NCP Norway Secretariat

E-mail: cah@mfa.no

Telephone: +47 23 95 14 82 / +47 416 06 784

Halsaa has a M.Phil degree in Human Geography, Development Studies, from the University of Oslo. She has long experience with responsible business conduct from the Secretariat since 2014. She has been head of Secretariat since 2016, and has in-depth knowledge on the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises. She has been involved in handling more than 10 specific instances related to the Norwegian enterprises compliance of the Guidelines, and has been in charge of the Norwegian Contact Points efforts to promote the Guidelines through courses, guidance and outreach on responsible business conduct. Halsaa has been employed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2000, and has long experience with Norway’s efforts to promote respect of Human Rights, in particular LGBT-rights and issues on non-discrimination. She has previously worked for the World Food Programme in Ecuador.

E-mail: kton@mfa.no

Phone: + 47 47 95 72 44

Kristel M. Tonstad has a law degree from the University of Oslo and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University. She served as Head of Secretariat of the Ethics Information Committee, which presented a draft law on transparency in supply chains, duty to know and due diligence to the Norwegian Government in 2019. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tonstad worked with government policies on human rights (2015) and responsible business conduct (2009). She has served as a Norwegian diplomat in Egypt (2014 – 2016) and has previously worked as legal advocacy and policy adviser in the Norwegian Refugee Council and with UNICEF in Haiti and in the Republic of Georgia.

E-mail: Ase.Kristin.Sand@mfa.no

Phone: +47 23 95 04 63 / + 47 98 45 97 16

Sand has a Cand. Philol. degree in Media and Communication from the University of Bergen. She started in the Secretariat in 2018 and is responsible for the Norwegian NCP’s courses in responsible business conduct and due diligence for businesses. She also has experience in complaint handling. Sand worked many years in civil society in the Norwegian Burma/Myanmar Committee, with communication and advocacy. Main areas were responsible business conduct, human rights, women’s rights and democracy building. Sand has written the report “How to reduce risk: A guide for Norwegian companies in Myanmar” (in Norwegian) and conducted a study for Future in our hands on workers’ rights in the garment industry in Myanmar and Ethiopia.