SDWG

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.

Norway Russia

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.

UIC Business Tour 2018

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.

UArctic

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.

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February 15, 2018 the fourth scientific and practical conference "School of Life in the North" was held in English within the framework of the "Partnership of Schools" project.

PAME

Quebec, Canada is hosting the Arctic
Council’s PAME Working Group meeting on February 12-14, 2018.

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The Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide, speaking at the Arctic Frontiers international conference in Tromsø, says that the Arctic, in spite of the increasing unpredictability and security issues around the world, the Arctic continues to be a region of stability and cooperation.

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US Consul General Michael Keays has expressed Alaska’s readiness to develop cooperation with Russian Far Eastern regions in his letter to Governor of Chukotka Roman Kopin, the press service of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administration reports.

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China’s Arctic Policy

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TROMSØ (Norway), Jan 22 “The Arctic is a region of stability and international cooperation, and it is necessary to make every possible efforts to keep this state, to solve climate change issues by joint efforts, to seek a balance between industrial interests and environmental protection”, said Ine Eriksen Seøreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway on the opening of Arctic Frontiers 2018 conference, held in Tromsø, Norway.

 International Online Olympiad “School of Living in the North” is being held with support of Ministry of Education of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Institute of Education Development and Qualification Improvement of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) as a part of Northern Forum’s events.

AIMS: to develop interactive methods and information technologies in studying languages, to raise students’ interest to creative and researchable activities, focused on northern life values, international cooperation and successful socialization in the modern world.

OBJECTS:

  1. Encouraging the study and development of the culture, formed through life under harsh Arctic conditions.
  2. Promoting research activities among students.
  3. Develop students’ foreign communicative competence.
  4. Find and support talented, creative children and youth.