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Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) is the forum for intergovernmental and interregional cooperation in the Barents Region. BEAC was established in 1993 in order to "provide impetus to existing cooperation and consider new initiatives and proposals".
www.beac.st provides you with extensive information about the co-operation, contact information, documents, maps and photos. This Website covers the ongoing co-operation in several fields such as energy, environment, indigenous peoples, economy etc.
Ari Sirén – new Head of the International Barents Secretariat
Ari Sirén took up his position as the Head of the International Barents Secretariat January 16, 2012. He has a long career in the Finnish Foreign Service starting in 1974, including service in Russia, Poland, China and the Check Republic.
- I worked for some time with the Barents Cooperation in its early years in the 1990’s, and I now look forward to getting engaged in its contemporary settings and I hope to be able to further improve the secretariat’s potentials. My wife Elina and I also look forward to experiencing the North and living in Kirkenes with all the vast nature just outside our door, says Ari Sirén (left).
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Barents Ministers of Environment, 8-9 November, Umeå
L-R: Audun Garberg (NOR), Ville Ninistö (FIN), Anna Prakhova (Indigenous Peoples' representative), Lena Ek (SWE) and Rinat Gizatulin (RUS)
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Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Governors meeting in Kiruna, October 11-12, 2011
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