Two important media events taking place in Amman this week

The Norwegian funded National Center for Culture and Arts is arranging the 5th Amman Contemporary Dance Festival (ACDF) in the next two weeks.

Amman, Jordan - At an official signing ceremony Norway’s Ambassador to Jordan, HE Petter Olberg, and Generations For Peace CEO, Mark Clark, today signed a grant agreement for Norway’s support to Generations For Peace. HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, Founder and Chairman of Generations For Peace, who personally witnessed the signing, highlighted the importance of Norway’s support.

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) have signed a historic three years partnership agreement with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), worth 993 million NOK. NRC opened its office in Jordan in October 2012 and soon became one of the most central humanitarian actors working with Syrian refugees in Jordan.

GENEVA, March 6 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency, citing data received from UNHCR's offices in the Syria region, on Wednesday announced that the number of Syrians either registered as refugees or being assisted as such has reached the 1 million mark.

Hisham Zaman’s Before Snowfall (Før snøen faller), which won the SEK 1 million (€115,000) Dragon Award Best Nordic Film at Sweden’s Göteborg International Film Festival, has been selected for competition at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, which runs in New York between 17-28 April 2013.