of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure; Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs; Ministry of Higher Education and Research; Ministry of Family, Integration and Greater Region; Ministry of Economy; Ministry of Housing; Ministry of Equal Opportunities; Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Health; Ministry of Agriculture The Committee will carry on its tasks by moving from planning to reviewing and implementing the national strategy on Sustainable Development Education in a participatory manner with all institutional and civil society actors.
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs The MFA is responsible for development co-operation policy, co-ordination, implementation, and funding. The MFA has for many years provided multi-annual funding for the NCDO (see below) to carry out a range of Global Education work in the Netherlands. This funding will cease from 2018. There is no budget allocated for Development or Global Education in the budget for foreign trade and development co-operation.
Ministry of Education The educational platform #Onderwijs2032 continues to work on the creation and implementation of the new curricula for primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands with a larger emphasis on the role of Global Education.
NCDO Foundation NCDO - National Committee for International Co-operation and Sustainable Development - is the national support structure for GE in the Netherlands. From January 2018, NCDO will no longer be funded by the MFA. Two of its core programmes will continue to operate (Samsam magazine and online platform and OneWorld multimedia platform on global development and sustainability), while the research arm Kaleidos will close down.
Joint working The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in consultation with other ministries, leads the development of a strategy for the national implementation of the SDGs.
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norad DEAR has a long tradition in Norway that is based on policy support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry devolves responsibility for Global Education support to Norad, the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation, which plays a key role along with the MFA in providing funding support for Global Education to civil society. 48