Steering Committee

Steering Committee

  • Meetings of the Steering Committee

The steering committee in the North East Sustainability Project is as following:

  • Ólafur Arnar Jónsson - Landsvirkjun
  • Hildur Vésteinsdóttir - Landsvirkjun
  • Engilráð Ósk Einarsdóttir - Landsnet
  • Ólafur Ármann Sigurðsson - PCC BakkiSilicon
  • Gerður Sigtryggsdóttir - Þingeyjarsveit
  • Katrín Sigurjónsdóttir - Norðurþing
  • Hjalti Jóhannesson - University of Akureyri Research Centre
  • Huld Hafliðadóttir- Tour operators in the North East

The goal of the steering committee is to suggest to the owners who should handle or manage the project, who should be responsible for forming and implementing the project and make suggestions on progress, cost and changes in indices.

Each representative in the steering committee has one vote..

 

Meetings of the Steering Committee

Minutes of meetings of the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project will be published after meetings, when the committee has approved them. 

The steering committee meets twice per year. The first meeting is in March and the second in November. 

20th Meeting

The 20th meeting of the Steering Committee for the Sustainability Project in Northeast Iceland was held virtually on November 27, 2024.

19th Meeting

The 19th meeting of the Steering Committee for the Sustainability Project in Northeast Iceland took place at PCC BakkiSilicon ehf. on April 22, 2024. The meeting focused on Bakki, the operations of PCC BakkiSilicon, Árbakki - the green industrial park, and the development of the green industrial park.

18th Meeting

The 18th meeting of the Steering Committee for the Sustainability Project in Northeast Iceland was held virtually on December 6, 2023. The discussion topics included the plan for 2024 and the progress made in 2023

17th Meeting

The 17th meeting of the Steering Committee for the Sustainability Project in Northeast Iceland took place at the Þeistareykir Geothermal Power Plant on May 31, 2023. The agenda included the review of the project's indicators and objectives.

16th Meeting

The 16th meeting of the Steering Committee for the Sustainability Project in Northeast Iceland was held at Stéttin in Húsavík on January 30, 2023. The topics of discussion included an introduction to the project and new representatives in the steering committee, the project plan for 2023, and the work on revising the project's indicators and objectives.

15th Meeting

The fifteenth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Sustainability Project in Northeast Iceland was a remote meeting. The agenda included the 4th annual meeting of Gaumur.

14th Meeting

The fourteenth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Sustainability Project in Northeast Iceland was a remote meeting. The agenda included the progress of the project and the 4th annual meeting of Gaumur.

13th Meeting

The thirteenth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Sustainability Project in Northeast Iceland was a remote meeting. The agenda included the 4th annual meeting of Gaumur.

12th Meeting

The twelfth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Sustainability Project in Northeast Iceland was a remote meeting. The next steps in the development of Bakki, the status of the project, and the project plan for 2021 were presented.

11th Meeting

The eleventh meeting of the Northeast Iceland Sustainability Project Steering Committee was held remotely. The project's annual meeting and preparations were discussed.

10th Meeting

The tenth meeting fo the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in Reykjahlíð at the Skútustaðahreppur municipalitly office. A draft work plan was presented and preparations for the annual meeting began.

9th Meeting

The ninth meeting fo the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in PCC BakkiSilicon ehf. 3rd April 2019. The project's progress, the annual meeting, and the annual report were discussed.

8th Meeting

The eighth meeting of the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in Fosshótel Húsavík 16th November 2018. Among the topics discussed was whether and how the project's indicators were capturing changes within the Gaumur monitoring area.

7th Meeting

The seventh meeting of the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in Fosshótel Húsavík 17th May 2018. At the meeting, the status of the project was presented and promotional issues were discussed.

6th Meeting 

The sixth meeting of the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in Fosshótel Húsavík, 23rd of October 2017. In this meeting the proposition plans for the project and the cost estimate for 2018 became official. The website for the project was introduced and the practical value of the project discussed. 

5th Meeting

The fifth meeting of the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in Skútustaðahreppur municipality offices. The website for the project, contracted research, special data processing, domain of the website for the project and its practical value were discussed.

4th Meeting

The fourth meeting of the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in Þeistareykir. The role of the steering committee, the website setup and the division of the project's sphere of influence were discussed. 

3rd Meeting

The third meeting of the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in Húsavík. A consultation plan, the project's indices and an increase of owners were discussed. 

2nd Meeting

The second meeting of the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in Húsavík. The project's sphere of influence, its goals, its consultation process and an increase of owners were discussed. The indices of the project were reviewed. 

1st Meeting

The first meeting of the steering committee of the North East Sustainability Project was held in Húsavík. The meeting was the first part of reactivating the project that initially started in 2008, establishing a new steering group and planning the process for the next few months.