Visit of Director of NILU Dr Kari Nygaard
Director of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research – Ms Kari Nygaard visited Poland on the 19th and 20th of May.
Together with Director of the NILU Instruments, Mr Paal Berg and the Chairman of NILU Polska, Professor Jozef Pacyna, Dr Nygaard visited the Technical University of Czestochowa, which is NILU partner in the SORBENT project. During the meeting, Polish partners presented current works in the project and research post, where laboratory works for the project are made.
In NILU Polska Ms Nygaard met employees and company Board. The company activities in 2009 and works in projects were discussed, as well as plans and strategy for 2010-2015.
Honorable decoration Bene Merito for Prof. Jozef Pacyna
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Mr Radosław Sikorski, was invited to Oslo by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, for the meeting, which was held on the 9th April. Minister Sikorski also gave honorable decoration – Bene Merito – to Mr Harald Johan Lydersen, honorary general consul of the Republic of Poland in Trondheim. The decoration was also decreed by minister Sikorski to Professor Józef Pacyna, the director of the Centre for Ecology and Economics of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research.
The honorable decoration Bene Merito (from Latin: Good Merit), is a Polish civil decoration given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The decoration was created by the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 5 November, 2009 as an honorable distinction given to Polish and foreign citizens for activities strengthening position of Poland in the international arena.
Source: Norwegian Embassy
Lecture in club of Polish National Fund
12th meeting of club of The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management was held on 28 January in Warsaw. Dr Damian Panasiuk presented lecture “Scenarios for heavy metals emission reduction in Poland and Europe to 2020. Cost-benefit analysis”. Results of projects realized by NILU Polska, concerning scenarios of mercury and other heavy metals emission and its economical aspects was published: projects financed from 5 EU Framowork Programme (MERCYMS) and 6 FP (ESPREME, DROPS, HEIMTSA), called by UN Environment Programme (GLOMER , UNEP-CBA, GLOCBA-SE) and called by Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection and financed by NFOŚiGW (MERCPOL – Cost-benefit analysis of mercury emission reduction in Poland for human health and environment).
The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW, hereinafter the “National Fund”) was founded in 1989. Together with the Voivodeship Funds for Environmental Protection (WFOŚ) – it forms the backbone of the system for financing environmental protection projects in Poland. Club of NFOŚiGW is forum for change of opinions and discussions on the most interesting and newest subjects from environmetal protection. Cyclic lectures (once a month) is base for these discussions. Website of club: http://klub.nfosigw.gov.pl/
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPERITY IN NEW YEAR 2010
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPERITY IN PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL LIVE IN NEW YEAR 2010
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40 years of Norwegian Institute for Air Research
For celebrating of 40 years of foundation of NILU, anniversary symposium was held on 15 October in institute in Kjeller. Almost one houndred institute employees and guests collected in auditorium of new constructed part of building. Honourary guests of celebrations – Minister of the Environment of Kingdom of Norway Erik Solheim, chief of Norwegian Research Council Arvid Hallen and director of Norwegian Pollution Control Authority SFT Mrs. Ellen Hambro congratulated successes.
Anniversary lectures were delivered by Mrs. Elisabeth Walaas (State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – “The high North and the way forward (The Government’s strategy for the Northern areas)”, prof. David Fowler (CEH ) – “Air pollution, climate change and ecosystems. Interaction at all scales”, dr Marcus Amann (IIASA) – “Mitigating air pollution and greenhouse gases. CO2-benefits and future trends” and prof. Jozef Pacyna (NILU) – “The role of science in the to policy making. NILU contribution to a global mercury ban.”.
