


BARENTS ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2010
- € 5 000 award for successful entrepreneurship within tourism and creative business in the Barents Region
- Expanded Barents Reunion convention in June 2010
Download and watch the press conference held on Friday, February 26 from here >>
The Barents Reunion governing board invites all media and anybody who is interested in the Barents Region and Barents Reunion.
The participants are:
- Raimo Ronkanen mayor of Tornio
- Sven-Erik Bucht, mayor of Haparanda
- Christina Lugnet, Director of the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
- Susanne Wallin, Ikea Haparanda/Tornio
Local media are invited to Sverigefinska folkhögskolan in Haparanda at 10.00 CET (11.00 Finnish time, 12.00 Moscow time).
Other media can follow the press conference online at Barents Reunion website.
Media not present at the press conference can ask questions either by mail or using this website.
The press conference will be held in Swedish and Finnish.
Questions can be asked and will be answered in Swedish, Finnish or Russian.
Telephone interviews directly after the press conference (est. 11.00 CET):
Sven-Erik Bucht, mayor of Haparanda: + 46 705 619 252 (Swedish)
Raimo Ronkanen, mayor of Tornio: +358 405 582 202 (Finnish)
Malcolm Dixelius, Barents Reunion board: +46 704 222 650 (Russian).
Welcome to attend the second convention organized by the organization Barents Reunion, on the 25-26th of June, 2009 in Haparanda-Tornio.
This year's theme for the Convention is energy and environment, and it focuses on energy and environmental issues specifically affecting the Barents region. The program includes lectures and presentations by the leading experts in this field, representatives of industry and the five nations, as well as Ingvar Kamprad, and Mats Paulsson, PEAB. The Convention shall continue the discussion and the work started at the first Convention, and shall contribute to increased vitality and confidence among the people of the Barents Region. We invite the media to participate during the entire convention in Haparanda 25-26th of June or in individual parts of the program (Program attached). In parallel with the Convention, there will be various cultural activities in Haparanda-Tornio, such as Jazz and Blues Festivals, Athletics and orienteering competitions for children and young people, sponsored by the Barents Reunion.
Time: 25-26th of June 2009, 13:00- 17:00 and 08:30-13:00
Location: Haparanda, Swedish-Finnish Folk High School and Stadshotellet
Notification Apply not later than June, 24th
to Ivana Hrdlickova on ivana.hrdlickova @ memo.ikea.com
Tel: +46 (0) 733 47 11 52
Background
In connection with the opening of IKEA in Haparanda-Tornio Ingvar Kamprad donated 1 million Swedish Kronas per year during 2007-2016 to the annual event, Barents Reunion. More sponsors have joined the project; IKEA and PEAB are the main sponsors in 2009. The aim is to promote cooperation between the peoples of the Barents region. Conventions have different themes, with particular focus on entrepreneurship, education, labor, energy and environment, as well as culture and sport.
Current information about the Convention is available at www.barentsreunion.com