Agreement of 1.2 mln euro between Albanian Agency for Geographic Information and the Norwegian Mapping Authority

: Published: Sunday, 07 December 2014 10:41

Ministry of Defence and Norwegian Mapping Authority signed the ALNO – HIP collaboration project (Albanian – Norwegian Hidrographic Project)
At the event took part the Defence Minister, Mrs. Mimi Kodheli; the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Jeronim Bazo; the ambassador of Kingdom of Norway in Albania, Mr. Jan Braathu, the commander of Naval Force, Brigadier General Qemal Shkurti, high rapresenatatives of Norwegian Hydrographic Service Division and of Albanian Hidrographic Service.
The Director of Norwegian Hydrographic Service, Mr. Evert Flier, signed the agreement for the norwegian part and Secretary General of MoD, Mr. Arian Kraja signed it for the albanian counterpart.
The financial project value is 1.209.740 Euro, it will last three calendar years and four financial years. It aims at improving the safe navigation within territorial waters of Albania, through the fulfillment of International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention. Also the project will enable the application of new technologies and methods for marine geospatial data collection; for deep seabed bathymetrical data, their management and implementation of new electronic nautical charts.
The Norwegian Mapping Authority Hydrographic Service is responsible for preparing and updating nautical charts, and covers all marine and coastal waters in Norway and around Svalbard, as well as polar waters.
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service was established in 1932 and has operated as a division of the Norwegian Mapping Authority since 1986.