This year marks the twenty years since the establishment of the Arctic Council. Over this time, the Council has developed into the most important arena for intergovernmental cooperation in the Arctic and plays a key role in generating knowledge about the situation in the North. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Arctic Council, UiT in cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will organise a series of mini-seminars that are devised to provide a platform for discussing Norwegian performance with the involvement of government officials, researchers, students and all interested parties.
Norway is a leading Arctic Council member state, but its actual activity and daily work is little known to the wider public. Two of crucial Arctic Council organs are situated in Norway: the Arctic Council Secretariat in Tromsø and Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Secretariat in Oslo. This seminar series aims, therefore, not only to reflect on the Arctic Council’s present and future functioning, but will focus on the Norwegian involvement in the Council’s activities.
Second seminar
Finding role(s) for the Arctic Council in regional cooperation: a process underway?
When: 1 November 2016 at 11:00
Where: Auditorium E-101 (The Norwegian College of Fishery Science)
Language: English
Speakers:
Oran Young
Professor Emeritus, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Constructing a New Arctic Narrative: The Role of the Arctic Council
Olav Schram Stokke
Professor, University of Oslo/Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway
Existing and Future Niches for the Arctic Council
Tommy Flakk
Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
The Role of Norway in Shaping the Future of the Arctic Council
Magnus Johannesson
Director, Arctic Council Secretariat
The Arctic Council: Adapting to future challenges in the Arctic
Moderator:
Gunhild Hoogensen-Gjørv
Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway