- 20.12.2019
Are you interested in environmental and climate co-operation in Northwest Russia? Read more - 13.12.2019
We have two interesting and intensive years ahead of us and we are looking forward to that, says BRC Chair Governor Magdalena Andersson Read more - 3.10.2019
Interview with the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide Read more - 3.10.2019
The reports from the "Assessment of need of activities to support Children and Youth At Risk (CYAR) in the Barents Region" project, has been presented at the latest Joint Working Group on Health and Social related Issues (JWGHS) meeting in Syktyvkar in September 2019. The project is financed by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and performed by the Finnish institute for Health and Welfare. Read more - 30.9.2019
Barents Scholarships for Cultural Cooperation is an initiative on awarding scholarships to cultural actors in the Barents Region Read more - 23.9.2019
9th Barents Parliamentary Conference took place in Haparanda on September 16-18, 2019. Read more - 13.9.2019
Barents Ministerial Meeting on Transport took place on September 11-12 in Umeå, Sweden. Read more - 28.8.2019
Starting this week, Liubov Timonina will be working as an intern at the International Barents Secretariat. Read more - 23.8.2019
Quite many events on the high level are scheduled for the last month of the Swedish BEAC Chairmanship. Those are the Transport Ministerial Meeting in Umeå, Parliamentary Conference in Haparanda and biennial Barents Rescue in Kiruna. Also some working groups will have their meetings in September. Read more - 23.6.2019
Vindelälven-Juhtatdahka Biosphere Candidate got its application granted and the area is now a new Biosphere Reserve within UNESCO´s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB). Read more - 6.6.2019
The workshop arranged for training industry practitioners, regional environmental officers and BAT experts of the Murmansk region (SA No 1b-5) has become the final training event in a series of intensive workshops organised in the Barents region within the framework of Supporting Activities. Read more - 2.5.2019
An Intensive Practical Workshop “Environmental Hot Spots of the Barents region: Best Available Techniques, Best Environmental Practices, Integrated Environmental Permits and Environmental Performance Enhancement Programmes" was held in Arkhangelsk, 22-26 April 2019 Read more - 28.1.2019
Valentin Strömberg started today as an intern at the IBS. How did you become interested in working at the International Barents Secretariat? Read more - 16.1.2019
Marine litter and microplastics Read more - 21.11.2018
The 50th meeting of theWGE took place in Skellefteå, 13-15 November 2018, with 30 participants from Russia, Norway, Finland and Sweden. Read more - 24.10.2018
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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 - 9.2.2018
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 - 30.11.2017
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 - 14.6.2017
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