THE NORTHERN FORUM REGIONAL COORDINATORS COMMITTEE MEETING KHANTY-MANSIYSK 2017 Northern Forum Secretariat 677011 Russian Federation Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Yakutsk Lenin Ave. 30, Government House #2, office 321-323 Phone: + 7 (4112) 50-84-51, + 7 (4112) 50-84-50 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.northernforum.org www.facebook.com/northernforum @thenorthernforum TABLE OF CONTENTS About Regional Coordinators Committee meeting................................................................4 Regional Coordinators Committee composition....................................................................6 First day of the meeting..................................................................................................................8 Second day of the meeting...........................................................................................................13 Third day.........................................................................................................................................22 Results of the meeting..................................................................................................................26 Media references............................................................................................................................28 Annex 1: Program of the meeting..............................................................................................29 Annex 2: List of the meeting participants................................................................................37 Annex 3: Regional Coordinators Committee resolutions....................................................41 Annex 4: Agreement on cooperation between the Northern Forum and Ethno- sport Federation of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug...........69 ABOUT REGIONAL COORDINATORS COMMITTEE MEETING 4 • ABOUT RCC MEETING The regular Regional Coordinators Committee meeting was held in Khanty-Mansiysk from June 29 to June 30, 2017. The meeting was organized by the Northern Forum Secretariat and Krasnoyarsk Krai jointly with the Office of External Relations of Department of Public and External Relations of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra. The meeting was combined with Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra Governor's Cup International Oblas Rowing Competitions within the framework of traditional Vit Khon Hatl festival in Nefteyugansky district, which took place on July 1, 2017. The two main items on meeting’s agenda were the strategy and project activities of the Northern Forum. For strategy discussions, Innovation Camp group work under Lapland moderation was car- ried out. While, project activities were considered at the Roundta- ble of the Northern Forum Working groups Chairs and the North- ern Forum project participants. 8 regional coordinators from Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Akureyri, Lap- land, Kamchatka Krai, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Nenets Autonomous Okrug were represented at the meeting. Moreover, a potential NF member region - Arkhangelsk Oblast – took part. In addition to the regional coordinators, representatives of the North- ern Forum member regions, experts, participants in the project activities of the organization, chairs and the Northern Forum Working group members (see Annex 2 for the full list of partici- pants) attended the meeting. ABOUT RCC MEETING • 5 THE NORTHERN FORUM REGIONAL COORDINATORS COMMITTEE (RCC) is a collegial executive body composed of regional representatives, who are appointed by each member of the Board of Governors from their home regions. The Committee is chaired by the Regional Coordinator from the presiding region. To date, the composition of the Regional Coordinators Committee is as follows. YURIY ZAKHARINSKIY RCC Chair, Vice-Chairman of the Government of Krasnoyarsk Krai KATRÍN BJÖRG VLADIMIR EDUARD RÍKARÐSDÓTTIR VASILIEV ISAKOV Assistant to the Mayor of Akureyri Head of Department Member of the Federation Council for External Relations of of Russian Federal Assembly, Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Representative of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra Executive Authority 6 • RCC COMPOSITION CRAIG DMITRIY KRISTIINA FLEENER KOROSTELYOV JOKELAINEN Arctic Policy Advisor of Minister of Economic Development Manager, the Governor of Alaska and Trade of Kamchatka Krai International Cooperation, Regional Council of Lapland EVGENIY NATALIA IRINA VISHNYAKOV SLUGINA PENIEVSKAYA Vice-Governor of Head of Agency Minister of Economic Primorsky Krai of International Relations of Development, Investment Policy Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Innovations of Magadan Oblast ALEKSANDR PAVEL KANG MAZHAROV RAKHMILEVICH HEESUNG Vice-Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Head of Department Director of Japan, Europe and Autonomous Okrug, of Interaction