Norway, Sweden, Finland issue joint expert report on Arctic cooperation
Xinhua, January 21, 2015 Adjust font size:
Norway, Sweden and Finland on Tuesday issued a joint expert report on enhancing cooperation between the three Scandinavian countries in their respective Arctic regions in the north.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb and Swedish Minister of Strategic Development and Nordic Cooperation Kristina Persson expressed their support to the proposals laid out in the report.
Four divers identified in the report for future cooperation include liquefied natural gas and renewables, greener mining solutions, increased tourism and ice and cold climate solutions.
The governments of the three countries are advised to work on removing border obstacles, coordinating construction regulations, creating and providing borderless services, harmonizing education and qualification standards, trying out innovative new solutions in and between national labor services agencies, exploring creative funding for transport and infrastructure projects and speaking in one voice on Arctic matters.
The expert group consisting of experts from Norway, Sweden and Finland was commissioned in April 2014 by the heads of government of the three Nordic countries.
The report was the first step in the long process of materializing what is envisioned for a sustainable and prosperous north in the three countries. Endit