On 1 August, Tasso Stafilidis from Sweden will take over as director of the Nordic cultural institution NIPÅ in Mariehamn, Åland.

Governments in the Nordic Region should introduce common principles for Nordic producer responsibility regarding textiles. That’s the proposal of the Nordic Council Committee for a Sustainable Nordic Region. The committee unanimously approved the proposal at its meeting in Stockholm on Tuesday.

Two new members have joined the Freedom of Movement Council, which advocates freedom of movement in the Nordic Region. Bertel Haarder is newly elected from Denmark, and Fredrik Karlström is a new member from Åland. Both of them have extensive past experience of Nordic co-operation.

For eight years, the Nordic countries have co-operated on democracy, inclusion, and cohesion through a network of education policy experts, called the DIS network. The report “Democracy, inclusion, and cohesion” gives an account of Nordic co-operation and the countries’ ongoing efforts within our education systems to protect and promote democratic values.

The prize for 2024, worth DKK 300,000, shall be awarded to a person or entity in the Nordic Region who has made a special contribution to the development of a sustainable construction sector. From today through to 30 April, the public can nominate candidates for the prize.

Sustainable development in the Arctic and the people of the North top the agenda as researchers, policy makers and business leaders gather for the annual Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway, from 29 January to 1 February. Dialogue about the Arctic has never been more important.

The Nordic Council of Ministers will conduct a strategic review of efforts to address obstacles to freedom of movement, i.e. barriers that impede free movement in the Nordic Region. The aim with the analysis is to streamline efforts to tackle obstacles to freedom of movement.

At the start of the new year, Sweden began its presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, which is the official intergovernmental body for Nordic co-operation. A safer, greener, and freer Nordic Region is the basis of the presidency programme, which has a special focus on improving integration and mobility.