Nordic Cooperation
- within education, research and innovation.
Nordic Council of Ministers
The Nordic Council of Ministers is the forum for Nordic governmental co-operation. The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Danish Ministry of Education both take part in the work of the Nordic Council of Ministers for Education and Research (MR-U).
The purpose of MR-U is
- to develop the Nordic cooperation on education and research
- to promote the Nordic region as a unity within the area of education and research
- to ease the mobility of people and exchange of ideas between environments of education and research in the Nordic region
- to strengthen the Nordic dimension in European cooperation and in international cooperation in general
NordForsk
Established in 2005, NordForsk is a newly founded research political board operating as an independent board under the Nordic Council of Ministers for Education and Research. NordForsk is responsible for Nordic collaboration in research and research training as well as responsible for the cooperation and coordination with the Nordic Innovation Centre (NICe).
Nordic Innovation Centre
NICe is an institution under the Nordic Council of Ministers for Food Policy (MR-N) and has as objective to promote innovation and competence development in the Nordic business sector.
Nordic Energy Research
Nordic Energy Research is the funding institution for energy research under the Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordic Energy Research promotes research and innovation in new energy technologies and systems by fostering competitiveness, cooperation and increased knowledge creation in Nordic research initiatives.
Joint Committee of the Nordic Research Councils
The scientific research councils of the Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF) take part in the Nordic cooperation by way of the Joint Committees of the Nordic Research Councils (NOS). NOS is a cooperation committee for the Nordic research councils. The NOS committees support research projects as well as the implementation of the programmes and seminars of the Nordic Centres of Excellence, the latter in collaboration with The Nordic Council of Ministers and NordForsk.
