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The VI International Arctic Forum The Arctic - Territory of Dialogue will be held on April 11-13 2022 in St. Petersburg. From May 20 2021 Russia took over as chairman of the Arctic Council. The main goal of the chairmanship is the development of the Arctic region based on a balance of economic environmental and social factors. That is why the motto of the Chairmanship is Responsible Governance for a Sustainable Arctic. The program of the chairmanship includes more than a hundred events in ten main areas including those on economics the environment the development of human capital and support for the indigenous peoples of the Arctic. The largest platform for the chairmanship will be the International Arctic Forum The Arctic - the Territory of Dialogue which is planned to invite 2.5 thousand guests from more than 50 countries of the world said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District The business program of the Forum is formed taking into account the priorities of the Russian chairmanship among them the socio-economic development of the region the population of the Arctic environmental protection and strengthening the Arctic Council as the main platform for multilateral cooperation in high latitudes. I am sure that a wide range of topics and formats of the business program will allow us to develop new areas of partnership with the Arctic countries in the field of sustainable development of the region said Anton Kobyakov Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee of the International Arctic Forum The Arctic Territory of Dialogue. The architecture of the business program includes six thematic blocks.As part of the track Economic Development the results of the two-year work of the preferential regime in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation AZRF will be summed up. Participants will discuss issues such as attracting funding for sustainable development projects in the Russian Arctic best practices for small and medium-sized businesses in the Arctic green energy prospects for the development of minerals and the development of the fishery complex. The Comfortable living conditions in the Arctic block includes such discussion topics as urban development in the region prospects for the Arctic Hectare program medical priorities in the Far North the Children of the Arctic educational project and the development of Arctic tourism.The participants of the track Development of logistics in the Arctic will consider the development of transport capabilities and infrastructure of the Northern Sea Route ensuring sustainable and safe navigation as well as the prospects for the development of polar aviation. It is also expected to hold an international workshop on shipbuilding and ship repair in the Arctic. The Environment and Climate in the Arctic track will focus on discussing the role of the Arctic in decarbonization new approaches and technologies for careful waste management as well as environmental social and corporate governance ESG in the Arctic. Among the main topics of the track Science and Education in the Arctic the development of advanced technologies and the digital transformation of the region the modernization of the energy sector in remote hard-to-reach areas new technologies for Arctic transport as well as international educational cooperation between the member countries of the Arctic Council.Living in the Arctic investing in the region building new enterprises here is always a challenge due to the climatic features of the North of our country. The development dynamics of this unique territory directly depends on the effectiveness of state support mechanisms modern technologies and social programs. The Russian Arctic is already the worlds largest economic zone a region where breakthrough technologies are applied unique scientific research is carried out social infrastructure construction projects and urban reconstruction are being implemented. At the Forum we will discuss the results of our work and new breakthrough solutions aimed at accelerating the development of the economy creating conditions for a comfortable life and work for people said Alexei Chekunkov Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic.As part of the International Cooperation in the Arctic block the following will take place a meeting of the Arctic Economic Council the I Franco-Russian Forum on Sustainable Development of the Arctic the III Summit of the Governors of the Northern Forum as well as country business dialogues with the participation of entrepreneurs from Russia and the Arctic states. The architecture of the Forum reflects many key issues on the agenda of the Arctic Council in which our country chairs in 2021-2023. We invite all our partners to discuss the principal areas of cooperation for the Arctic and its inhabitants including the indigenous population. We expect that the results of the Forum will make a significant contribution to the development and promotion of the international discussion on sustainable development in high latitudes said Nikolai Korchunov Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Chairman of the Committee of Senior Persons of the Arctic Council. The youth program of the Forum will include the Youth Arctic Forum which will be held in Arkhangelsk.A meeting of the State Commission for the Development of the Arctic is also scheduled within the framework of the Forum.
