Financial Risk:

Very Low

Score:

91/100

Asset Disposals

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Q24 92/100

How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?

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Controls Score: 75 / 100
Disposal of assets from the Armed Forces is regulated by the Instruction on Disposal of Real Estates; Act on Export Control of Strategic Goods,…
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Transparency of disposal process Score: 100 / 100
Planned disposals are usually announced 1-2 weeks in advance [1]. Comprehensive information on the items is published on the online auction marketplace Norsk Megling…
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Transparency of financial results of disposals Score: 100 / 100
The financial results of non-real asset disposals are published annually by the Norwegian Defence Material Agency [1]. They are disaggregated and the latest results…
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Q25 92/100

Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?

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Scrutiny Score: 75 / 100
Asset disposals may be scrutinised by the Office of the Auditor General of Norway. Scrutiny is thorough and formalised, but audits have been conducted…
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Independence Score: 100 / 100
There is no indication that the executive or the military unduly influence scrutiny by the Office of the Auditor General of Norway [1].
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Transparency Score: 100 / 100
Comprehensive audit reports on asset disposal are available on the website of the Office of the Auditor General of Norway [1] and are made…
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Secret Budgets

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Q26 50/100

What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?

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Score: 50 / 100
Spending on secret items in the State Budget relates to 3 services: the Norwegian Intelligence Service, the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) and the…
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Q27 100/100

Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?

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Score: 100 / 100
Members of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence and the President of the Norwegian Parliament are given full insight into the budget,…
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Q28 75/100

Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?

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Comprehensiveness Score: 100 / 100
The Norwegian Intelligence Service is administrated by the Ministry of Defence, and its budget is therefore included in the State Budget. Its accounts and…
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Parliamentary scrutiny Score: 50 / 100
The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs may call the military and intelligence service to hearings for the purpose of obtaining information in…
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Q29 88/100

In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?

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Permitted exceptions Score: 75 / 100
Although off-budget military expenditures are not explicitly prohibited, the Norwegian constitutional or budgetary law neither allows for nor mentions them [1]. However, expenditures which…
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Recording mechanisms Score: NA / 100
The expenditures related to acquisition of the F-35 aircraft by the Norwegian Air Force, where funds were authorised by the Parliament outside of the…
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Prevalence Score: 100 / 100
In practice there are no off-budget military expenditures in Norway. The 2019 public debate sparked by the Government’s idea to fund the rebuilding of…
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Q30 100/100

Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?

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Legal framework Score: 100 / 100
The Norwegian Freedom of Information Act provides for a general right of access to information [1]. It also allows for classification of information on…
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Classification of information Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not scored in the GDI. |The Security Act stipulates that classification must ensure that information is marked with the appropriate security…
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Effectiveness Score: 100 / 100
Data collected by the Open Government Partnership shows that Norway’s commitment to making information accessible is high. Norway scores especially high on quality and…
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Q31 100/100

Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?

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Extent of commercial ventures Score: 100 / 100
The Ministry of Defence owns 100% of Rygge 1 AS, a stock-based company established in 2018 [1]. Rygge 1 AS manages infrastructure (test cell)…
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Transparency Score: 100 / 100
The Norwegian Government publicly declares all ownership of commercial businesses [1]. Every 2 years the Government publishes detailed information on state-owned enterprises, including financial…
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Military-owned Businesses

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Q32 100/100

Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?

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Independent scrutiny Score: 100 / 100
Military-owned businesses, like other state-owned enterprises in Norway, are subject to independent external audit conducted every two years by the Office of the Auditor…
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Transparency Score: 100 / 100
Full audit details are available on the website of the Office of the Auditor General of Norway [1].
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Illegal Private Enterprise

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Q33 100/100

Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?

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Prohibition Score: 100 / 100
The Ethical Guidelines for the Public Service specify that public officials may not take extra jobs, second jobs, board jobs, or other paid work…
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Prevalence Score: 100 / 100
A search of Norway’s main news sources gave no indication that unauthorised private enterprise is a problem within the Norwegian defence sector [1].
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Actual Military Spending

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Q77 100/100

Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?

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Proactive publication Score: 100 / 100
The Government submits the annual fiscal account report to Parliament in April [1]. The accompanying explanation is intended both for experts and non-experts. The…
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Comprehensiveness Score: 100 / 100
The Government’s annual fiscal account report and the Defence Annual Report provide details of the vast majority of actual defence spending with exceptions being…
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Timeliness Score: 100 / 100
The Government’s annual fiscal account report is published in April, i.e. within less than 6 months of the end of the fiscal year. Parliament…
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Comparison against budget Score: 100 / 100
The annual fiscal account report prepared by the Ministry of Finance includes a report from the Ministry of Defence highlighting and explaining variances between…
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