Event Date: October 3, 2017 - 12:00pm to 13:30pm
Location: Faculty of Social Science room 4004, 120 University Private, Ottawa
Presented by CIPS
The oceans offer huge potential for human development. According to the UN, the world’s population is set to reach 9.7 billion in 2050. All these people will need food and energy, and population growth will drive an expansion of trade and maritime transport. However, there is growing concern about the state of the world’s oceans. Global development trends indicate that Norway, as a coastal and maritime nation, will face a complex set of challenges and opportunities in the decades ahead. In this talk, Norway’s Ambassador to Canada, Anne Kari H. Ovind, will explain why the oceans form an integral part of Norway’s foreign and development policy and why oceans will become increasingly important on the global agenda.
Anne Kari H. Ovind is Norway’s Ambassador to Canada. She has served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than 20 years. Most of her career has been in the field of security policy, including Arctic affairs, bilateral relations with Russia and NATO affairs. She also has extensive multilateral experience from responsibilities within climate change, sustainable development and management of natural resources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Ovind attended the National Defence College in 2004. Her formal education comprises a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Business and Administration (Bergen), a Master of Arts in European Integration Economics from the College of Europe (Bruges) and a Master of Science in Sea Use Law, Economics and Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
This presentation is in English and open to the public.