Barents Regional Council

About the Regional Council

The Barents Regional Council unites (after the merger between Troms and Finnmark) 13 member counties and a representative of the indigenous peoples in the northernmost parts of Finland, Norway and Sweden and North-West Russia.

Barents Success Stories

Here are featured success stories of the cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region.

Members of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and the Barents Regional Council

Chair Region of the Barents Regional Council

The Barents Regional Committee

Terms of Reference of the Barents Regional Council Updated 2021

The Barents Program 2019-2023

Joint Statement of the BRC signed 25 October 2021

Nenets BRC Chairmanship Priorities 2021-2023 (16 MB)

Latest news

17.01.2023

A new face at the International Barents Secretariat

04.10.2022

New faces in the International Barents Secretariat

17.06.2022

New project by the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Natural Resources Center

06.04.2022

Prisoners of Ice – a Historical Comics

05.04.2022

Greetings from Finland's presidency of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council on Sámi National Day

04.04.2022

New face at the International Barents Secretariat

04.03.2022

Statements regarding Barents Euro-Arctic cooperation

11.11.2021

United Nations Voluntary Biodiversity Commitments in the Barents Region - Successes and Steps Forward

02.11.2021

Nenets Autonomous Okrug: overcoming distances

26.10.2021

Barents Financial Mechanism opens new possibilities for the Barents Cooperation

25.10.2021

Interview with the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs on the outgoing BEAC Chairmanship

24.10.2021