The NordBio program covered three years, 2014-2016, and involved the following five Nordic Councils of Ministers: Fisheries and Aquaculture, Agriculture, Food and Forestry (MR-FJSL), Environment (MR-M), Trade, Energy and Regional Policies (MR-NER), Education and Research (MR-U), and Culture (MR-K). The program was intended to bring together Nordic experts in these fields to work on projects promoting sustainable utilisation of living natural resources, with focus on the interests of both society and the environment. Moreover, the aim was to facilitate the structuring of a competitive economy, to enable the Nordic collaboration to make a greater impact on European and global policy, and to improve the common Nordic position in the competition for European research funding, thus helping the Nordic countries to gain ground in global markets.