Working Group on Environment
Subgroup on Hot Spots Exclusion (SHE)
Contacts of the Subgroup
The AMAP/NEFCO Hot Spot List represents 42 serious environmental challenges in the Russian part of the Barents region. The Environment Ministers of the Barents Region have set the goal to launch relevant investment projects in all of the Barents environmental hot spots with the aim to be able to exclude them from the list.
The Subgroup on Hot Spots Exclusion of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council's Working Group on Environment serves as the central driving force and coordinator in the work. The operative work for exclusion of the environmental Hot Spots from the list requires thorough effort from regional authorities and other stakeholders. The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) conducts pre-feasibility studies, in order to develop modernization projects excluding the hot spots.
Hot Spots Fact Sheet 2017 in English and Russian
Hot Spots Fact Sheet 2020 in English and Russian
Read more about the Information System on the Barents Hot Spots
Browse the subgroup documents
SHE Work Programme 2018-2019 Swedish Chairmanship EN
SHE Work Programme 2016-2017 Norwegian Chairmanship EN
SHE Work Programme 2014-2015 Russian Chairmanship EN
Ongoing and past events and projects
3-6 June 2019: Support Activity No1 b-5 “Preparing regional experts to apply the principles of BAT and the practical use of the Russian BREF documents for various branches” in Murmansk
23-26 April 2019: Support Activity No1 b-4 “Preparing regional experts to apply the principles of BAT and the practical use of the Russian BREF documents for various branches” in Arkhangelsk
28 January- 1 February 2019: Support Activity No1 b-3 “Preparing regional experts to apply the principles of BAT and the practical use of the Russian BREF documents for various branches” in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia
11-14 December 2018: Support Activity No1 b-2 “Preparing regional experts to apply the principles of BAT and the practical use of the Russian BREF documents for various branches” in Syktyvkar, Komi
5 November 2018: Waste management in small communities in Arctic and Barents regions: Seminar within RU-FI AB-Waste Project
26 September 2018: Support Activity No1 b-1 “Preparing regional experts to apply the principles of BAT and the practical use of the Russian BREF documents for various branches” in Moscow
17-22 September 2018: Support Activity. Study visit to Finland within the FI-RU AB-Waste project
14 June 2018: Support Activity in Petrozavodsk. Seminar on waste management within the FI-RU AB-Waste project
1 February 2018: Meeting of the Arkhangelsk Regional Hot Spots Exclusion Group in Arkhangelsk. Protocol in English and Russian
4-5 December 2017: Support Activity in Arkhangelsk. Seminar on separate waste collection within the Norwegian-Russian bilateral cooperation on waste management. Resolution in English and Russian
30 November 2017: Exclusion of the three hot spots at the meeting of Barents Environmental Ministers in Vadsø (A4, Ko2-1, Ko7)
23 November 2017: Support Activity in Moscow. Seminar on waste management within the FI-RU project "Best Available Technologies in Waste Management" (AB-Waste)
October 2017: Extended SHE meeting in Syktyvkar with attendance of the Komi Regional Hot Spots Exclusion Group and international financial institutions. Minutes in English and Russian
March 2017: Extended SHE meeting in Murmansk with attendance of the Murmansk Regional Hot Spots Exclusion Group and international financial institutions. Minutes in English
September 2016: Support Activity in Arkhangelsk. Workshop on introduction of the new Russian legislation on Best Available Technologies (BAT) in Pulp and Paper sector combined with the expert visit to the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill in Novodvinsk
November 2015: Exclusion of the three hot spots at the meeting of Barents Environmental Ministers in Sortavala (A3-2, K4, Ko3-1)
December 2014: Extended SHE meeting in Arkhangelsk with attendance of the Arkhangelsk Regional Hot Spots Exclusion and international financing institutions
April 2014: Extended SHE meeting in Petrozavodsk with attendance of the Karelian Regional Hot Spots Exclusion Group and international financial institutions
December 2013: Exclusion of the three hot spots and new reports published at the meeting of Barents Environmental Ministers
February 2010: Exclusion of the Barents Environmental Hot Spots - Final Report to the Ministers
2003: The AMAP/NEFCO Report on Hot Spots