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Arctic and Northern areas are inhabited approximately by four million people. It is relatively a small number in terms of the size of the world population. Nevertheless, it is important to note that the North and the Arctic are the “kitchen” where forms weather of the whole world. Moreover, it is a place which keeps vast supplies of fossil fuels
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During the European Polar Boards Spring 2019 Plenary Meeting in Lisbon, elections were held for two Executive Committee positions. The EPB is happy to announce that Halldór Jóhannsson, Member Representative for RANNIS in Iceland and director of the Arctic Portal, and Vito Vitale, Member Representative for CNR in Italy, were both elected, - EPB reports.
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MOSCOW, May 23 - RIA News. Moscow is in favor of forming an international partnership to preserve a zone of peace in the Arctic, Nikolai Korchunov, ambassador-at-large for the international cooperation in the Arctic, told RIA Novosti. "We are not in favor of confrontation and rivalry, but in cooperation and complementary efforts of each other, in forming an international partnership, including within the framework of the Arctic Council, in the interests of preserving the Arctic region as a zone of peace, stability and low military tension" he declared.
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on May 13 the decree on the expansion of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation at the expense of eight regions of Yakutia. Earlier territories of five coastal areas of Yakutia were a part of the Arctic zone.
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I took a short-term intensive course as a graduate student at the invitation of the Norwegian side from April 1 to April 5, 2019 in Buda, Norway. The purpose of this course was to study and analyze interdisciplinary and theoretical research management approaches in the context of the High North. During the educational event participants also had the opportunity to review existing classifications of types and levels of management, including public, global and corporate governance.
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This week Arkadii Diodorov started in the position of Acting Executive Director of the Northern Forum Secretariat. Olga Timofeeva-Tereshkina, who led the Secretariat previously, was appointed to serve as a Head of Secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).
The Northern Forum Secretariat congratulates Olga Timofeeva-Tereshkina and wishes much success in her new role!
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At the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, Ministers of the eight Arctic States, leaders from the six indigenous Permanent Participant organizations and the Chairs of the six Working Groups of the Arctic Council met to mark the passing of the Chairmanship from Finland to Iceland.
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NORTHERN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FORUM
Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia
September 24-28, 2019
Sustainable development is a major challenge of our age. In 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, the concept of global development named “sustainable development”, derived from the Brundtland Report, was officially acknowledged; it can be classified as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations”. In 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals and which implementation should involve not only governments but also transnational companies, charity foundations, community, NGOs and academia worldwide. Essentially, sustainable development implies equilibrium between the economic, environmental and social fields of human activity.
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International professional competencies for students studying professions of traditional branches of the North will be developed by the end of this year. It was reported by Olga Timofeeva-Tereshkina, acting executive director of the Secretariat of the international non-governmental organization "Northern Forum".
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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.
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Results of the 8th International Interregional Online Olympiad
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The II Northern Forum Governors’ Meeting (the II Meeting) was held on April 10th, and was recognized as the one of key events of the ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ 5th International Arctic Forum.