NUPI won five framework agreements with the MFA
NUPIs direktør Kari M. Osland er svært stolt over NUPIs innsats og tilslaget på så mange av delkontraktene under UDs rammeavtale.
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs has been selected as a supplier on five sub-contracts under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) framework agreement for research and development in foreign and development policy 2026–2030. The institute is ranked first in two of the sub-contracts.
NUPI was ranked first in the following sub-contracts:
- Geopolitics and security policy
- Emerging technologies in international politics and development
The institute also qualified as a supplier in three further sub-contracts:
- Conflict resolution, peacebuilding, multilateralism and humanitarian diplomacy (3rd place)
- International economy, economic security, trade and responsible business (3rd place)
- Governance, development and poverty (3rd place)
Useful for policy
Together, the five sub-contracts cover a wide part of NUPI's research activity.
– Being ranked first in both geopolitics and security policy and emerging technologies, while also qualifying in three further sub-contracts, says something about both the breadth and the depth of our research, says the director.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a total of 38 bids across seven sub-contracts for the next four-year period. In its evaluation, the MFA highlights, in particular, NUPI's breadth of research, its international recognition, and the institutes ability to communicate research.
– Those are precisely the three things that have to come together if research is to be useful to policy, Osland adds.
More assignments
The framework agreements ensure that the Ministry (and subordinate agencies such as Norad) gain rapid access to up-to-date, research-based knowledge and expert analysis. The suppliers that have qualified for sub-contracts form a pre-approved "pool" of expert communities that the Ministry can draw on for research and analysis assignments.
For NUPI, this means more assignments with high relevance for decision-makers in central areas of Norwegian foreign and development policy.