Table of Contents
Foreword
7
GUNNAR LASSINANTTI
Nordic Forum for Security Policy
Introduction: The security of states through the security
of citizens
9
KIMMO KILJUNEN
Member of Parliament, Chairman of STETE, Vice-President
of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Russia and Northern Europe - a partnership?
IGOR CHERNYSHENKO
12
Member of the Russian State Duma
HANNELE POKKA
15
Governor, Lapland
Needs, hopes and suggestions for better co-operation
Realities and ideals
20
RENE NYBERG
Ambassador, Embassy of Finland, Moscow
The new Barents generation
24
KIM TRAAVIK
Deputy Minister, MFA of Norway
Sweden, the European Union and Russia: Partners in the
North
28
MANNE WÄNGBORG
Minister, Embassy Of Sweden, Moscow
Nordic Council of Ministers: An active partner in a co-operating
region
31
BO LINDROOS
Director, Head of Department, Nordic Council of Ministers
The Northern input to European stability
35
ANDREI EVDOKIMOV
Representative of the MFA of the Russian Federation
in Murmansk
Meaning of regional politics
37
PAVEL SAZHINOV
Chairman of the Murmansk Regional Duma
Importance and state of the Northern Dimension initiative
- a Swedish view
42
CHRISTER PERSSON
Director, MFA of Sweden
Northern Sea security in the 21st century
Hard and soft security in the Barents region - the situation
today and the near future
50
JAN FOGHELIN
Head of Division, Swedish Defence Research Agency
(FOI)
The Northern security environment
53
JUHA MARTELIUS
Director of Research, Ministry of Defence, Finland
Co-operation between Russia and Norway - a military perspective
57
THORSTEN SKIAKER
Lt Gen, Commander National Joint Headquarters, Norway
Commenting discussion on Northern Sea security
60
PERTTI JOENNIEMI
Senior Researcher, Copenhagen Institute for International
Studies
Environmental safety and co-operation
Mapping the risks and challenges
64
CHRISTER PURSIAINEN
Senior Researcher, Nordregio
Financial mechanisms for regional co-operation
70
JÓN SIGURDSSON
President, CEO, Nordic Investment Bank
Commenting environmental discussion
75
ANDREY ZOLOTKOV
Chairman, Bellona-Murmansk
Economic integration in the European North
Barents business co-operation
78
TIMO RAUTAJOKI
CEO, Lapland Chamber of Commerce
The relationships between the centre and the regions
82
HELGE BLAKKISRUD
Centre for Russian Studies, Norwegian Institute of
International Affairs
Comment: Learning by doing things together
87
PAAVO KYKKÄNEN
Director, Business Developer eero
Witnessing the building of civil society
89
GUNNAR LASSINANTTI
Special Adviser, Olof Palme International Center
Active & equal civil society - must for democracy
Challenges from below - women on the move across the borders
against violence
94
AINO SAARINEN
Docent, Oulu University
Femina Borealis - a network for women and development
of the North
104
MARIT STEMLAND
Administrative Councellor, Northern Feminist University
Career possibilities for women
107
LENA ALLHEIM
Project Manager, Centek, Luleå University of
Technology
Strengthening civil society by Northern networks
111
MATTI MOILANEN
Project Manager, Finland-Russia Society
Indigenous people within the Russian parts of the Barents
region
116
ZINAIDA STROGALSCHIKOVA
Representative of Vepsians in the Indigenous Peoples'
Working Group of the Barents
Euro-Arctic Region
Education and edimension
Nordic history in contemporary Russia: Research and teaching
126
ALEXEY KOMAROV
Doctor, Russian Academy of Science
Liberal adult education (popular education) and its challenges
in the modern society
129
EIVOR OLOFSSON
Director, Svefi Academy
Introduction of the case eKarelia
132
SISKO KAARTO
Regional Development Manager, Regional Council of
the Northern Karelia
Programme of the conference
Participants of the conference