The long-term objective of the Pasvik program has been to ensure that the monitoring data covering the state of the environment is reliable, comparable and available to authorities, environmental experts and local people in the border areas. Since 2014, the follow-up of the Pasvik program has been executed under the updated programme,
Environmental Monitoring Programme for Aquatic Ecosystems in the Norwegian, Finnish and Russian Border Area.
RWGE Chairmanship 2015-2017 is held by North-Western Russia, Department of Rozprirodnadzor (Federal Service for the Supervision of Natural Resources).
Past projects:
TEC - Trilateral cooperation on Environmental Challenges in the Joint Border Area
List of Environmental projects, implemented in the Barents region since 1995 (updated 2013)
Contacts:
Sweden
Mats-Rune Bergström (Chair)
Senior Adviser, County Administrative Board of Västerbotten
Tel: +46 10-225 44 74, +46 70-621 73 52
E-mail: mats-rune.bergstrom@lansstyrelsen.se
Mr. Magnus Johansson
Project Manager, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten
Tel: +46 10 225 53 21
E-mail: magnus.r.johansson@lansstyrelsen.se
Ms. Ellinor Bomark
County Administrative Board of Norrbotten
Tel: +46 10 225 54 86
E-mail: ellinor.bomark@lansstyrelsen.se
Norway
Bente Christiansen
Director of Environment Department, Finnmark County Governor
Tel: +47 78 95 03 73, +47 97 18 52 80
E-mail: fmfibch@fylkesmannen.no
Tiia Kalske
Senior Adviser, Finnmark County Governor
Tel: + 47 78 95 03 64
E-mail: fmfithk@fylkesmannen.no
Asbjørg Fyhn
Senior Adviser, Troms County Council
Phone: +47 77 78 81 65
E-mail: asbjorg.fyhn@tromsfylke.no
Katrine Erikstad
Head of Section, Nordland County Governor
Tel: + 47 90 10 32 32
E-mail: kateri@nfk.no
Russia
Vasily Fedorov
Deputy Director, Department of Rosprirodnadzor of North-West Russia
Liteyny pr. 39, 191014 St. Petersburg, Russia
Tel. +7 812 579 84 93
E-mail: rpn78@rpn.gov.ru
Finland
Jari Pasanen
Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Lapland
Tel. +358 29 503 74 76
E-mail: jari.pasanen@ely-keskus.fi
Jonas Liimatta
Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for North Ostrobothnia
Tel. +358 50 396 7494
E-mail: jonas.liimatta@ely-keskus.fi
Tatu Turunen
Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Kainuu
Tel. +358 29 502 3500
E-mail: tatu.turunen@ely-keskus.fi
Jouni Ponnikas
Regional Council of Kainuu
Tel. +358 40 5740 804
E-mail: jouni.ponnikas@kainuu.fi
Jukka Nykänen
Regional Council of North Karelia
Tel: +358 50 412 0717
E-mail: jukka.nykanen@pohjois-karjala.fi