News from Arctic Consensus

Digital conversion in the Nordic Arctic Rehabilitation project
Arctic Consensus is project manager for the three-year project, Nordic Arctic Rehabilitation, which has received funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a need for a digital conversion of the activities in the second year of the project.

The project sees Nordic Arctic participation through the municipalities of Tórshavn, Sermersooq and Aalborg. There has been a heavy focus on developing competencies and physical employee exchanges. Both among the municipalities, but also across professionals working with rehabilitation. Due to COVID-19, the physical employee exchanges had to be converted into digital exchanges in the shape of online workshops.

It has proven to be essential to have a rather fixed structure in the digital solution. The structure ensures that the participants understand and feel safe in the format. Furthermore, this also ensures the best possible outcome and that participants understand the workflow in the workshop.

Even though few elements may be lost in not having physical exchanges, the digital conversion has exceeded the expectations of the project management team, the steering committee, and the participants.

Pilluarit Elisabeth
Finishing with a grade 10, a silver medal, HORESTA’s master knife, and a 3rd place in a competition for best film. All this is just part of the story of Elisabeth Petersen, who on 23 April completed the apprenticeship exam for the gastronomy education in TECHCOLLEGE in Aalborg. Arctic Consensus has had the pleasure of meeting Elisabeth and hearing about her education.

You can read the whole story here

Faroese perspectives on the EU Arctic Policy update
The preliminary results from the public consultation show that there was broad participation from the government, science institutions, and EU citizens – Arctic and non-Arctic. In her participation in Arctic Consensus’ dialogue meeting on February 23rd, Elin Mortensen, the Head of Mission at the Mission of the Faroe Islands to the EU, gave an insight into the Faroese perspectives, that included a focus on how the EU can contribute by promoting Arctic potential through strong partnerships and bilateral relations with Arctic states and actors.

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Welcome Signe and Marie!
We are happy to welcome our two new interns, Marie Louise Hahne and Signe Lyngholm Lindbjerg,

Marie has worked at Destination NORD, and has a great deal of experience in tourism, digital marketing, and communication. Furthermore, she has worked in Greenland several times, which has strengthened her interest and knowledge on Greenlandic culture. Signe has experience from, among other places, Brussels, where she has worked with the EU’s funding programmes. She has a large interest in politics and discourse. She has written several articles on this topic, including articles focusing on Denmarks relations with Greenland and the US.

NEWSLETTER NO. 38 - MAY 2021