Chair State of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council
Sweden is the Chair for the period 2009-2011
Program of the Swedish Chairmanship in the Barents Euro-Arctic Council 2009-2011
Contact
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
www.regeringen.se/barentsradet
Russian Federation was the Chair for the period 2007-2009.
The priority of the Russian Chairmanship will be to ensure sustainable development in the Barents Region with emphasis on social and economic factors, linking it closely to the compliance with environmental requirements, and also to support for the indigenous peoples.
We will focus on enhancing the effectiveness of the whole architecture of multilateral cooperation in the North, the division of labor among the regional councils both in substance and geography, synchronization and coordination of their activity on more rational use of the existing resources and avoidance of unnecessary duplication of efforts.
Program of the Russian Chairmanship in the Barents Euro-Arctic Council 2007-2009
Contact
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
www: www.beac.mid.ru