The Western Norway Research Institute is currently assisting the development of an EEA funded National Climate Adaptation Training Network in Hungary. As part of the project a group of ten Hungarians have been visiting Sogn to learn more about climate adaptation and climate change communication.
We have started a process to renew our website, and would like to know more about our website visitors today. We are therefore asking visitors three short questions using a simple questionnaire. We hope you take the time to respond!
Professor Rajendra Akerkar at Vestlandsforsking has been nominated by the Norwegian Research Council as a Management Committee Member to the European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) Action “High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications".
Vestforsk arranges the seminar "ISO 15926 and Semantic Technologies" these days (6th and 7th of Sept.). It is the 5th consecutive seminar and the sponsors are GDF Suez and the Norwegian Reseach Council.
The Internet has become an integral part of human life, yet the web still utilizes mundane interfaces to the physical world, which makes Internet operations somewhat mechanical, tedious, and less human-oriented.
A scientific paper from Vestlandsforsking has recently been highlighted by Science for Environment Policy, the European Commission's environmental news service for policy makers, distributed to over 14,000 subscribers.
Vestlandsforsking has been awared funding for its research on ICT and minority integration in Norway by the Rådet for anvendt medieforskning (RAM) program of the Medietilsynet.
A research based committee was appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday 7th of Januar. The committee's mandate is to evaluate all sides of the EEA Agreement and other agreements between Norway and EU and look at the over all effects on the Norwegian society. Research Manager Ivar Petter Grøtte from Vestlandsforsking will be one of three secretaries for the committee in its two year long work.
Robert Engels, who holds a position as a scientific adviser at Vestlandsforsking, has two great passions: semantic technologies and motorbikes. He now tries to combine these two in his Linux-enabled motorbike!
Vestlandsforsking is engaged by the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI) to develop a strategy for renewal of the personal public service portal Mypage and the information portal www.norge.no together with the consulting company Bouvet AS.
KS arrangerte 2. juni 2008 seminar i Oslo i samband med prosjektet "Storm, skred, flom og oljeutslipp - ansvar, myndighet, roller og finansiering av sikringstiltak og skadeforebyggende arbeid"