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JULY 11, Natalia Slugina, Head of Chukotka International Relations Department, NF Regional Coordinator, visited Yakutsk to discuss opportunities for strengthening cooperation between Chukotka and Sakha Republic (Yakutia), including Chukotka's engagement in the Northern Forum activities.
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During opening ceremony of International Oblas Rowing Competitions for the Ugra Governor`s Cup held in Nefteyugansky district, Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Natalya Komarova received a medal named after Walter Hickel - a founder of the Northern Forum.
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Ethnosport World Society (EWS), Northern Forum, UgraMegaSport and Save Ugra public organization signed a Memorandum of Understanding and agreed to jointly promote the preservation, development, and popularization of traditional games and ethnosport as an integral part of the intangible cultural heritage, to support each other, and to render assistance in creating a platform for information and knowledge exchange in these fields.
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17-18 MAY 2018, NF Chair - Acting Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Alexander Tsybulsky held a meeting with NF Executive Director Mikhail Pogodaev to discuss following issues:
- Regional Coordinators Committee meeting in Naryan-Mar in November 2018;
- Meeting of the Northern Forum Working Group on Health in the North and Social Issues;
- Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC);
- Membership;
- Meeting of the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials (SAO);
- Status of Lapland in the Northern Forum.
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More than 180 guests from Norway, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Taimyr, Salekhard, Chukotka, seven districts of Yakutia and Yakutsk participated the first ArcticSkills professional competence championship in Russia, held in the framework of International Seminar “Reindeer Husbandry – a Cornerstone of Indigenous Life in the Arctic”.
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At the meeting concluded on March 23 in Levi, Finland, the Arctic Council addressed the major themes of meteorological cooperation and improvement of telecommunications in the region.
Friday, 23 Mar 2018
Levi, Finland
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Levi, Finland is hosting March 19-20 and 22-23, 2018, the Arctic Council’s second Sustainable Development Working Group and Senior Arctic Officials’ meetings held during the Chairmanship of Finland (2017-2019). These meetings bring together representatives from the eight Arctic States, the six indigenous Permanent Participant organizations, six Working Groups, and over 30 Observer states and organizations.
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The Northern Forum attended the fifth session of the Norwegian-Russian Working Group for Interregional and Cross-Border Cooperation of the Norwegian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technical Cooperation which was held on March 15 in Murmansk.
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ARCTIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TOUR, Barrow, Alaska
February 27th - March 2nd, 2018
HOSTED BY: Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation
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A “Model of the Northern Forum” business game was held February 26-28, 2018 at the NEFU Academic Board Hall under joint initiative of the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) and the Northern Forum.
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The Board meeting of the University of the Arctic (UArctic), international cooperative network of Circumpolar Arctic region’s universities and colleges, will be held in Yakutsk on April 6-7, 2018. According to Lars Kullerud, UArctic President, the meeting’s main agenda will be improvements in academic mobility and professional education.