{"id":1522,"date":"2022-05-19T09:08:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.110.47.104\/?page_id=1522"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:32:12","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/?page_id=1522","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1522\" class=\"elementor elementor-1522\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db0817e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"db0817e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc4e90a column-style-top\" data-id=\"bc4e90a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f519b9 ha-has-bg-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f519b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3135883 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"3135883\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df450a1 column-style-top\" data-id=\"df450a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac75e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ac75e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Initiative<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e277c1a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e277c1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f35057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f35057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Launched in 2019, the India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative is one of the activities under the bilateral agreement between Government of India and Government of Norway to cooperate on Oceans and develop Blue Economy. A Letter of Intent was signed between the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&amp;CC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway to jointly work on the Initiative.<\/p><p>The India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative seeks to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal 14 and specifically its target 14.1 to \u201cprevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution\u201d by 2025. It focuses on innovative, catalytic, and strategic collaborations with the objective of reducing marine litter and other pollutants, and ensuring more sustainable management of waste, in particular plastic waste.<\/p><p>The initiative is complementary to the UNEA Resolution 4 (Sub-resolutions 7 and 10 on marine plastic litter &amp; micro-plastics, and pollution by single-use plastic products, respectively) and the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). It is aligned with the Prime Minister\u2019s announcement of phasing out single use plastic products by 2022, Indian Government\u2019s Action Plan for the Clean Sea\u2019s Campaign, and other major policies and missions such as the Swachh Bharat Mission and Clean Ganga Mission.<\/p><p>The Initiative has five active projects being implemented by different agencies as follows:<\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\"><li>Coordinating and Providing a Common Platform for India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative in India | Implemented by UNEP.<\/li><li>Ocean Plastic Turned into an Opportunity in Circular Economy \u2013 OPTOCE | Implemented by SINTEF.<\/li><li>India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing plastic and chemical pollution in India (INOPOL) | Implemented by NIVA.<\/li><li>Mainstreaming Circular Economy in the Waste Management Sector in India | Implemented by CSE.<\/li><li>Marine Litter and mindset change in Mumbai | Implemented by Afroz Shah Foundation.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<!-- dce invisible element c1e505c --><!-- dce invisible element 4714553 --><!-- dce invisible element ba6c9ae --><!-- dce invisible element d61638d -->\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7e8b00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"f7e8b00\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5ba2b2 column-style-top\" data-id=\"d5ba2b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae525b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae525b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Steering Committee<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4d9a2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6f4d9a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53dc71d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"53dc71d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4da4c1d column-style-top\" data-id=\"4da4c1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5195bd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5195bd4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ec802c column-style-top\" data-id=\"9ec802c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b51fc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b51fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The activities under the India Norway Marine Pollution Initiative are being guided by the Project Steering Committee comprising of relevant stakeholders. So far 4 meetings of the Project Steering Committee have been organised.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8cdd30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d8cdd30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<table class=\"styled-table\">\r\n    <thead>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <th>S. No.<\/th>\r\n            <th>Ministry\/Department<\/th>\r\n            <th>Membership<\/th>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n    <\/thead>\r\n    <tbody>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td>1.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC<\/td>\r\n            <td>Co-Chair<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr class=\"active-row\">\r\n            <td>2.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Ambassador of Norway<\/td>\r\n            <td>Co-Chair<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td>3.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Joint Secretary, NITI Aayog\/EAC-PM<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr class=\"active-row\">\r\n            <td>4.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Joint Secretary, HSMD, MoEFCC<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td>5.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Joint Secretary, IC, MoEFCC<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr class=\"active-row\">\r\n            <td>6.