. Introduction On the 6th September 2006 the Governments of Norway and signed an agreement for institutional support regarding the development of the Petroleum sector in . The overall objective of ’s assistance was to support and implement ’s development efforts in the Petroleum sector and to enable to manage the petroleum resources in a manner that protects national interest. has allocated 41 million NOK for the activities under the current programme. This programme was scheduled to start the first semester of 2006 but only during the second semester of the same year the programme was started. The purpose of the programme was to develop administrative capacity over the petroleum sector through: Development of INP as a Regulatory Authority, to enable it to perform its functions in a sustainable and competent manner Administrative responsibilities to relevant Ministries to the Management of the petroleum resources Development of interest groups and other stakeholders relatively to the petroleum sector. The Ministry of Mineral Resources has through the National Petroleum Institute, the overall responsibility for the implementation of the programme. 2. Request for Assistance to further strengthen the institutional capacity and support the regulatory activities of the petroleum sector of 2.1 Request for assistance The National Petroleum Institute has been set up from May 2005(see organigram in attachment 2). From its inception it has carried out a lot of activities regarding the administration/management of the Petroleum sector trough the Licensing of exploration acreage, monitoring and auditing of the performance of the agreed work programmes and budgets, supervising production activity, performed safety audits as well as the environmental compliance with the Environmental management plans.
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