According to the Project Office for Arctic Development (POAD), the Russian-Asian consortium for Arctic research led by the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU), the Government of Yakutia and the Northern Sustainable Development Forum, was replenished with ten more members, including Ocean University of China, Yugra University, Taimyr College, National Research Tomsk State University, Murmansk State Technical University, St. Petersburg Committee for Arctic Affairs, North-Eastern State University, Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Petrozavodsk State University, Nenets Agrarian and Economic College, Association for the Development of the Export Potential of the Russian Education System, Russian State Hydrometeorological University and Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography.
“The consortium stated goal is to implement joint projects to study topical issues of the North and Arctic sustainable development, to develop joint interdisciplinary courses and programs in order to develop cooperation in the Arctic-Asia region. Specific goals and the forthcoming work of the consortium are to be determined during the IV Northern Forum on Sustainable Development, which will be held on September 27-30 this year in Yakutsk,” the POAD report said.