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td>7.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr class=\"active-row\">\r\n            <td>8.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, RD and Ganga Rejuvenation<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td>9.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Deputy Ambassador, Norway<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr class=\"active-row\">\r\n            <td>10.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member Secretary, CPCB<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td>11.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Director, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr class=\"active-row\">\r\n            <td>12.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Director\/Representative of National Centre for Coastal Research<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td>13.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Representative of UNEP<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr class=\"active-row\">\r\n            <td>14.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Representative of The Energy and Resources Institute<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td>15.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Shri Afroz Shah, UN Environment Champions of the Earth<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr class=\"active-row\">\r\n            <td>16.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Representatives from relevant State Governments as required<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td>17.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Scientist, HSMD (Dealing with Marine Plastic)<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr class=\"active-row\">\r\n            <td>18.<\/td>\r\n            <td>Director, HSMD, MoEFCC\/Convener of Marine Litter Cell of MoEFCC<\/td>\r\n            <td>Member Convener<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <!-- and so on... -->\r\n    <\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<!-- dce invisible element 2567a7b --><!-- dce invisible element 964f951 --><!-- dce invisible element 54992a6 -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf88b84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"bf88b84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af0fe4a column-style-top\" data-id=\"af0fe4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-521a848 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"521a848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Minutes Of Meetings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1170101 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1170101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7340038 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"7340038\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0979a88 column-style-top\" data-id=\"0979a88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MOM-of-1st-PSC-meeting.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pdf.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3647\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MOM-of-1st-PSC-meeting.pdf\">PSc 1st meeting<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">9th January 2020<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4039681 column-style-top\" data-id=\"4039681\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe75fe elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"3fe75fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MOM-of-2nd-PSC-meeting.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pdf.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3647\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MOM-of-2nd-PSC-meeting.pdf\">PSc 2nd meeting<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">19th February 2020<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b23f253 column-style-top\" data-id=\"b23f253\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a167333 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"a167333\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MOM-of-3rd-PSC-meeting.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pdf.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3647\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MOM-of-3rd-PSC-meeting.pdf\">PSc 3rd meeting<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">13th January 2021<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section 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class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MOM-of-4th-PSC-meeting.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pdf.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3647\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MOM-of-4th-PSC-meeting.pdf\">PSc 4th meeting<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">3rd February 2022<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1df2676 column-style-top\" data-id=\"1df2676\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76aaead elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"76aaead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MOM-of-5th-PSC-meeting.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pdf.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3647\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MOM-of-5th-PSC-meeting.pdf\">PSc 5th meeting<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">21st February 2023<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4037852 column-style-top\" data-id=\"4037852\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4954d35 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"4954d35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MOM-of-6th-PSC-meeting.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pdf.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3647\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MOM-of-6th-PSC-meeting.pdf\">PSc 6th meeting<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">14th February 2024<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e70b05 column-style-top\" data-id=\"5e70b05\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c01ddbf elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c01ddbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Record-of-discussion-7th-PSC-meeting-India-Norway-Marine-Pollution-Initiative.