The Northern Forum, an international organization of the northern regions, will launch a pilot online educational program about the Arctic starting next academic year, said Vladimir Vasiliev, head of the organization.
"Even the inhabitants of the North themselves do not know much about the Arctic, not to mention the southern countries and regions. We plan to create an international network of partner schools of the Northern Forum. On this basis, we will launch a program of additional education in an online format. Lectures will be given by leading northern scientists from the Arctic countries," he explained.
The Northern Forum unites the governors of the northern regions and is considered a tool for expanding non-political dialogue between the governors of the northern regions of different countries, heads of municipalities and other organizations.
The Northern Forum includes a number of regions of the Russian Federation, the state of Alaska (USA), Gangwon Province (Republic of Korea), as well as nine business partners from Russia, Iceland, Norway, the USA, and Japan.
Since 2013, the secretariat of the Northern Forum has been located in Yakutsk, tass.ru reports.
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