Barents Education Network is launching a tender for carrying out a feasibility study "Prospects of the Barents Education Network in Formation of the Barents Region Higher Education Area". It is aimed to assist a comprehensive needs assessment for continuous network existence and potential of enlarged network that concerns hig...



The International Cooperation in Higher Education - the High North dimension conference, organized jointly by Bodø University College and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU), will take place in Bodø on February 13-14 2007.


The European Union Erasmus Mundus-funded GoNorth! project met for a planning meeting at Roskilde University in Roskilde, Denmark, on 15-17 November 2006. The meeting was hosted by Professor Rasmus Ole Rasmussen and chaired by Astrid Revhaug, the project leader for the GoNorth! project as well as the Programme Chair for UArct...

The International Polar Year (IPY) Education, Outreach, and Communication (EOC) sub-committee held its first meeting in Bremerhaven, Germany, on October 19-21, 2006.




Ten years after its establishment, the Arctic Council continues to grow. Over the years, it has become a major tool for cooperation between the eight Arctic States, allowing them to tackle the common challenges they are faced with today.




On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Arctic Council and the fifth Arctic Council Ministerial meeting, the Ministers representing the eight Arctic states, convening in Salekhard, Russia, signed the Salekhard Declaration on the 26th of October, 2006.