The International Barents Secretariat now invites students and young professionals from Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Barents regions of Russia to be a part of the Secretariat’s team as interns. Read more
Interview with the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide Read more
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
Barents Scholarships for Cultural Cooperation is an initiative on awarding scholarships to cultural actors in the Barents Region Read more
Barents Ministerial Meeting on Transport took place on September 11-12 in Umeå, Sweden. Read more
Starting this week, Liubov Timonina will be working as an intern at the International Barents Secretariat. Read more
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
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
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
International Barents Secretariat has released a new video "This is IBS in Kirkenes, Norway", in which the staff of the IBS tells about their contribution on enhancing the work within Barents Cooperation. Read more
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
Regional leaders are joining forces to highlight the Barents Cooperation on the international arenas. Tomas Hallberg, Head of the IBS will moderate the “Talking Barents” panel in the Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg Read more
The seminar on Barents predators presents the similarities and differences in tackling the problem of large carnivores with aspirations for further cross-border discussions Read more
In the opening speech at the Kirkenes Conference, the Norwegian Foreign Minister announced that both she and the Prime Minister will attend the Arctic forum to be held in St. Petersburg 9-10 April. Read more
Valentin Strömberg started today as an intern at the IBS. How did you become interested in working at the International Barents Secretariat? Read more
A great Barents friend, long term BEATA Steering Committee member (Chair 2015-2017) State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Sergey Aristov passed away on 30 December 2018 after serious illness at age of 63. Read more
Marine litter and microplastics Read more
Last year quite many celebrations devoted to 25th anniversary of Barents Cooperation were held throughout the region. Northern Arctic Federal University (NArFU) also hosted celebrations in Arkhangelsk in November especially marking the long-term bilateral partnership with the Tromsø University - The Arctic University of Norway (UiT). 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
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The IBS has gathered information for all Barents relevant funding sources - more information below!
The International Barents Secretariat now welcomes new internship applications. Click below for more information!