Talking Barents

04 February 2010, Kirkenes, Barents Spektakel 2010

New times for the Barents Cooperation
Regional cooperation is bound to encounter new challenges as new economic and political realities develop. How can the Barents Cooperation continue to be a successful platform for East-West cooperation? These issues will be discussed at the Transborder Cafe by the authors of the publication Barents Review.
This year’s edition of the Barents Review is entitled “Talking Barents. People, Borders and Regional Development”. The book is written by the staff of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat and has chapters about political challenges, security, project cooperation, energy and transport, cross-border travel, Russian regional developments and indigenous peoples.

The Barents Review is developed as a response to what the Barents Secretariat sees as a generally growing need for information about developments in the Barents Region. In the publication, the contributors present views and assessments of the situation in the Nordic-Russian High North. Being neither researchers, nor policy-makers, they present practically-orientated and experience-based analysis and reflections, as well as recommendations, for the international cooperation in the region.

Participants:
Rune Rafaelsen, Margrethe Alnes, Andrey Shalyov, Trude Pettersen, Oddgeir Danielsen.
Moderator: Atle Staalesen.

Solo on drums by Håkon Mjåset Johansen
The drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen is one of the most active Norwegian jazz musicians. He has won the Norwegian Grammy Award twice, and was awarded the prestigious title “NTNU Ambassador” for 2008-2009. Mjåset Johansen has played and recorded with outstanding jazz-musicians, such as Jan Garbarek Group, Chick Corea and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Come Shine, Urban Connection, Bugge Wesseltoft, Ola Kvernberg, etc. At present he is involved in about 12 jazz-bands, and tours Asia, South Africa and Europe.
www.myspace.com/hmjohansen