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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -- GenØk is a non profit research foundation established in 1998. It is located at the Tromsø Science Park in Northern Norway. GenØk was designated a National center for biosafety by the Norwegian government in 2007. http://genok.no/om-genok/ GenØk conducts research and outreach, focusing on negative environmental and health consequences of the application of genetic engineering and genetic modification. The foundation has approximately 40 employees http://genok.no/om-genok/ and is represented in Trondheim; Christchurch, New Zealand (by the Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety); Berkeley, USA; Nanjing, China; Lusaka, Zambia; Geneva, Switzerland; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (by the Third World Network (TWN)), as well as in Tromsø. The closest official partners are the the TWN and the University of Tromsø.

GenØk's Board of Directors is led by former member of the Norwegian Parliament for Høyre, (a conservative party), Svein Ludvigsen. The current director of GenØk is Anne Ingeborg Myhr. Income for the financial year of 2014 was NOK 24.6 million. Funding came from the Norwegian Dept. of Climate and Environment, the Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Norad, The Peace corps, as well as competition based funds from The Norwegian Research council, the EU, Marie Curie Actions, and the Erasmus programme. http://genok.no/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Web_arsrapport_2014.pdf