Forum for Teknologi og Utviklingssamarbeid (FTU)
FTU
FTU et redaktørstyrt og uavhengig mediehus for å dele kunnskap innen FNs globale bærekraftsmål. Vi fokuserer på teknologi, innovasjon, forskning og u-landsspørsmål. Vi prøver alltid å holde en høy teknisk faglig profil på våre produksjoner, og presenterer teknologiske løsninger på globale spørsmål. Vi er frivillige redaktører og journalister som finner fageksperter til våre produksjoner. Vi lager tv-programmer og podcasts om temaer i grenselandet mellom internasjonal bistand og teknologi. Vi dekker fagområdet mellom Teknisk Ukeblad og Panorama Nyheter.
Vi finner eksperter og samarbeider med en rekke organisasjoner og fagmiljøer, blant annet UD, Norad, UNDP, UNICEF, UN Women, Senter for global bærekraft ved UiO, AFAG (Arkitektenes Fagforbund), Habitat Norway, WWF, LO (ved El- og IT-forbundet), NHO, NABA, Fornybar Norge, Itera, Den ukrainske forening i Norge, Norsk Hydrologiråd, Kirkens Nødhjelp, Røde Kors, Flyktninghjelpen, Norsk Folkehjelp, Urban Coalition for Ukraine, Rise Ukraine, Senter for miljøhumaniora ved UiO, AHO, NMBU og Kultur- og likestillingsdepartementet. FTU samarbeider med Teknas faglige nettverk, blant annet Teknas Samfunnspolitiske Avdeling, Norsk Vannforening, Tekna Samfunnsutviklerne, Tekna Klima, Tekna Big Data og Tekna Programvareutviklerne. Våre medlemsorganisasjoner finner dere lenger ned til høyre.
Vi live-streamer og gjør podcasts profesjonelt med vårt eget studio-utstyr, og låner det også ut til andre NGOer som støtter vårt formål.
Støtt oss i vårt arbeide.
FTU – In English
FTU – Forum for Technology and Development Cooperation – works for sharing knowledge on all UN Sustainability Goals: https://sdgs.un.org/goals
We are a media house with purpose and main objective to present technical solutions, research and increase innovation for achieving global sustainability. We also aim to inspire engineers and students to travel abroad for working in Developing Countries with Technology. At the UN World Water Day 2026, 65 % of the audience were students from College or University.
FTU were founded in 1978 by NORAD, The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. We own professional streaming and podcast equipment which we have used for streaming the UN World Water Day 2026 and our last Ukraine supporting seminar on democratic Urban Planning Processes:
Recent video recordings with our own equipment:
https://ftu.no/opptak-av-fns-vanndag/
https://ftu.no/opptak-fra-ukraina-arrangementet/
We have been visited by Norway’s special representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs several times. Norway’s Special Envoy on Climate and Security, Hans Olav Ibrekk, and Norway’s Special Representant for Ukraine, Christian Syse, were central speakers at the seminars above.
Also the State Secretary from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality, Erlend Hanstveit, was present to open the UN World Water Day (as seen in the first video above). We are very greatful for the support from Norwegian Authorities.
We have a newly established our YouTube channel here where we Live Stream globally and keep our recordings:
https://youtube.com/@ftu-norway?si=i7iCKDleRV5cqSsa
FTU is a Norwegian Association of volunteering journalists and editors, and a non-profit NGO. All our volunteering journalists work for free without salary. Our activity and operations are ruled by Norwegian law and other regulations and guide lines for best practice for associations.
We are funded by membership fees. However, our Advisor, Erik Berg, is working on financing opportunities from public sources. We collaborate on our events with other organisations that are funded by the Norwegian State.
Our Advisor, Erik Berg, is a retired former Chair of the Department of Evaluation at both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and NORAD – The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. https://brukere.snl.no/409
All decisions in the FTU board or in the FTU Yearly Assembly follow good standard practices for Norwegian associations.
The logos of FTU’s institutional members are displayed to the right on our frontpage.
