Chairs of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council working groups
Working Group of Indigenous Peoples
Mr. Lars-Anders Baer
Tel. +46 70 316 20 56
Fax. +46 971 558 93
E-mail: lars-anders.baer@sametinget.se
Working Group on Economic Cooperation (WGEC)
Ms Vibeke Greni
Deputy Director General
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Po Box 8014 Dep, 0030 Oslo
Tel. +47 22 24 66 37
E-post: vgr@nhd.dep.no
Ms Anniken Mordal
Assistant Director General
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Po Box 8014 Dep, 0030 Oslo
Tel. +47 22 24 04 64
mor@nhd.dep.no
Barents Forest Sector Task Force (BFSTF)
Mr. Ivan Sovetnikov
Head of the Legal Department ot the Federal Forestry Agency
Ul. Pyatnitskaya, d. 59/19,
Moscow, 115184, Russia
Tel: +7 495-951 11 32
Contact person
Ms. Svetlana Vishnevskaya
Tel: + 7 499 230 86 70
E-mail: interdepffa@gmail.com
Working Group on Customs Cooperation (WGCC)
Working Group on Environment (WGE)
Ms. Henna Haapala, Senior Adviser
Ministry of the Environment
P.O.Box 35
00023 Government, Finland
E-mail: henna.haapala@ymparisto.fi
Tel: +358 50 353 3894
Fax: +358 9 16039389 WGE Subgroups
Sub-Group on Water Issues
Mr. Mattias Lindgren
Coordinator for the Barents Regional Cooperation (environment)
County Administrative Board of Norrbotten Environmental Protection Unit
SE-971 86 Luleå, Sweden
Tel: +46 920-963 34
Mob: +46 70 614 63 34
Fax: +46 920-22 84 11
E-mail: Mattias.Lindgren@lansstyrelsen.se
Sub-Group on Hot Spot Exclusion
Mr. Andrey Peshkov, Russia (Co-chair)
Ministry of Nature Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
Minpriroda RF
E-mail: aspeshkov@mnr.gov.ru
Ms. Riitta Hemmi, Finland (co-chair)
Consul, Consulate General of Finland
St. Petersburg
Tel. +7 921 904 88 19
E-mail: riitta.hemmi@formin.fi
Sub-Group on Cleaner Production and Environmentally Sound Consumption
Ms. Gunilla Blomquist
Deputy Director
Swedish Ministry of the Environment
Division on Sustainable Development
Tel: +46 8 405 19 52
E-mail: gunilla.blomquist@environment.ministry.se
Sub-Group on Nature Protection
Mr. Mats-Rune Bergström
County Administration of Västerbotten
90186 Umeå, Sweden
Tel: +46 90 10 73 52
Mob: +46 70 62 17 352
Fax: +46 90 10 72 00
E-mail: mats-rune.bergstrom@ac.lst.se
Steering Committee for the Barents Euro-Arctic Transport Area (BEATA)
Mr. Paal Iversen
Senior Adviser
Ministry of Transport
E-mail: paal.iversen@sd.dep.no
Tel. +47 22 24 81 74
Mob. +47 41 16 28 61
Joint Committee on Rescue Cooperation
Ms. Pia Övelius
Ministry of Defence
Jakobsgatan 9
103 33 Stockholm, Sweden
e-mail: pia.ovelius@defense.ministry.se
Tel. +46 8 405 31 51
Fax. +46 8 20 44 83
Joint Barents Euro-Arctic Council - Barents Regional Council working groups
Joint Working Group on Health and Related Social Issues (JWGHS)
Ms. Vibeke R. Gundersen
Senior Adviser
Section for International Collaboration and preparedness
Ministry of Health and Care Servises
PO Box 8011, Dep 0030, Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 48 26 27 16
E-post: vrg@hod.dep.no
Ms Valentina Vasilyevna Ulich
Minister Administration of the Governor of the Republic of Karelia
6 Lenina Avenue, 185660, Petrozavodsk, Russia
Tel: +78142 792900
Fax: +78142 782819
E-mail: social@onego.ru
Joint Working Group on Education and Research (JWGER)
Ms. Marina Kalinina
Vice-rector of International Cooperation
Northern (Arctic) Federal University
17, Naberezhnaya Severnoj Dviny, 163002 Archangelsk
163002 Archangel, Russia
Tel: +7 (8182) 21 61 60
Mob: +7 921 721 09 44
E-mail: m.r.kalinina@narfu.ru
Ms. Britt -Vigdis Ekeli
Vice President for Education
University of Tromsø
9037 Tromsø, Norway
Tel: +47 77 66 07 08
Mob: +47 99 71 21 96
E-mail: britt.ekeli@uit.no
Joint Working Group on Energy (JEWG)
Mr. Johan Vetlesen,
Deputy Director General Energy and Water Resources Department
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
P.O. Box 8148 Dep.
