60 delegates gather for Barents Indigenous Peoples Congress
60 indigenous delegates from the Barents Euro-Arctic Region will meet in Kirkenes on Ferbuary 4th, to discuss proper representation of indigenous peoples in the formal Barents cooperation.
60 indigenous delegates from the Barents Euro-Arctic Region will meet in Kirkenes on February 4th, to discuss proper representation of indigenous peoples in the formal Barents cooperation.
The Working Group of Indigenous Peoples is the current body, in which the Nenets, the Saami and the Vepsians are represented, and the WGIP has a consultative status to both the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and the Barents Regional Council.
Read more about the Barents cooperation and its structure at www.beac.st
Program Barents Indigenous Peoples Congress 2010
Chair: Ms Janne Hansen (Gáldu) and Lars Miguel Utsi/Anna Lund (International Barents Secretariat)
0830 Opening
Ms Linda Beate Randal, Mayor of the Municipality of Sør-Varanger
Mr Erik Lahnstein, State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
0840 Opening speech
Mr Egil Olli, President of the Saami Parliament in Norway
0900 Greetings from guests
0930 Transnational Saami cooperation – the heritage from Elsa Laula Renberg
Ms Anne Wuolab
1000 Coffee break
1020 Indigenous peoples in the BEAC structure
Head of WGIP, Mr Bjarne Store-Jakobsen
Head of the IBS, Aleksandr Ignatiev
1050 Experiences from RAIPON’s work as Permanent Participant to the Arctic Council
Mr Dmitry Berezhkov
1130 Experiences from the Saami Council’s work as Permanent Participant to the Arctic Council
Ms Gunn-Britt Retter
1200 Juridical aspects with formal representation
Mr Mattias Åhrén
1230 Lunch – transfer to Rica Hotel Kirkenes
1340 Plenary discussion and decision on statement
15.55 Closing
LOCATION: Aurora kino, downtown Kirkenes
