Barents dictionary on terms, acronyms and abbreviations
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| BEAC | Barents Euro-Arctic Council - is the forum for intergovernmental co-operation on issues concerning the Barents Region. The BEAC meets at Foreign Ministers level in the country of the Chair at the end of term of office. The Chair rotates every second year in the autumn, between Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. www.beac.st |
| BEAC working groups and task forces have been established to deepen co-operation on issues relevant to the Barents Region. | |
| The Regional Council unites 13 member counties and a representative of the indigenous peoples in the northernmost parts of Finland, Norway and Sweden and north-west Russia. | |
| The Regional Committee consists of civil servants from the member counties together with a representative of the indigenous peoples. The Committee has overall responsibility for work between meetings of the Regional Council. | |
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Regional Working Groups - in order to deepen the co-operation within certain areas the Regional Council has established working groups, consisting of appointed experts from the member counties. |
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| The Barents Programme - is the framework for co-operation. It identifies the priority areas of work. | |
| Committee of Senior Officials of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council consists of civil servants representing the governments of the six member countries and the European Commission. | |
| Organization chart of the Barents co-operation | |
| AC | Arctic Council |
| AMAP | Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
| Barents 2010 | The project Barents 2010 aims at making long term strategies for the Barents co-operation within industry, environment, higher education and communication |
| BIPO |