The Directorate of Integration and Diversity

What The Directorate of Integration and Diversity does

The Directorate of Integration and Diversity (Integrerings- og mangfoldsdirektoratet, IMDi) is a Norwegian government directorate established on 1 January 2006 under the Ministry of Labour and Inclusion (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet). It is the sole national authority implementing Norway's integration and diversity policy, working with all 356 municipalities, public sector bodies, NGOs, and employers to settle refugees, deliver qualification and Norwegian-language programs, coordinate public-sector interpretation, and combat negative social control and honour-based violence. Headquartered at Tollbugata 20, Oslo, with a secondary office in Narvik, IMDi employs approximately 275 staff plus more than 60 diversity advisors (mangfoldsrådgivere) deployed in upper and lower secondary schools across all 15 Norwegian counties.

IMDi's core technology stack is IMDinett, a national digital platform comprising the Bosetting settlement register — used to allocate refugees to municipalities under state-municipality agreements — and NIR (Nasjonalt introduksjonsregister), which tracks participation in Norwegian language training, introduction programs, and civic education, and feeds official statistics and eligibility documentation for permanent residence and citizenship. Beyond IMDinett, the directorate operates the Nasjonalt tolkeregister (National Interpreter Registry, with over 2,000 qualified interpreters), the NORA youth rights portal, the MIKA employer diversity resource, and the Ny i Norge newcomer information portal, supported by integrations including ID-Porten/Buypass for secure public-sector login, Google Analytics and Siteimprove for web analytics, and Mailchimp, Vimeo, and YouTube for communications.

IMDi's business model is a non-commercial, government-funded model: the directorate is financed directly from the Norwegian state budget and disburses grants to municipalities, county authorities, employers, and voluntary organisations, while providing services — including interpreter booking, settlement coordination, and qualification program oversight — free at point of use. Its statutory authority derives from the 2021 Integration Act and the 2022 Interpreting Act, with operational governance, GDPR compliance, and WCAG 2.1 accessibility statements published across its digital properties. Services go to market through direct government channels (grant administration, settlement allocation, deployed advisors) and content-led channels (annual conference, workshops, the IMDi.no website, and the NORA portal), with no alternative commercial GTM motion applicable to its mandate.

Name

The Directorate of Integration and Diversity

Legal name

Integrerings- og mangfoldsdirektoratet

Website

https://imdi.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) is a Norwegian government directorate under the Ministry of Labour and Inclusion that implements national integration policy across all 356 municipalities via digital platforms, grants, interpretation services, and deployed school diversity advisors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Integration Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Resettlement, Relocation & Repatriation Support (BPADAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH), Immigrant & Refugee Workforce Integration Programs (EDAAAOAJ), Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH)

Keywords

• Refugee resettlement coordination
• Public sector interpretation
• Immigrant qualification programs
• Integration policy implementation
• Diversity management advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: IMDi operates under the Ministry of Labour and Inclusion (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet) and receives government funding to implement integration policies. The directorate administers grant schemes for municipalities, county authorities, employers, and voluntary organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Directorate of Integration and Diversity (Integrerings- og mangfoldsdirektoratet, IMDi) is a Norwegian government directorate under the Ministry of Labour and Inclusion that implements the government's integration and diversity policies. It coordinates refugee resettlement across all 356 Norwegian municipalities, administers grants to municipalities, employers, and NGOs, operates the National Introduction Register and National Interpreter Registry, and runs qualification and introduction programs for adult immigrants. It also deploys diversity advisors in schools and operates a professional team combating negative social control and honor-based violence.

