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The Norwegian Barents Secretariat

Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway • 21 Employees
Government Administration

The Norwegian Barents Secretariat aims at developing Norwegian-Russian relations in the north by promoting and funding Norwegian-Russian cooperation projects. The Secretariat is also a center of competence on Norwegian-Russian relations.The work of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat could summarized as follows: *Project financing- On behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs we fund bilateral Norwegian-Russian cooperation projects.- Every year the secretariat contributes to the financing of between 200 and 300 border-crossing projects, within a wide range of topics. - The main object of the project support is to strengthen the people-to-people cooperation between Norway and Russia in the north. *Resource centre- The Secretariat acts as a resource centre on developing Norwegian-Russian cooperation projects. - We do information work within the Barents Region on the Barents cooperation and the project funding through presentations, our website barents.no and as consultants for people or organizations who are developing new project initiatives. - The main goal of the information work is to visualize the regional activity and increase the international support for the cooperation.- Work as a resource centre for the councils, committees and working groups of the Barents Cooperation together with the International Barents SecretariatLearn more at: http://barents.no/