{"id":1654,"date":"2025-08-15T12:41:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/?page_id=1654"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:18:39","slug":"blue-north","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/copernicus-in-iceland\/copernicus-marine-en\/blue-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue North Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Launched in June 2025, Blue North<\/em> is Iceland\u2019s first project under the Copernicus Marine National Collaboration Programme (Lot 3) implemented by Mercator Ocean International. Lead by the University of Iceland in collaboration with the Natural Science Institute of Iceland and the Icelandic Ocean Cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It aims to boost marine data literacy and user engagement, supporting national implementation of EU policies. Activities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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User Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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International Seminar<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Training Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ocean Hackathon<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

These initiatives build capacity, foster innovation, and promote access to marine data for sustainable fisheries, coastal monitoring, and ocean governance. Blue North Project strengthens Iceland\u2019s position within the Copernicus community and enhances the national material with Icelandic-language resources and real-world marine applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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National Training Workshop<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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Copernicus Ocean Hackathon<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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Date & Time:<\/strong> Coming soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Past Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Copernicus Marine User Forum<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Description<\/strong>: Event to discuss, learn and exchange about Copernicus Marine, marine data, applications and future trends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 19th February 2026 from 12:15 – 16:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location<\/strong>: Grandagar\u00f0ur 16, 101 Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No worries if you missed the event, it was recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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About Launched in June 2025, Blue North is Iceland\u2019s first project under the Copernicus Marine National Collaboration Programme (Lot 3) implemented by Mercator Ocean International. Lead by the University of Iceland in collaboration with the Natural Science Institute of Iceland and the Icelandic Ocean Cluster. It aims to boost marine data literacy and user engagement, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1447,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1654","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1654\/revisions\/2563"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}