International projects.

Project "Analysis of socium reflections in mass media"

On agreement with Svanhovd Environmental Centre.

Coordinator from Russian side: Cand, phys.-math. sci R.A. Kravchenko-Berezhnoy

Project substance: According to the Agreement resumed annually since 1995, detailed abstracts in English are compiled of publications in the Russian press on broad range of subjects: Ecology, economics, political events, health care, education, events of cultural and social life. Reviews of publications - digests, enclosing territory of the Russian part of Barents Region, are forwarded weekly via email to the Svanhovd environmental centre; here from, they are extended in a range of countries, to numerous addresses according to requests. The digest, as a rule of 50-85 KB volume, contains 6 and more pages of 14size text. In 2004, about 600 publications were reviewed and inserted in digests. Addressees of the digest have a chance to get acquainted practically in realtime mode with analytical releases and publications concerning the Russian part of Barents Region.

"Barents Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety"

Jointly with Finnish national institute of occupational hygiene (Helsinki)

Coordinator from Russian side Cand. geol.-miner. sci A.N. Vinogradov

Since 1998, the International Centre of science, culture and education (ICSCE of Kola Sc. centre RAS) provided for publication and distribution in the Barents Region of bilingual magazine "Barents Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety" (easy access to all issues via Internet WEB-site http:\\ www.ttl.fi\Barents+Newsletter). Permanent members of editorial board from Murmansk oblast are Academician of RANS A.N.Vinogradov and Corresponding member of RANS V.A. Masloboyev. ICSCE (now Barents Centre of the Humanities - BCH) is responsible for preparation of authentic texts of the articles in Russian and English, for customs legalization of the edition, which comes from Finland, and for distribution of the edition - in cooperation with Labour department of Murmansk oblast - among libraries of the oblast and protection of labour services of the region's largest enterprises. In 2004, three thematic issues of the magazine were published. They were dedicated to problems of risks' prognostication and impact levels of harmful factors upon labour health (N 1\2004, Exposure assessment), forming of favourable psychological environment in labour collectives (N 2\2004, Psychological work environment), and ensuring of chemical safety (N 3\2004, Chemical safety) under Euro-Arctic Region conditions.

Neighbour in the North

In the framework of Russian-Norwegian program on cooperation.

Chargeable executor, BCH: E. Ya. Patsia.

BCH continues its participation in the International Russian-Norwegian cooperation program "Neighbour in the North". In 2004, within the limits of the Program seminars were carried out at the Boundary museum (Svanhovd, Norway) dedicated to: 1.Great Patriotic war, 2. Problems of up-to-date folk arts demonstration in a museum exposition, 3. New technologies in exposition practice. E. Ya. Patsia and O. V. Shabalina were participating in the seminars.

"Barents Environmental Platform"

Within the EU "INTERREG III Kolarctic" program, jointly with Lulea Technological University (Sweden), Rovaniemi Politechnical institute and Oulu University (Finland), Arkhangelsk Technical university, and Kola Sci Centre RAS

Coordinator from Russian side Cand. geol.-miner. sci A.N. Vinogradov

Financial support from the Program fund was assigned only for covering the executors' travelling expenses and reimbursement of ICSCE costs for carrying out the International seminar at Apatity on problems of combating of oil spills in the northern seas and of oil polluted industrial sewage treatment. ICSCE had organized a familiarization excursion on Kola Fjord for an international group of experts in combating of oil pollution; this contributed to elaboration of rational suggestions on making use of Scandinavian experience in forming a program of top-priority measures on improving the water body cleaning system and upgrading the ecological security. It concerns the rapidly developing sector of oil products transportation via ports of Murmansk oblast. A digest of the International seminar reports' theses was prepared and published. The presentation of its recommendations in the Internet was ensured on the BEP program site supported by Lulea University.

Project: "Application of interactive integrated estimate and strategy modelling of sustainable development for divides in the Arctic (by the example of Imandra Lake basin)".

On the Agreement with Sociology and anthropology department of Elizabethtown College (the USA).

Coordinator from the Russian side Cand. hist. sci N. N. Gutsol

Description of the Project, and Purposes

The Project is directed towards the study of interconnections between human activity and the environment changes in the Imandra Lake basin and, in particular, of long-term steady living strategy experience of the indigenous population. Two local groups of Russian Sami, who inhabit the Imandra Lake basin, are the objects of investigation. A significant part of work on the project is already made, including archives investigations, study of literature, observation, and interviewing. For 2005, the interviewing of the most aged representatives of Sami communities is planned. For supporting of the expected results, the mapping of the traditional Sami territories will be accomplished, some artefacts and maps will be digitized. Main results will be presented in a range of publications in Russian and English.