with Local America Division, Director of Department Government Authorities and Global Investment & Trade Bureau of International and External Relations of of Gangwon Province External Economic Relations Nenets Autonomous Okrug RCC COMPOSITION • 7 FIRST DAY OF THE MEETING JUNE 29, 2017 (THURSDAY) The first day of the Regional Coordina- Okrug tors Committee meeting was opened • Yuriy Zakharinskiy, Chair of Region- by the Chair of Regional Coordinators al Coordinators Committee, Vice-Chair- Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Govern- man of the Government of Krasnoyarsk Krai ment of Krasnoyarsk Krai Yuriy Zakharins- • Mika Riipi, County Governor of kiy. Lapland • Dmitriy Korostelyov, Minister of Participants of the meeting were welcomed Economic Development and Trade of by: Kamchatka Krai • Aleksey Shipilov, First Vice • Katrín Björg Ríkarðsdóttir, Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Assistant to the Mayor of Akureyri 8 • FIRST DAY • Lev Levit, Representative of the Okrug Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast for • Sargylana Ignatieva, Rector, Arctic Development Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts of • Diana Stepanova, First Deputy Head, Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Department for External Relations of Sakha • Craig Fleener, Arctic Policy Advisor Republic (Yakutia) of the Governor of Alaska (remotely) • Evgeniy Trukhin, Advisor to the • Eduard Isakov, Member of the Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Federation Council of Russian Federal on International Relations, Border and Mi- Assembly, Representative of Khanty- gration Issues Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra • Yuliya Seleznyova, Assistant to the Executive Authority Deputy Governor of Nenets Autonomous Information on the activities of the Northern Forum Up-to-date information on activi- During the reporting period, the ties of the organization and events that Northern Forum took part in following took place after the Northern Forum events: Governors' Meeting in Arkhangelsk • Universe of the Polar Bear within the Arctic International Fo- Conference, April 28, Egvekinot, rum “Arctic: Territory of Dialogue” on Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia March 30, 2017, was presented by the • Week of the Arctic, May 8-14, Executive Director of the Northern Forum Fairbanks, USA Mikhail Pogodaev. Following the results • 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Arc- of the meeting in Arkhangelsk, numerous tic Council, May 11, Fairbanks, USA recommendations were received from the • Arctic Mayors Roundtable, May 11, heads of regions, and ideas on Northern Fo- Fairbanks, USA rum’s further development and work direc- • North by North program events, tions were expressed. Initiatives and project May 12-14, Anchorage, USA proposals voiced in Arkhangelsk by gover- • International Congress of nors will be considered during the General Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS), June 8-12, Assembly of the Northern Forum in Kras- Umeå, Sweden noyarsk in November 2017. Mikhail Pogodaev stressed that in the Also, during the reporting period, project near future expansion of the Northern Fo- activities were actively implemented, in par- rum membership is possible, given that ticular: two regions - Arkhangelsk Oblast and • Youth Ecological Forum “Arctic is Khabarovsk Krai are considering joining our home” was held in Salekhard, Russia on the Northern Forum. In addition, two April 13-16 applications for a business partnership • The Northern Forum were received from the Arctic Portal participated in the book publication entitled (Iceland) and UIC Arctic Business “EALLU: Indigenous Youth, Arctic Change Relations LLC from Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat & Food Culture” Corporation (USA). • In June, International FIRST DAY • 9 Environmental Action “To Save and • Together with the Arctic Portal and Preserve” was held in Khanty-Mansiysk Au- in cooperation with the Arctic Economic tonomous Okrug Council, the Arctic Business Directory is • Contacts made with being created Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (Alaska) • Together with the Arctic Portal, to implement reindeer herding Northern Forum website modernization reintroduction project in Barrow, Alaska, work is ongoing. USA The Northern Forum Strategy Innovation Camp After the Northern Forum Executive Before the discussion of the strategy, Director’s presentation, the North- presentations were made by experts - ern Forum strategy was discussed un- Professor of the University of Lapland der the moderation of the Manager for Lassi Heininen and Director of the Arc- International Cooperation of the tic Portal Halldór Jóhannsson, as well as Regional Council of Lapland Kristii- the County Governor of Lapland Mika na Jokelainen and the Chair of the Re- Riipi and the Executive Director of the gional Coordinators Committee Yuriy Northern Forum Mikhail Pogodaev.