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The Nordic Council of Ministers

About the Nordic Council of Ministers
The Nordic Council of Ministers is the forum for Nordic governmental co-operation. The Prime Ministers have the overall responsibility for Nordic Co-operation. In practice, responsibility is delegated to the Ministers for Nordic Co-operation and to the Nordic Committee for Co-operation, which co-ordinates the day-to-day work of the official political Nordic co-operation.
Member countries and territories
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have been members of the Nordic Council of Ministers since 1971. In addition, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland have also increased their representation and position in the Nordic Council of Ministers, with the same representation as the above mentioned countries.
Why the Nordic Council of Ministers
The purpose of inter-governmental co-operation in the Nordic Council of Ministers is to work toward joint Nordic solutions that have tangible positive effects – Nordic synergies – for the citizens of the individual Nordic countries.
History of the Nordic Council of Ministers
The Nordic Council of Ministers was established in 1971 after an attempt at Nordic economic co-operation, the so-called Nordek, had failed the year before. Denmark and Norway voted on membership of the EC in 1972, and one of the goals of the Nordic Council of Ministers was to maintain Nordic co-operation, in the event that some of the Nordic countries also became EC members.
Rules of Procedure and Control Documents
 
Budget
 
Budget Expert Group
The Budget Expert Group is an advisory body for the Nordic Council of Ministers (ministers for co-operation).
Annual Reports
 
Organisation Chart for The Nordic Council of Ministers
 
Budgetforslag for Nordisk Ministerråd 2012