In order to strengthen and to expand an interaction between regions to all aspects of social and economic development of the North and the Arctic, to ensure the contribution to global international cooperation, the Northern Forum is commencing the Call for Projects for all its members (see Terms and Conditions here). The Projects must comply with directions of the NF Working Groups, listed below, have a significant socioeconomic effect from their implementation and a stable co-financing.
The NF Resolution #177 “On project activities of the Northern Forum” approved the operational structure of the Northern Forum and established 10 Working Groups:
- Education and Research;
- Culture;
- Business Cooperation in the North;
- Environment and Conservation of Biodiversity;
- Regional Adaptation to Climate Change;
- Development of Energy in the North;
- Assessment of Quality of Life in the Arctic Regions;
- Transportation in the North;
- Health in the North and Social Issues;
- Housing in the Arctic.
These working groups ensure the participation of the regional authorities in the development of specific measures to face the challenges of northern regions in different areas and improve the project activities of the Northern Forum, in terms of selection, implementation and evaluation of project outcomes.
All applications for the Call for Projects must be submitted before September 1, 2018 and the Project’s amount of financing is subject to priority evaluation level and a maximum granted sum shall not exceed $10 000.
Applications must be sent to the following addresses:
|
NF Working Group |
WG Chair |
Position |
Address |
|
Assessment of Quality of Life in the Arctic Regions |
Valentina Kondratieva |
Head, Center for Strategic Research of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia |
Center for Strategic Research of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Russia-677000, Yakutsk, Lenin Avenue, 28, Suite 206 Phone: +7 (4112) 506-080, |
|
Education and Research |
Feodosiya Gabysheva |
First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia |
Russia-677011, Yakutsk, Lenin Avenue, 30, Phone: +7 (4112) 506-904, +7 (4112) 506-901 Fax: (4112) 424-929 |
|
Environment and Conservation of Biodiversity |
Sakhamin Afanasiev |
Minister of Nature Protection of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia |
Russia-677000, Yakutsk, ul. Dzerzhinskogo 3/1 Phone: +7 (4112) 341-290, +7 (4112) 344-915 Fax: +7(4112) 421-372 |
|
Development of Energy in the North |
Nils Andreassen |
Executive Director, Institute of the North, Alaska, USA |
Institute of the North (o) 907 786-6324 (m) 907 351-4982 715 L Street, Suite 300 Anchorage, AK 99501 |
|
Housing in the Arctic |
Sergey Kozupitsa |
Deputy Minister of Construction and Utilities of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
Russia-660075, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk, ul. Zavodskaya, 14 Phone: +7 (391) 211-30-33 |
|
Regional Adaptation to Climate Change |
Vladimir Vasiliev |
Head, Department for External Affairs of Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia |
677011, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Yakutsk, Lenin Avenue, 30 Phone: +7 (4112) 506-732 Fax: +7 (4112) 42-09-11 |
|
Transportation in the North |
Aleksandr Shvora |
Department of Transportation and Road Facilities of Primorsky Krai, Russia |
Russia-690033, Vladivostok, ul. Borodinskaya, 12 Phone: +7 (423) 233-28-41 Fax: +7 (423) 233-28-56 |
|
Health in the North and Social Issues |
Aleksandr Tsaregorodtsev |
Deputy Director for Science, Ugra Research Institute of Information Technologies (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra), Russia |
Russia-628011, Khanty-Mansiysk, ul. Mira, 151 Phone: +7 (3467) 359-002 Fax: +7 (3467) 359-019 |
|
Business Cooperation in the North |
Timo Rautajoki |
President and CEO, Lapland Chamber of Commerce, Finland |
Maakuntakatu 29-31 B, 96200 Rovaniemi, Finland Phone: +358405511289 |
|
Culture |
Galina Alekseeva |
Chair, Civic Chamber of Primorsky Krai, Russia |
Russia-690091, Vladivostok, ul. Sukhanova, 8 Phone: +7 (914) 672-22-13 |