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pdf.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3647\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Record-of-discussion-7th-PSC-meeting-India-Norway-Marine-Pollution-Initiative.pdf\">PSc 7th meeting<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">26th March 2025<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About About The Initiative Launched in 2019, the India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative is one of the activities under the bilateral agreement between Government of India and Government of Norway to cooperate on Oceans and develop Blue Economy. A Letter of Intent was signed between the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&amp;CC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway to jointly work on the Initiative. The India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative seeks to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal 14 and specifically its target 14.1 to \u201cprevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution\u201d by 2025. It focuses on innovative, catalytic, and strategic collaborations with the objective of reducing marine litter and other pollutants, and ensuring more sustainable management of waste, in particular plastic waste. The initiative is complementary to the UNEA Resolution 4 (Sub-resolutions 7 and 10 on marine plastic litter &amp; micro-plastics, and pollution by single-use plastic products, respectively) and the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). It is aligned with the Prime Minister\u2019s announcement of phasing out single use plastic products by 2022, Indian Government\u2019s Action Plan for the Clean Sea\u2019s Campaign, and other major policies and missions such as the Swachh Bharat Mission and Clean Ganga Mission. The Initiative has five active projects being implemented by different agencies as follows: Coordinating and Providing a Common Platform for India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative in India | Implemented by UNEP. Ocean Plastic Turned into an Opportunity in Circular Economy \u2013 OPTOCE | Implemented by SINTEF. India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing plastic and chemical pollution in India (INOPOL) | Implemented by NIVA. Mainstreaming Circular Economy in the Waste Management Sector in India | Implemented by CSE. Marine Litter and mindset change in Mumbai | Implemented by Afroz Shah Foundation. Initiative Objective: To improve the management of marine pollution in India, and support India to actively engage globally on this issue. It focuses on innovative, catalytic, and strategic collaborations with the objective of reducing marine litter and other pollutants, and ensuring more sustainable management of waste, in particular plastic waste. Tools: Political dialogue, Technical cooperation, Research collaboration and Business promotion. Funded by: Government of Norway. ALIGNED WITH Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 14.1 to \u201cprevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution\u201d by 2025. UN Resolutions and Actions Resolution 6 on marine plastic litter &amp; micro-plastics and 9 resolution 9 on addressing single-use plastic pollution) and the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). Regional Marine Litter Action Plan for South Asian Seas Region. Honorable Prime Minister\u2019s announcement Phasing out single use plastics (SUPs) by 2022, the Indian Government\u2019s Action Plan for the Clean Sea\u2019s Campaign and major policies and missions such as the Swachh Bharat Mission and Clean Ganga Mission. KNOWLEDGE PARTNER Project Steering Committee The activities under the India Norway Marine Pollution Initiative are being guided by the Project Steering Committee comprising of relevant stakeholders. So far 4 meetings of the Project Steering Committee have been organised. S. No. Ministry\/Department Membership 1. Additional Secretary, MoEF&#038;CC Co-Chair 2. Ambassador of Norway Co-Chair 3. Joint Secretary, NITI Aayog\/EAC-PM Member 4. Joint Secretary, HSMD, MoEFCC Member 5. Joint Secretary, IC, MoEFCC Member 6. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences Member 7. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Member 8. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, RD and Ganga Rejuvenation Member 9. Deputy Ambassador, Norway Member 10. Member Secretary, CPCB Member 11. Director, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management Member 12. Director\/Representative of National Centre for Coastal Research Member 13. Representative of UNEP Member 14. Representative of The Energy and Resources Institute Member 15. Shri Afroz Shah, UN Environment Champions of the Earth Member 16. Representatives from relevant State Governments as required Member 17. Scientist, HSMD (Dealing with Marine Plastic) Member 18. Director, HSMD, MoEFCC\/Convener of Marine Litter Cell of MoEFCC Member Convener Co-Chair Additional Secretary, MoEF&amp;CC Ambassador of Norway Member Convener Director, HSMD, MoEFCC\/ Convener of Marine Litter Cell of MoEFCC Member Joint Secretary, NITI Aayog\/ EAC-PM Joint Secretary, HSMD, MoEFCC Joint Secretary, IC, MoEFCC Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, RD and Ganga Rejuvenation Deputy Ambassador, Norway Member Secretary, CPCB Director, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management Director\/Representative of National Centre for Coastal Research Representative of UNEP Representative of The Energy and Resources Institute Shri Afroz Shah, UN Environment Champions of the Earth Representatives from relevant State Governments as required Scientist, HSMD (Dealing with Marine Plastic) Minutes Of Meetings PSc 1st meeting 9th January 2020 PSc 2nd meeting 19th February 2020 PSc 3rd meeting 13th January 2021 PSc 4th meeting 3rd February 2022 PSc 5th meeting 21st February 2023 PSc 6th meeting 14th February 2024 PSc 7th meeting 26th March 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1522"}],"version-history":[{"count":909,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9506,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1522\/revisions\/9506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianorwaymarinepollutioninitiative.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}