The Meeting discussed the Barents Programmes on HIV/AIDS and TB, the new programme "Rural Health in the Barents region" and collaboration on Children and Youth at Risk. Read more
The 50th meeting of theWGE took place in Skellefteå, 13-15 November 2018, with 30 participants from Russia, Norway, Finland and Sweden. Read more
An International Session on Cooperation in the Arctic was held during the 7th Murmansk International Business Week in mid-November, moderated by the Head of the International Barents Secretariat Tomas Hallberg. Read more
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Julia Bobina will be taking care of Maria Dianova’s duties as Climate, Environment and Hot Spots Adviser at the International Barents Secretariat during her maternity leave. Read more
For the next 3 months, Marianne Strøm will be interning at the International Barents Secretariat. Read more
Stakeholders from the Barents region will meet in Luleå to invigorate the youth perspective in the development of our societies and the future of the Barents region. Read more
The Barents Winter Games 2018 Read more
The Kirkenes Conference Read more
Several events on climate and environment were held in Arkhangelsk during the last week. Launch of a new climate project was followed by the meeting on Barents environmental Hot Spots. In addition, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) held several meetings on prospective environment and energy projects with municipalities of the region, Energy Efficiency Center and other stakeholders. Read more
Interview of our new intern Katri-Maaria Kyllönen Read more
For Margot Wallström Barents region is about people-to-people contacts, cooperation and great potential. It is about the stunning nature and the special environment that we must preserve – and that is what Sweden wants the world to pay attention to during its chairmanship of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council. Read more
Barents Cooperation can get more visible inside the Region and on social media Read more
Norway handed over the Chairmanship of the Working Group on Environment to Sweden during the Ministerial meeting in Vadsø. Concluding the Norwegian Chairmanship the main results of the work during the past two years were presented. One of these is the further elimination of the Barents Environmental Hot Spots in the Russian part of the Barents Region. Three new hot spots are now excluded from the list. The Swedish Chairmanship will further work on exclusion of the Barents Environmental Hot Spots, follow-up the “Barents 2050” and the Action Plan on Climate Change, continue emphasizing regional cooperation and finalize the Strategy for Protection of Intact Forest Read more
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