Sigurður Ingi Jóhannesson has now appointed Magnús Jóhannesson as chair of the regional councils for the development of coastal planning in the East Fjords and West Fjords.

Members of the Icelandic Medical Association have agreed to a strike call and if they have not agreed, they have called a doctors’ strike in a few days or at midnight on Monday, November 25th.

Opportunities for increased cooperation between the professional fields and the staff of Lands- og skógar were among the topics discussed at the recently successful staff meeting. One of the topics discussed was how the staff can already use improvisational intelligence to assist with daily work.

We are now planning to renew English language teaching material for teenagers and therefore we are calling for English teachers at that level to be part of a working group. The task of the working group will be to submit proposals for the creation of new teaching material in cooperation with the editor.

A new law on the planning of sea and coastal areas has come into force, no. 88/2018, which was passed by parliament on 12 June last year. The law states that a general policy on planning issues should be established in the sea and coastal areas and that a detailed regional plan should be established in certain areas along the coast of Iceland.

A draft regulation on the establishment of a coastal zone plan is currently being discussed in the government consultation portal. It is a new regulation based on Act No. 88/2018 on the organization of maritime and coastal areas.

The Icelandic National Planning Agency will hold a meeting on proposals for a coastal area plan for the Westfjords and Eastfjords, on Tuesday 9 August at 13:30. The meeting will take place in the building of the Icelandic National Planning Agency at Borgartún 7B and is open to all.

The Icelandic National Planning Agency will hold a meeting on proposals for a coastal area plan for the Westfjords and Eastfjords, on Tuesday 9 August at 13:30. The meeting will take place in the building of the Icelandic National Planning Agency at Borgartún 7B and is open to all.

Descriptions for the development of coastal area planning in the East Fjords and West Fjords were advertised on 7 May and also presented at open briefings streamed on the website of the Icelandic National Planning Agency. The regional councils have prepared a summary of written comments received during the briefings and the regional councils’ comments on them.

In June 2022, it was agreed to advertise proposals for a coastal area plan for the Westfjords and Eastfjords. The planning proposals and supporting documents were published on the website of the Icelandic National Planning Agency and the presentation period of both proposals was from June 15 th to September 15 th.