The Decade of Ocean Science in Norway

Proposed priority areas

The Ocean Secretariat established an expert group in 2019 tasked with proposing Norwegian contributions and priorities linked to the Decade of Ocean Science. In October 2020, the document ‘The UN Decade of Ocean Science – Proposed priority areas’ was launched. The expert group was headed by Peter Haugan and comprised eight members from research, industry and non-profit organisations.

Read more: Decade of Ocean Science – Proposed priority areas (PDF)

The proposed priority areas are primarily intended to give the ministries a signal that intensive efforts are required. In addition, the Research Council encourages ministries, research institutions, industry, non-profit organisations and others to use the document in their work on priorities, strategies and initiatives. The Research Council will use the proposed priority areas as a basis for prioritising research efforts. 

National Ocean Decade Committee of Norway

The National Committee is tasked with ensuring that Norwegian efforts will achieve the Ocean Decades goals. The committee will be giving advice, exchange information, act as decade ambassadors and be involved in different activities.

Read more about the committee and see the members here.

International involvement

The Ocean Decade has established a number of boards and groups to ensure good implementation of the Decade. Norway is represented in several of them.

• Ocean Decade Advisory Board
• Ocean Data Coordination Group