Norecopa is the Norwegian Consensus Platform for Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal experiments.

Norecopa's mission is to advance the use of "the 3 R's" of Russell & Burch:

• Replace
• Reduce
• Refine

Norecopa involves all the 4 stakeholders interested in animal research and seeks consensus, where possible, between them:

• Government and regulators
• Research and teaching
• Industry
• Animal welfare organisations

Norecopa was founded on 10th October 2007. It is an independent member organisation with an Annual General Meeting and Board as its highest authorities.

Norecopa is a full member of ecopa (European Consensus-Platform for Alternatives) which recognises and supports National Consensus Platforms. A review article describing the function of ecopa has been published in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.

So far, 14 countries including Norway have established ecopa-approved National Platforms:



Norecopa's statutes can be read here.
Links to all the National Platforms are available on ecopa's website, and include:

• Swecopa (Sweden)
• Dacopa (Denmark)
• Fincopa (Finland)