International Staff Week 2015

Cooperation in and with the High North

Astrid Elisabeth RevhaugSenior Advisor

17th November 2015

Photo: Viggo Jørn Dale

Ola Røe

Climb mo

Photo: Bjørnar G. Hansen

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Tromsø

Hammerfest

AltaKirkenes

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UNIS

Oslo

Most is north

Saxifraga Arctic Alpine Botanical Garden (UiT)             Blue Poppy (Meconopsis)

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Barents Region and the surrounding seas. (1998). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. From http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/barents_region_and_the_surrounding_seas

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Barents cooperation

The Arctic Council

The Arctic Eight

RussiaCanadaUSAFinlandSwedenDenmarkIcelandNorway

University of the Arctic (Uarctic)

The Norwegian Government’sHigh North Strategy

The Norwegian Government’s High North Strategy

Main priorities

• Enforce authority in the north in a trustworthy, consistent and predictablemanner

• To be internationally in the front on knowledge about, for and in the north• To be the foremost controller of the environment and natural resources

in the north• To keep developing the petroleum activities in the Barents Sea and in a

way of importance for Norwegian and North-Norwegian competencebuilding and local and regional business development

• To contribute to ensuring the livelihood, history and culture of theindigenous people in the north

• To develop people-to-people cooperation in the north• To strengthen cooperation with Russia

The Norwegian Government’s High North Strategy

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Barents 2020– Cross-sectoral support funding for cooperation in the Arctic

• Arktis 2030– The follow up scheme to support the implementation of the actions

and projects of the priorities in the High North Strategy

The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research• Several funding schemes

The Northern Dimension Policy

• 1996 EU + Iceland, Russia and Norway • 2006 The Baltic States are included

• Framework policy for cooperation with a common platform for promotingdialogue and concrete, result-oriented cooperation

• Strengthen political and social stability and sustainable development in Northern Europe

• Principle of equal footing and co-funding• EU contributes big money through various funds (ENPI-CBC/Kolarctic)• Most funding to environmental projects• Individual EU member countries can participate, not only Finland and

Sweden• Belarus participate in practical cooperation• Canada and USA are observers

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