Barents Indigenous Peoples' Office
The Barents Indigenous Peoples' Office is located in Lovozero, Murmansk Oblast, and it is an information centre and a service institution for indigenous peoples in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region, both organisations, institutions and induviduals.
BIPO's mandate is to spread information about the situation of the indigenous peoples of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region, as well as to be of assistance in the cooperation between the Nenets, the Veps and the Saami within the region. BIPO is also a secretariat for the Working Group of Indigenous Peoples (WGIP).
BIPO is funded by the Saami Parliament in Norway, and it is administrated by the Norwegian Barents Secretariat. The office is led by Mr Evgeny Yushkov, and Ms Valentina Sovkina is the second staff member.
BIPO can be contacted for information and assistance, in Russian, North Saami, English and Norwegian!
Barents Indigenous Peoples' Office (BIPO), Pionerskaya 13, 184592 LOVOZERO
Tel.: +7 81538 40023
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