Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council
| Between the BEAC meetings at Foreign Minister level every second year, work is organised by the Commitee of Senior Officials (CSO). The CSO consists of civil servants representing the governments of the six member countries and the European Commission. Representatives of the nine observer states are also often given the possibility to participate. The CSO meets on a regular basis 4-5 times per year and most often in the country holding the Chair of the BEAC.
The activities of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) have expanded over time. A number of working groups have been established to assist the CSO. The working groups report to the CSO each year and the CSO gives guidance to the groups. The CSO has the mandate to establish new Working Groups or terminate groups that have completed their task.
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CSO meeting in Kiruna, October 2010
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Members of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council
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Norway, Chair
Mr. Sverre Stub
Ambassador
Section for the High North, Polar Affairs, Energy and Resources
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PO Box 8114
0032 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 23 95 06 05
Mobile: +47 48 08 72 72
E-mail: sst@mfa.no
Mr. Alf-Åge Hansen
Senior Adviser
Section for the High North, Polar Affairs, Energy and Resources
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tel. +47 23 95 06 87
Mobile: +47 95 40 09 34
E-mail: alf-age.hansen@mfa.no
Sweden
Mr. Per Wallèn, Senior Adviser
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
SE-103 39 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8-405 32 59
Fax: +46 8-723 11 76
E-mail: per.wallen@foreign.ministry.se
Russian Federation
Mr. Andrey Pritsepov, Deputy Director
Second European Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Smolenskaya-Sennaya Sq. 32/34
119200 Moscow, G-200
Russian Federation
Tel: +7 499 244 15 95
Fax: +7 499 244 17 97
E-mail: apritsepov@mid.ru, beac@mid.ru
Denmark
Ms. Gitte Hundahl
Minister Counsellor/Northern Europe
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2, Asiatisk Plads
DK-1448 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Tel: +45 33 92 03 04
Fax: +45 33 92 04 73
E-mail: githun@um.dk
Finland
Mr. Hannu Halinen
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
P O Box 176
FIN-00023 Government, Finland
Tel: +358 9 160 05 (Switchboard)
Mobile:
Fax: +358 9 629 840
E-mail: hannu.halinen@formin.fi
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Iceland
Ms. Anna Pala Sverrisdottir, Specialist
Directorate for International and Security Affairs
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Raudararstig 25
IS-150 Reykjavik, Iceland
Tel: +354 545 9900
Mobile: +354 864 9949
Fax: +354 562 2373
E-mail: anna.sverrisdottir@utn.stjr.is
European External Action Service (prev. Commission)
Mr. Martin Lassen Skylv
Head of Politics, Trade, and Press & Information Section
Delegation of the EU to Norway
Klingenberggatan 7a, 0161 Oslo
Po Box 1643, Vika, 0119 Oslo
Tel: +47 23 11 51 88
Mobile: +47 92 87 00 25
E-mail: martin.skylv@eeas.europa.eu
Working Group on Indigenous Peoples
Mr. Lars-Anders Baer
Tel: +46 70 316 20 56
Fax: +46 971-558 93, +46 971 101 40
e-mail: lars-anders.baer@sametinget.se
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CSO 2012 Meeting Schedule
- February 9 - Kirkenes
- May 21-22 - Tromsø
CSO 2011 Meeting Schedule
- 2st-4nd February - Jokkmokk
- 18th-20th May - Luleå
- 15th-16th September - Stockholm
- 10th October - Kiruna
- December 7-8 - Oslo
CSO 2010 Meeting Schedule
- 11th-12th October - Kiruna, Abisko
- 1st-2nd February - Stockholm
- 19th-20th May - Umeå
CSO 2009 Meeting Schedule
- 18th-19th February - Petrozavodsk
- 28th-29th May - Syktyvkar
- 27th-28th August - Arkhangelsk Region
- 12th-13th October - Murmansk
CSO 2008 Meeting Schedule
- 8-9 April - Moscow (Permanent Mission of the Komi Region)
- 17-18 June - Naryan-Mar
- 15-17 September - Solovki, Archangelskaya Oblast