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UNEP/GRID-Arendal - United Nations Environment Programme

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22.08.1989 Regular founding

Name: UNEP/GRID-Arendal - United Nations Environment Programme
Short name: GRID-Arendal
Affiliations: Central foundation
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 05 Environmental protection
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 903 Arendal

The foundation GRID-Arendal was established in 1989.

§2 Aim
GRID-Arendal is established by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment to strengthen the United Nations through its Environment Programme (UNEP). GRID-Arendal provides services that facilitate UNEPs global communication and information systems. GRID-Arendal contributes to the development of systems for collection and use of science based environmental information, including state of the environment reporting, to enable effective and widespread use of environmental information in decision making and awareness building.

www.grida.no

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.