{"id":2307,"date":"2024-10-16T00:20:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2024-10-15T00:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:23:59","slug":"the-future-of-arctic-parliamentarian-cooperation-challenges-and-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/the-future-of-arctic-parliamentarian-cooperation-challenges-and-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Arctic Parliamentarian Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How can we ensure continued strong parliamentary cooperation in the Arctic region during these challenging times and promote active democratic dialogue between elected representatives in the region? The Nordic Council invites to this breakout session at the Artic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik in cooperation with The West Nordic Council and The Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gwenael-Akira-Helmsdal-Carre-8.jpg\" alt=\"Doris J. Jensen at the Nordic Council Theme Session in Torshavn 2024. Photographer Gwenael Akira Helmsdal Carre\/norden.org\" class=\"wp-image-2308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gwenael-Akira-Helmsdal-Carre-8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gwenael-Akira-Helmsdal-Carre-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gwenael-Akira-Helmsdal-Carre-8-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Doris J. Jensen at the Nordic Council Theme Session in Torshavn 2024.\nPhotographer\nGwenael Akira Helmsdal Carre\/norden.org\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19.10.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01:15 PM &#8211; 02:10 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Location<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arctic Circle Assembly<br>Harpa, Nor\u00f0urlj\u00f3s, Second Level<br>Reykjavik<br>Iceland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcticcircle.org\/assemblies\/2024-arctic-circle-assembly\">Arctic Circle Assembly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parliamentary cooperation in the Arctic is at crossroads. Russia&#8217;s all-out invasion of Ukraine has caused Russia to be excluded from international cooperation in the Arctic. The parliamentary cooperation in SCPAR has had to be redefined due to the new situation, the cooperation in the Barents region as well, not to mention the Nordic cooperation where the Nordic Council has actively been working on mapping the fundamental needs for updates on the Nordic cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the challenges in the Arctic region are as great as ever: the climate crisis in an imminent and ongoing threat in the region, geopolitically the Arctic is ever less longer a low-tension area, and the focus of attention is increasingly on the Arctic region due to undiscovered natural resources and the opening of new shipping routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilborg \u00c1sa Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, PhD Candidate, International Affairs at University of Iceland<br>Brynd\u00eds Haraldsd\u00f3ttir, President of the Nordic Council<br>Aaja Chemnitz, Chair of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region<br>Steinunn Th\u00f3ra \u00c1rnad\u00f3ttir, Vice Chair of the West Nordic Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderator: Sigurdur Olafsson, Senior Advisor, The Nordic Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can we ensure continued strong parliamentary cooperation in the Arctic region during these challenging times and promote active democratic dialogue between elected representatives in the region?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cooperation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2309,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions\/2309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}