Strategies & actions for macro-regions BSR INTERREG III B

Environmental sector program, WP4

Roar Høgsæt, Head of office, County Governor of Nordland

Strategies & actions for macro-regions BSR INTERREG III B

Provide basic environmental knowledge on a superior level

• Distribute environmental knowledge gained through WP4, Barents 2010

• Contribute to new mapping where the existing knowledge is lacking

• Contribute to distribution of new environmental knowledge• Maintenance and development of environmental networks

between institutions, authorities e.g. built up in Barents 2010 based on RWGE

• Follow up actions which are prioritized in the WP4 report

Strategies & actions for macro-regions BSR INTERREG III B

Participation in other sector programs

• Advisory service to other sectors• Information regarding where environmental expertice can be

found• Evaluation of other sectors projects and actions to the

Barents Regional Committee

Strategies & actions for macro-regions BSR INTERREG III B

Local environmental actions

• RWGE should take initiative to local environmental actions like drinking water projects, LA 21 etc.

• Local environmental knowledge should be built up• Successful actions can spread to new areas when needed

Strategies & actions for macro-regions BSR INTERREG III B

Regional Working Group on Environment (RWGE)

• Has functioned since the start of the Barents cooperation• Should be responsible for the environmental sector program