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Murmansk and New Possibilities in the Barents Region

Murmansk, 24 – 25 January, 2003

Hotel Polyarnie Zori


 Friday, 24 January
 
 

9 - 12

Opening Session

Needs, hopes and suggestions for better

border co-operation

Chairmen:                     MP, Member of Arctic Council Parliamentary Standing Committee,
                                      Chair of STETE Kimmo Kiljunen Greetings

Vice Governor Lyudmila Chistova, Murmansk Oblast

Speakers:                         Ambassador René Nyberg /Consul General Kauko Jämsen, MFA of Finland Secretary of State Kim Traavik /Consul General Fredrik Arthur, MFA of Norway

Minister Manne Wängborg, MFA of Sweden, Embassy in Moscow

Representative in Murmask Andrey Evdokimov, MFA of the Russian Federation

Director Bo Lindroos, Nordic Council of Ministers
 
 

11.30 - 12 Murmansk presents itself

Deputy Mayor Mr Vladimir Gnoevsky, City of Murmansk

Speaker Pavel Sazhinov, Murmansk Regional Duma
 

1 - 6 Plenary session

Northern Sea Security in the 21st Century

Chairman:                      Vice-Chair of STETE, MP Juha Korkeaoja

Speakers:                       Head of Division Jan Foghelin, Swedish Defency Research Agency (FOI)

Director Juha Martelius, Finnish Ministry of Defence

LtGen Thorsten Skiaker, Commander National Joint Headquarters, Norway

Researcher Marina Bufetova, Murmansk Biological Institute

Comments by: Researcher Pertti Joenniemi, COPRI
 
 

Plenary session

Environmental safety and co-operation

Chairmen:                       MP Jens Christian Larsen, Denmark

Speakers:

*Presentation of current situation

Senior Researcher Christer Pursiainen, Nordregio

*Nuclear waste and safety

Project Manager Boris Lesokhin, Zvezdochka Engineering

*Regional Co-operation

President Jón Sigurdsson, Nordic Investment Bank

*Case: Management of Radioactive Residues at Wismut

Executive Vice President Alexander Jakubick, Wismut GmbH

*Barents Environmental Platform

Researcher Walter Ruth, Luleå University of Technology

*Co-operation in Water Management

Chairman Irina Vereschagina, Department of Ecology, "Murmanskvodokanal"
 

Comments by: Director Irina Chirkova, Ekonord, Chairman Andrey Zolotkov, Bellona-Murmansk
 
 

Saturday, 25 January

9 - 11.30                         Starting of working groups, division into groups :

1 Economic Integration in the Northern Europe

2 Active and Equal Civil Society - A Must for Democracy

3 Education and eDimension
 
 

9 - 11.30 Working group 1 Economic Integration in the European NorthChairmen:                    Vice-Chair of STETE, Heikki Järvenpää, National Coalition Party of Finlan
 
                                     Deputy Head of International Department Lydia Kossareva, Murmansk Regional Administration

Speakers:                     MP Valentin Luncevich, State Duma of the Russian Federation
 
                                    *Business co-operation in the Barents region
                                     Director Timo Rautajoki, Lapland Chamber of Commerce

                                    *The Relationship between the centre and the regions in the framework of the
                                      Northern Dimension
                                       Head of Centre Helge Blakkisrud, Centre for Russian Studies at NUPI

                                    * Russia in the Baltic and Northern Political Spaces: New Ideas, New Identities
                                       Docent Vyacheslav Morozov, St Petersburg State University
 
                                      Comments by: Director Matthias Rahm, Swedish Centre, Director Paavo Kykkänen,
                                      Business Developer eero

9 - 11.30 Working group 2

Active & Equal Civil Society - A Must for DemocracyChairmen:                       MP Arthur Mäki, State Duma of the Russian Federation Member of the Committee for International Affairs Seppo Sarlund,
Centre Party of FinlandSpeakers:                         *NGO’s in today’s Murmansk
                                         Main Specialist of the Committee for Public Relations Valentiva Palova, Murmansk Regional
                                         Administration *Challenges from below - women on the move across the borders against
gendered violence
Docent Aino Saarinen, Oulu University

*Women networks
Administrative Councellor Marit Stemland, Northern Feminist University

*Career possibilities for women?
Project Initiator Lena Allheim, Centek Luleå

*Indigenous people and minorities in the North
Researcher Zinaida Strogalschikova, Petrozavodsk

Comments by NGO’s: Project Director Matti Moilanen, Finland-Russia Society, Chair Lyubov Shtylova, Women's Congress in Murmansk, Chair Anna Prohova, Barents Indigenous Peoples Working Group, Vice President Valerij Tkatcev, Sami Council
 

9 - 11.30 Working group 3 Education and eDimensionChairmen:                      Rector Roman Tripolsky, Murmansk State Pedagogical University
                                       Rector Esko Riepula, Lapland University

Speakers:                       *Northern eDimension Action Plan (NEDAP)
                                        Special Adviser Gunnar Pihlgren, MFA, Sweden

*Nordic history in contemporary Russia: research and teaching
Doctor Aleksey Komarov, Russian Academy of Science

*Popular education and the challenge of modern society
Rector Eivor Olofsson, Sverigefinska folkhögskolan (Folk High School)

*Peace research and peace education
Docent Vladimir Karelin, Murmansk State Pedagogical University

*Nordic Research and Innovation Co-operation with Northwest Russia
Adviser Martin Wilisoo, Nordic Industrial Fund

*Case eKarelia
Regional Development Manager Sisko Kaarto, Regional Council of the Northern Karelia

Comments by: Vice Rector Olga Buch, Murmansk State Technical University, Dean Andrei Repnevski, Pomor State University, Vice Rector Oleg Dubatovka, Murmansk State Technical University
 
 

  12.30 – 2.30 Plenary Session - panel discussion

RUSSIA AND NORTHERN EUROPE - A PARTNERSHIP?

Overview on present and future perspectives

Chairmen:                      President Antti Liikkanen, City Council of Rovaniemi
  Introduction:

MP Igor Chernyshenko, State Duma of the Russian Federation
Special Adviser Gunnar Lassinantti, Olof Palme International Centre

Panelists: Governor Hannele Pokka, County of Lapland

Governor Eino Siuruainen, County of Oulu

MP Artur Mäki, State Duma of the Russian Federation

Director Christer Persson, MFA of Sweden

Director Rune Rafaelsen, Barents Secretariat
 

2.30 - 3 Closing of the conference

                                        Conclusions of the working groups

Closing words by Special Adviser Gunnar Lassinantti &
MP, Chair of STETE Kimmo Kiljunen
 
 

The conference is organised by:

The Nordic Forum for Security Policy

(=Finnish Committee for European Security (STETE),

Olof Palme International Centre, Sweden)

Murmansk State Pedagogical University
 
 

In co-operation with

Murmansk Regional Authorities

Lappi Service/KH Consulting

Murmansk Humanities Institute


And sponsored by:

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

Nordic Council of Ministers

Barents Secretariat

County of Norrbotten

Ministry of the Environment of Finland

Stora Enso