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Fredric Larsson Programme Coordinator Nordic Council of Ministers

Fredric Larsson Programme Coordinator Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordic co-operation. Nordic co-operation is the responsibility of: The Nordic Council , which was founded 1952. A forum for Nordic inter-parliamentary co-operation.

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Fredric Larsson Programme Coordinator Nordic Council of Ministers

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  1. Fredric Larsson Programme Coordinator Nordic Council of Ministers

  2. Nordic co-operation Nordic co-operation is the responsibility of: The Nordic Council, which was founded 1952. A forum for Nordic inter-parliamentary co-operation. The Nordic Council of Ministers, which was founded in 1971. A forum for Nordic inter-governmental co-operation. Five Nordic countries and three autonomous territories participate in the partnership.

  3. Nordic co-operation Nordic Council of Ministers • 11 minister councils • 25 institutions • Rotating chairmanship (2009: Iceland) • Secretariat in Copenhagen (App. 100 staff)

  4. Nordic Budget Nordic Council of Ministers • The NCM budget is financed by the five Nordic countries. • Each country's contribution is determined by a distribution plan which indicates that country's share of the collective gross national product. • The NCM budget is 913 MDKK (123 M EURO) in 2009

  5. Neighbourhood co-operation

  6. Budget Neighbourhood co-operation

  7. Neighbourhood co-operation Programme for Knowledge building and network in Northwest Russia Main priorities: • Public Administration (civil servants) • Education & Research (teachers, researchers) • Private sector (SME-representatives, civil servants) • Civil society (NGO- representatives, artists, journalists, parliamentarians, young politicians)

  8. Examples of activities – Knowledge Building and Network • Social and health – Protocol of Intent with St Petersburg City, 2007 • Combat of trafficking in human beings • Anti-corruption seminar • Energy cooperation • Education – preparatory calls • Intellectual Property Rights • Journalist and media cooperation • Cultural managers in the Barents region • Parliamentarian cooperation • NGO network cooperation

  9. NGO Programme • The NGO Programme was initiated in 2006. • The programme is designed to boost civic society and cross-border co-operation in the countries around the Baltic Sea. • Since 2006 33 project (11 MDKK) has been financed by the programme. • The programme defines NGOs as ’non-profit civic organisations that are neither owned nor controlled by public authorities, nor by private companies, and which have an open, democratic structure’. • The NGO Programme for the Baltic Sea Region is based on tripartite co-operation with at least one partner from the Nordic countries, one partner from the Baltic States or Poland, and at least one partner from North-West Russia or Belarus. • A number of selection criteria's exist

  10. Criterias: The eligibility criterias to be fulfilled by all applicants: • The objectives correspond to those stipulated in NCM guidelines for cooperation with NW Russia and the Baltic countries • The project take cognisance of the gender and quality perspective. • Not normal running costs • Innovative and new actions • Submission of letter of commitments (cooperation part.) • No infrastructure projects • Relevance for the civil society in Russia and Belarus • Sustainability and usefulness after the projects completion   • Gender equality perspective

  11. Criterias: The eligibility criterias to be fulfilled by all applicants: • The application form and budget submitted in due time and completed in accordance with instructions. • The applicant and relevant partners are NGOs, defined as a non-profit, publicly anchored, civic organisations, that are neither owned nor controlled by public authorities, nor by private companies, and which have an open and democratic structure. • The duration of the project must be clearly indicated. • The proposal include at least one partner in the Nordic Region, one partner from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania or Poland and one partner from North-West Russia or Belarus. http://www.norden.org/russland/uk/stotte.asp?lang=6 http://www.norden.org/russland/sk/stotte.asp

  12. www.norden.org Nordic Council of Ministers Thank you

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