Regional Coordinators Committee (RCC)

Arja Haikara

Adviser to the County Governor in Arctic Relations

Regional Council of Lapland, Finland

Chair of the Regional Coordinators Committee

I work in the Regional Council of Lapland and my role is to support the County Governor in the preparation and implementation of the Northern Forum Chairmanship programme.

I have long experience in international cooperation in institutes of higher education, business and govenmental institutes. My networks are extensive.

Education and learnig, science and arts, sustainable development and dialogue between cultures are close to my heart. I am a future-oriented person.

For future disussion, you can contact me by email:

Sergey Kungurtsev

Vice-Chair of the Regional Coordinators Committee

Chairman of the Committee for Arctic Affairs, International and Interregional Relations of the Department of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media

Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Hulda Sif Hermannsdóttir

Vice-Chair of the Regional Coordinators Committee

Assistant to the Mayor of Akureyri

Eduard Isakov

Representative of the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra in the Federal Assembly

Gavril Kirillin

Minister for External Relations and Ethnic Affairs of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Dmitry Korostelev

Adviser to the Governor of Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Alexander Mazharov

Vice-Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,

Director of the Department of External Relations of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Anatoly Tsykalov

Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Krai

Natalia Slugina

Deputy Head of the Office of the Governor, Head of the Office for International Cooperation and the Arctic of the Office of the Governor and Government of the Chukotka Autonomous Region