{"id":10007,"date":"2021-03-01T19:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=10007"},"modified":"2021-03-01T19:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:01:55","slug":"african-legal-support-facility-receives-2-6-million-from-norway-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/african-legal-support-facility-receives-2-6-million-from-norway-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"African Legal Support Facility receives \u00a32.6 million from Norway &#038; UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>The Norwegian government, through its Agency for Development Cooperation, provided 20 million Norwegian kroner (around \u00a31.6 million) to support the 2021 and 2022 work programs of the ALSF.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The governments of Norway and the United Kingdom have extended grants of around \u00a32.6 million to the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) to support its activities over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian government, through its Agency for Development Cooperation, provided 20 million Norwegian kroner (around \u00a31.6 million) to support the 2021 and 2022 work programs of the ALSF.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office of the United Kingdom is providing a \u00a31 million grant to the ALSF, which will go to supporting debt management capacity in low-income African countries. The funding forms part of a cooperation agreement signed by the two parties.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bf\"><div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"entry product type-product post-9918 status-publish first instock product_cat-ea-outlook product_tag-albertine-basin product_tag-eacop product_tag-kingfisher product_tag-uganda product_tag-upstream has-post-thumbnail sale downloadable virtual purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/\/product\/uganda-upstream-sector-outlook-2021-2022\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\">\n\t<span class=\"onsale\">Sale!<\/span>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Uganda-Upstream-2021.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Uganda Upstream Sector Outlook 2021-2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Uganda-Upstream-2021.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Uganda-Upstream-2021.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Uganda-Upstream-2021.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Uganda-Upstream-2021.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">Uganda Upstream Sector Outlook 2021-2022<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"price\"><del aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" translate=\"no\">&#36;<\/span>150.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/del> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Original price was: &#036;150.00.<\/span><ins aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" translate=\"no\">&#36;<\/span>50.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/ins><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Current price is: &#036;50.00.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007?add-to-cart=9918\" aria-describedby=\"woocommerce_loop_add_to_cart_link_describedby_9918\" data-quantity=\"1\" class=\"button product_type_simple add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart\" data-product_id=\"9918\" data-product_sku=\"\" aria-label=\"Add to cart: &ldquo;Uganda Upstream Sector Outlook 2021-2022&rdquo;\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-success_message=\"&ldquo;Uganda Upstream Sector Outlook 2021-2022&rdquo; has been added to your cart\">Add to cart<\/a>\t<span id=\"woocommerce_loop_add_to_cart_link_describedby_9918\" class=\"screen-reader-text\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The UK grant is in line with the G20\u00a0Debt Service Suspension Initiative\u00a0supported by the IMF and the World Bank, and comes as African countries continue to implement urgent measures to manage the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic impacts, including the strain on their debt portfolios.<\/p>\n<p>ALSF CEO Stephen Karangizi said the grants were timely and would enable his agency to respond effectively to African countries\u2019 requests for legal and technical support. \u201cThe consistent commitment of the Norwegian and UK governments to the ALSF\u2019s mission is commendable and demonstrates their status as dependable development partners, especially in a challenging period for African countries. These grants will promote sustainable investments and transactions to improve the lives of the people of Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ALSF previously received a \u00a37 million grant from the United Kingdom, while Norway has since 2013 cumulatively allocated 75 million Norwegian kroner (Around \u00a36.3 million) to support the ALSF\u2019s annual programs.<\/p>\n<p>The African Development Bank established the ALSF in 2010 to support governments in negotiating major commercial transactions. It has provided legal and technical assistance in public-private partnership projects across the oil and gas, mining and energy sectors. The Facility has supported African governments to negotiate 53 key commercial contracts valued at $97.8 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Norwegian government, through its Agency for Development Cooperation, provided 20 million Norwegian kroner (around \u00a31.6 million) to support the 2021 and 2022 work programs of the ALSF. The governments &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/african-legal-support-facility-receives-2-6-million-from-norway-uk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,11],"tags":[80,5258,742,1574,1777,1835,2616],"class_list":["post-10007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","tag-african-development-bank","tag-african-legal-support-facility","tag-energy","tag-mining","tag-norway","tag-oil-and-gas","tag-uk","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ALSF-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1052&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2Bp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5418,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/the-african-legal-support-facility-receives-5-million-euro-from-kfw\/","url_meta":{"origin":10007,"position":0},"title":"The African Legal Support Facility receives 5 million euro from KfW","author":"","date":"November 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and the KfW Development Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which provides modalities for cooperation between them, including a \u20ac 5-million KfW grant to support ALSF activities. 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