Ecorys and GRID-Arendal, facilitators of the Arctic NGO Forum, are partnering in the "Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of development of the Arctic", another project supported by the European Commission's Directorate-General Environment.
This project is aimed at strengthening the communication and outreach within the EU, and between the EU and Arctic stakeholders regarding the contributions the EU is making to address the challenges created by a rapidly changing and developing Arctic. GRID-Arendal and Ecorys are two of nineteen network partners, consisting of Arctic research and communication centres and universities, headed by the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland.
For more information about this project, please visit the project's website.
Picture: Peter Prokosch, Managing Director of GRID-Arendal at the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of development of the Arctic's kick-off meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland © Markku Heikkilä