30 Years of Innovation and Excellence: GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2019

We also celebrated GRID-Arendal’s 30th anniversary during Arendalsuka with an event on the tall ship Sørlandet, which was attended by GRID-Arendal’s founders and board members, Norwegian Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein, UNEP Chief Scientist Jian Liu, and the mayors of Arendal and Agder County. The event provided the perfect opportunity for GRID-Arendal to sign new framework agreements with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and UNEP, setting the stage for continued cooperation and achievements in the future. In addition, we marked the occasion by hosting an event and panel discussion entitled “GRID-Arendal and the Global Environmental Agenda: The Next 30 Years Ahead”. GRID-Arendal staff compete in the Clean Seas Challenge sailing race during Arendalsuka

As part of the city of Arendal’s International Days festivities in October, GRID-Arendal organized two events for schoolchildren: a parade to celebrate United Nations Day and showings of a documentary on marine plastic pollution. GRID-Arendal contributed to the Our Ocean 2019 conference in October in Oslo, which featured Prime Minister Erna Solberg and HRH Crown Prince Håkon. At one event, our chief scientist, Miles Macmillan-Lawler, discussed GRID-Arendal’s work applying Earth observation technology to maritime boundaries, marine spatial planning, and coastal inundation modelling.

GRID-Arendal’s Head of Communications Janet Skaalvik addresses students during a model UN event.

Staff and family members celebrate GRID-Arendal’s 30th anniversary.

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