Monitoring Committee
The Monitoring Committee (MC) is in charge of supervising the programme. Its overall task is to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the programme's implementation. The MC is also responsible for the assessment and selection of project applications.
Each programme partner country is represented on the committee and decisions are made by consensus. The committee also includes the following permanent observers: representatives from Russia, the Nordic Atlantic Cooperation (NORA), and the Arctic Council's Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat. In addition, the European Commission is an observer in an advisory capacity.
Members are listed below.
Ms Margretha Jacobsen Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Ms Helinä Yli-Knuutila Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment | Deputy: Ms Tuulia Väliheikki Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment |
Ms Satu Vehreävesa The Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo | Deputy: Mr Heikki Ojala Council of Oulu Region |
Ms Anita Smed Minister of Business and Trade |
Ms Hólmfríður Sveinsdóttir Ministry of Transport and Local Government |
Ms Sigridur Elin Thordardottir The Icelandic Regional Development Institute - Byggðastofnun |
Mr Mike McGrath Substitute: Ms Cathy Geagan Department of Public Expenditure and Reform |
Mr David Minton Northern and Western Regional Assembly |
Mr Dominic McCullough Department of Finance |
Ms Lisbeth Nylund Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation |
Mr Stig Olsen Nordland County Council |
Mr Jim Millard Scottish Government, Directorate for Economic Development | |
Ms Mary Louise Howat Argyll and Bute Council |
Ms Isabella Palomba Rydén Ministry of Enterprise | |
Ms Karin Malmfjord Municipality of Storuman | Substitute: Mr Jarl Folkesson Municipality of Storuman |
Deputy: Mr Jahangir Kaisar Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth - Tillväxtverket |
Mr Petri Koistinen European Commission, DG Regional and Urban Policy |
Mr Igor Kapyrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation |
Mr Asmundur Gudjonsson Nordic Atlantic Cooperation - NORA |
Ms Anna Degteva Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat |