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The Norwegian Barents Secretariat Laila Dalhaug
June 26th 2008
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• Parts of the presentation
• The Barents cooperation in brief including
  structures
• The Youth cooperation in brief including
  structures
• The work of The regional working group on Youth
  issues
• Short sum up and conclusion

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• The Barents Cooperation
• Soft Security
• Regional foreign policy
• People-to-people cooperation

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• The Norwegian Barents Secretariat
• Project grants
• Cross-border competance
• Information
• BarentsObserver.com

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• The Barents Region
• 13 regions
• 5,5 million people

Finnmark
Troms
Vadsø
Tromsø
Kirkenes
Nordland
Murmansk
Nenets
Bodø
Lapland
Naryan-Mar
Norrbotten
Murmansk
Rovaniemi
Luleå
Västerbotten
Oulu
Umeå
Oulu
Kainuu
Kajaani
Arkhangelsk
Karelen
Komi
Arkhangelsk
Syktyvkar
Petrozavodsk
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The Barents Regional Youth ProgrammeMultilateral
youth cooperation in The Barents Region2007-2010
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Organisation chart
The Barents Secretariat
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• Members
• Regional administrative units responsible for
  youth issues in
• Norway Troms County
• Finland Kainuu County
• Sweden Västerbottens Län
• Russia Murmansk Oblast,
• Arkhangelsk Oblast
• Indigenous representative
• BYCO

• Mandate
• Expert group
• Facilitate youth cooperation
• Support the youth programme

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• Working area
• 2 meetings per year
• Support BRYC
• Cooperation with WGYP
• Joint initiatives
• Information
• Youth policy and
• youth programmes

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RWGYI One piece in the Barents Youth
Cooperation- Puzzle
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• www.barentsyouth.org