Lars Kullerud gave a report and welcomed continued cooperation, for example in the form of joint workshops between UArctic and the Standing Committee, for example around themes like tourism in the Arctic, health and wellbeing, adaptation to climate change and legal, governance and security implications. Lars Kullerud also pointed out that UArctic would welcome higher education and research being one of the thematic foci of the Conference of Arctic Parliamentarians in Brussels in 2010.
Lars Kullerud (Photo: Outi Snellman)
UArctic on the agenda for the Standing Committee of Arctic Parliamentarians in Helsinki on November 19, 2009
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
The Parliamentarians, Chaired by MP Hannes Manninen of Finland, had invited UArctic to give a status report of latest developments and suggest ways for future cooperation between Arctic Parliamentarians.