NORUSVA: Norwegian - Russian collaboration in Svalbard on freshwater ecology research - strengthening and planning workshop

The objective of the NORUSVA project is to continue, to develop and strengthen the recently established and existing cooperation on freshwater ecology research between the Norwegian and Russian researchers in Svalbard. In frames of this project a workshop in Moscow, Russia will be organized and conducted. Participants from Norwegian, Russian and other countries institutions will attend this event. During the workshop research facilities of Russian collaboration partners will be visited and participants will get acquitted with applied methods and protocols. It is important because collected scientific material from Svalbard is being processed in laboratories located in Moscow State University. We will also plan future fieldwork in Svalbard, dissemination measures, reporting as well as we will discuss open sharing of data and joint publications. The final topic for this meeting is to plan future collaboration both in Svalbard and high Artic in Russia. The outcomes will include a workshop report and a plan of action with specific and concrete coordination and network development activities.

In order to develop and strengthen the recently established cooperation on freshwater ecology research between the Norwegian and Russian researchers in Svalbard, there will be event - workshop organized. The workshop will take place in Moscow, Russia in April, 2015. Participants from Norwegian, Russian and other countries institutions will attend this event. Workshop will focus on improving recently established cooperation in arctic science in Svalbard within the framework of the existing FREMONEC project, same as on developing the research network and building platform for future collaboration in Svalbard and Arctic in general. All participants are represented by institutions with considerable scientific history and competence. The workshop will be implemented through presentations, discussions and agreements in order to represent state of knowledge and investigations done already. Furthermore, the workshop will provide a meeting place for the involved partners to present what kind of expertise and facilities they can provide, what direction their interests go when it comes to future collaboration, what possibilities there are for join applications to increase possibilities for funding. In addition we will visit the research facilities of Russian collaboration partners in order to discuss applied methods and protocols used. The outcomes will include a workshop report and a plan of action with specific and concrete coordination and network development activities.