Organisation

Conveners
The conference was hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment (MD) on behalf of the Norwegian government, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD).

In addition to UNEP and SCBD, the Norwegian government also drew on a number of other key stakeholders in the preparation of the conference, including the scientific community, relevant international organizations and the CBD SBSTTA Bureau. Liaison with UNEP and international partners was coordinated by Tone Solhaug from the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, who is also a member of the SBSTTA Bureau.

Ministry of Environment

United Nations Environment Programme

Important support for the conference was provided from several relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Research and the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. Norwegian preparations for the conference was coordinated through an Interministerial Advisory Group, chaired by Deputy Director General Birthe Ivars of the Ministry of the Environment. 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

Ministry of Education and Research

Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

Organizer
The Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management (DN) was responsible for organizing the conference and hosted the Conference Secretariat. DN is the executive and advisory agency on biodiversity management in Norway, reporting to the Ministry of the Environment, and is the Norwegian SBSTTA focal point.

Directorate for Nature Management

Co-operation
Important support was provided from the City of Trondheim and the Sør-Trøndelag County Authority, including for the social and cultural program and for public awareness.

City of Trondheim (Norwegian only)

Sor-Trondelag County Authority

The directorate also cooperated with key institutions working with biodiversity related issues in Trondheim, including the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre.

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre 

Conference chairs
Conference Chairmen was Peter Johan Schei, Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI), and Finn Katerås, Project manager in the Directorate for Nature Management.