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The project was initiated by the University of Tromso (Norway) and the Aquaplan-Niva company. It is implemented by a consortium of multilateral and associate partners from the participating countries which are Russia, Norway and Sweden.
Project members:
Murmansk State Technical University (MSTU)
Murmansk State Humanities University (MSHU)
North Arctic Federal University (NArFU)
Murmansk Marine Biological Institute (MMBI)
Polar Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (PIFO)
Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems in the North (IIEPN)
Lulea University (Sweden)
The University of Tromso (Norway)
Aquaplan-Niva (Norway).
The project is supposed to achieve the following objectives:
1.
Coastal environment monitoring (comparison of coastal ecosystems sensitivity, the study of red king crab as an oil spills indicator);
2.
Bioremediation problems study (synthetic sorbents, brown algae remediation, molecular tools for monitoring microbial communities in oil spills areas);
3.
Development of the joint Master course "Arctic Environmental Management".
Project phase: 2011-2013
Beneficiary: the University of Tromso
MSTU project manager: Svetlana Derkach, Vice-rector for research
MSTU project coordinator : Kristina Brevnova, Chief specialist in International Activities.
Norrbotten chairmanship of the Barents Regional Council 2011-2013 jointly with the Barents Reunion 2012 organizes a brainstorming to formulate a vision of the future of the Barents region from a young person’s perspective. Those of you who are interested in attending this event are invited to participate in the Youth Workshop
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Traditionally Barents Youth Conference 2012 is taking place in Hammerfest from 20th to 22nd of April. It is planned to gather 80-100 students from the Barents region
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April 20 -22 The Barents Sea Youth conference was held in Hammerfest (Norway)
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March 28 and 29 the kick-off meeting within the new YIE project (Young Innovative Entrepreneurs)was held in Tornio, Finland. The project is aimed at establishing the support system for developing and implementing innovative business ideas for young entrepreneurs in the Barents Region
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The aim of this visit was strengthening cooperation between our universities and discussing further partnership prospects
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March 16, 2012 the delegation headed by the rector of Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences, Mr. Martti Lampella paid a visit to the rector of Murmansk State Technical University. During the meeting areas of cooperation and the possibility of signing a bilateral agreement were actively discussed
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The regular session of the Rectors Forum of the Barents Cross Border University was held on March 13, 2012 in Rovaniemi (Finland). The main aim at the meeting of the heads of the Finnish and Russian universities was the discussion of moderm challenges that participating universities face, progress report for 2011, as well as summarizing interim results of project efficiency internal evaluation and negotiating further strategies of cooperation development
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