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The panel discussion on US-Russia cooperation in the Arctic was held on May 14, 2017, within the North by North program. Executive Director of the Northern Forum Mikhail Pogodaev was invited to participate in the panel discussion along with Alaskan Governor’s Arctic Policy Advisor Craig Fleener. The major issues discussed were the barriers and new opportunities for strengthening the cooperation of US and Russia in the Arctic. Discussion mostly focused on the history of interaction within the Northern Forum, as well as the new opportunities to strengthen the cooperation in light of Alaska’s return to the Northern Forum.
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Film Festival took place in Anchorage Museum on May 14 within the North by North events in Anchorage, where the Northern Forum business partner, Director of Clean Water LLC (Sakha Republic (Yakutia)) Egor Makarov presented his film with great success. The following movies were featured at the festival: “24 snows” by Egor Makarov, “Sien Eker” by Sergey Ermolaev, and “When Gods come closer” by Eduard Novikov.
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On May 13, Head Chefs from across the Arctic gathered together to make their favourite dishes from Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia at the festival of Northern peoples’ food culture. Each chef had the opportunity to cook an Alaskan wild salmon in their own way and one dish using the Northern ingredients. Head Chef of Muus Khaia restaurant Nikolay Gabyshev took part in the festival on behalf of the Northern Forum.
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Arctic Mayors’ Roundtable was held shortly after Ministerial meeting. Executive Director of the Northern Forum Mikhail Pogodaev and Director of the Institute of the North Nils Andreassen participated in the roundtable. The roundtable brought together the Arctic mayors. It was expected that the Head of Bulunsky district of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) will attend the Roundtable on behalf of Russia as part of the Northern Forum delegation, however due to objective reasons he couldn’t come to Fairbanks.
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On May 11, 2017, Ministers of Foreign Affairs from the eight Arctic states and leaders of the six Arctic Council Permanent Participants, indigenous peoples’ organizations gathered together at the 10th Ministerial session of the Arctic Council to mark the conclusion of the US Chairmanship and to herald the beginning of the Finnish Chairmanship, which will run from 2017 to 2019.
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The Northern Forum is an observer to the Arctic Council, and on May 11, 2017, SAO Chair David Bolton traditionally invited all observers to breakfast to discuss observers’ engagement in the Arctic Council activities.
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The Northern Forum is one of the members of the Arctic Council international project “EALLU: indigenous youth, adaptation to climate change and food culture”. As part of the US Arctic Council Chairmanship conclusion, EALLU final report was presented in a form of a culinary book of the Arctic indigenous peoples, in creation of which representatives of the main Arctic indigenous peoples’ organizations were involved – Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council.
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On May 9, 2017, Executive Director of the Northern Forum Mikhail Pogodaev and Director of the Institute of the North Nils Andreassen participated in the International Arctic Assembly, which was held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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The Northern Forum has attended the VI International Forum “Arctic: Today and the Future” in Saint Petersburg on December 5-7, 2016.
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Chairman of the Sakha Republic Government Evgeniy Chekin had a meeting with the Norwegian delegation led by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway in Russia Leidulv Namtvedt, who is paying an official visit to Yakutsk.
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Arctic Council EALLU Project International Workshop “A future vision for the reindeer meat industry: the role of new technologies and traditional knowledge” took place in Yakutsk, Russia, on November 26, 2016.
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Arctic Council EALLU Project International Workshop “Prospects for development of processing and sales of reindeer: Role of new technologies and traditional knowledge” is to be held in Yakutsk on November 26th.