0033 Oslo, Norway
Tel: + 47 22 24 63 05
Fax: +47 22 24 95 96
E-mail: Johan.Vetlesen@oed.dep.no
Mr. Anatoly Lukin, Co-Chair
Deputy Minister Department for Fuel and Energy Complex and Housing
Arkhangelsk Regional Administration
49, Troitskiy Pr, Arkhangelsk, 163004, Russia
Tel:+7 8182 288441
Mob:+7 921 672 72 34
Fax: +7 8182 201736
E-mail: lykin@dvinaland.ru
Joint Working Group on Culture (JWGC)
RUGAAS Bendik
Senior Adviser, Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Box 8030 Dep, NO-0030 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 22 24 79 92, Fax: +47 22 24 95 50
E-mail: bendik.rugaas@kud.dep.no
LAX Elisabeth
Head of Cultural Affairs, County Council of Norrbotten
Robertsvikgatan 7, SE-971 89 Luleå, Sweden
Tel: +46 920 28 40 20
Mobile: +46 76 82 84 020
E-mail: elisabeth.lax@nll.se
2nd in contact of the Norrbotten Co-chair
KOHKOINEN, Annette
Section for Culture and Education
Robertsvikgatan 7, SE-971 89 Luleå, Sweden
Tel. +46 920 28 42 59
Mobile: +46 72 74 24 263
E-mail: annette.kohkoinen@nll.se
Joint Working Group on Tourism (JWGT)
Mr. Valery Korovkin
Federal Agency of Tourism
Tel: +7 495 607 32 17
Mob: +7 985 928 0125
E-mail: valery.korovkin@ropnet.ru
Mr. Satu Luiro
Tourism Coordinator, Regional Council of Lapland
P.O.B 8056, FI-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
E-mail: satu.luiro@lapinliitto.fi
Tel . +358 400 124 029
Joint Working Group on Youth
Mr. Bjørn Jaaberg Hansen, Senior Adviser
Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
P.O.Box 8036 Dep
NO-0032 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 22 24 26 12
Fax: +47 22 24 94 15
E-mail: bjh@bld.dep.no
Mr. Lars Miguel Utsi,
Indigenous Representative
Tel:+47 47 24 29 81
E-mail: lmu@beac.st
Barents Regional Council Working Groups
Working Group on Environment
Mr. Bente Christiansen
County Governor in Finnmark, Statens hus,
9815 Vadsø, Norway
Tel:+47 78 95 03 73
Fax: +47 78 95 03 70
E-mail: bch@fmfi.no
Working Group on Transport and Logisticis
Mr. Hannu Heikkinen
Joint Authority of Kainuu Region
Kauppakatu 1
Fi-87100 Kajaani, Finland
Tel:+358 8 6155 4220
Mob:+358 44 710 0864
Fax: +358 8 6155 4260
E-mail: hannu.heikkinen@kainuu.fi
Working Group on Investments and Economic Coperation
Mr. Kjell Hjelm
Swedish Federation of Business Owners
Tel.:+46920201860
Mob:+46 70 69 09 275
E-mail: kjell.hjelm@foretagarna.se