Product overview

IMDi operates as a directorate under the Ministry of Labour and Inclusion, managing a portfolio of digital platforms and services for integration and diversity. The core infrastructure is IMDinett, containing the Bosetting (settlement) and NIR (National Introduction Register) systems. Key public-facing products include: NORA (youth rights website), Fagressurs for introduksjonsprogrammet (professional introduction program resource), MIKA (employer diversity resource), Ny i Norge (new arrivals information portal), and Nasjonalt tolkeregister (National Interpreter Registry). Services include Mangfoldsrådgivere (diversity advisors deployed in schools) and the Fagteam (professional team for preventing negative social control). The products function as interconnected government service platforms rather than a unified commercial software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NORA: A website for youth where they can learn about their rights to make independent choices and live free lives. Features stories about young people experiencing negative social control and honour-based violence.
• MIKA

Products and services

• IMDinett — Settlement and Introduction Register Platform
• NORA — Youth Rights Resource Portal
• Fagressurs for introduksjonsprogrammet — Introduction Program Professional Resource

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly half of the 12,716 refugees completing the Introduction Programme in 2025 went directly to employment or education
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMDi coordinates with UDI on refugee settlement, receiving necessary information about asylum seekers to facilitate settlement with public assistance.
• Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAV is a key cooperation partner for qualification and employment integration, with shared data exchange through IMDinett system.
• Directorate of Higher Education and Competence (HK-dir)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation on Norwegian language training, introduction programs, and competence development for adult immigrants.
• County AuthoritiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty authorities receive recommendations from IMDi on which municipalities should settle refugees and participate in cooperation networks.
• National NGOsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMDi has signed letters of intent with several national-level NGOs working on integration issues. Agreements renewed approximately every three years.
• Expert Team (Kompetanseteamet)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExpert team providing advice on forced marriage, honor-based violence, female genital mutilation, and negative social control. Includes expertise in migration, child welfare, health, police, immigration law, and NAV.
• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Special EnvoysmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecial envoys for integration matters work to support Norwegian citizens and legal residents who are victims of negative social control and honor-based violence abroad. IMDi administers their competency-building work.
• Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMDi participates in Bufdir's National Competence Team against negative social control and honor-based violence.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Utlendingsdirektoratet (UDI) / Norwegian Directorate of Immigration: The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration handles asylum decisions and residence permits, while IMDi takes over once a refugee is granted status and needs settlement. They share data via IMDinett and have a formal coordination role — a direct operational peer in the Norwegian integration value chain.
• NAV (Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration): NAV is the core cooperation partner for qualification and employment integration. IMDi and NAV exchange data through the IMDinett system, and together they form the public employment-and-welfare pipeline for newly arrived refugees — directly comparable as government peers delivering workforce integration outcomes.
• Bufdir (Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs): Bufdir hosts the National Competence Team against negative social control and honor-based violence, of which IMDi is a member. They operate jointly on the diversity-advisor service and overlapping mandates on vulnerable youth — a closely linked government peer addressing overlapping populations.
• Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI): SIRI handles international recruitment and integration in Denmark, paralleling IMDi's mandate to qualify adult immigrants for the labor market and coordinate settlement services under a single national authority.
• Migrationsverket (Swedish Migration Agency): Sweden's national migration agency combines asylum determination with establishment/integration support — a closely analogous Nordic counterpart that bundles immigration and integration functions in a single directorate.
• Migri (Finnish Immigration Service): Finnish Immigration Service is another Nordic national authority handling residence permits, asylum, and integration support — a direct functional peer to IMDi within the comparable Nordic welfare-state model.
• HK-dir (Directorate of Higher Education and Competence): HK-dir is a formal cooperation partner on Norwegian language training, introduction programs, and adult immigrant competence development. It complements IMDi by delivering parts of the qualification stack that IMDi funds and tracks.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF): Germany's federal office for migration and refugees is a much larger, broader-scope incumbent that combines asylum processing with integration courses and research — comparable in function to IMDi but operating at vastly greater scale across all of Germany.
• International Organization for Migration (IOM): IOM is the leading intergovernmental organization operating in migration, integration, and resettlement globally. While internationally focused, IOM and IMDi share the resettlement-orientation and multilingual support capabilities that define IMDi's mandate.

Emerging players

• Delmi (Swedish Delegation for Migration Studies): Delmi is Sweden's knowledge-generating counterpart with a narrower research and policy-analysis mandate. It overlaps with IMDi's analysis division on integration evidence and policy evaluation, though at a smaller scale and without operational programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/imdi
• Xx.com/integreringsdir

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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