and the
Norwegian Refugee Council in 1997 in
Čakovci Norway was active in international peace efforts during the period of the
Croatian War of Independence and in the immediate aftermath of it, particularly in multicultural eastern Croatian
Podunavlje region.
Thorvald Stoltenberg was appointed UN special representative to Croatia in May 1993. Stoltenberg was the
United Nations witness at the signing of the
Erdut Agreement in 1995 which led to the establishment of the
UNTAES administration. In 1998 Norwegian representative Halvor Hartz was the Police Commissioner of the
United Nations Civilian Police Support Group in eastern Croatia. In 1999
Olav Akselsen was the
Council of Europe Rapporteur on return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes in Croatia. In 2013, related to promotion of inter-ethnic harmony in eastern Slavonia, Norwegian permanent mission to
United Nations in Geneva expressed some concerned about the implementation of minority rights, particularly in the case of Serbs and Roma. In 2014 the two countries signed an international agreement on financial assistance (with the minor contribution of
Liechtenstein and
Iceland) for the establishment of the so-called Integrated School in
Vukovar. The project however ultimately failed due to lack of interest to enroll students in the new school by the two largest communities in the town. ==Transportation==