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87 developed successfully and are still viable, while others have gradually been scaled down or stopped. There is no list indicating which of the 13 projects that found buyers. A more long-term collaboration between the Russian and Norwegian partners would have made it easier to monitor the final results of the projects. The local Energy Efficiency Centres could for example have taken on this task. Another critical comment is the one-sided Norwegian input to the seminars and workshops. The lack of time is probably the main reason for this, but the programme would undoubtedly have benefited from more systematic input from the Russian side as well, as the Norwegians normally lack the intimate knowledge about the situation in Russia which is critical for a successful project implementation.

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Barents Co-operation in the field of sports

#Institutions involved and funding. The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympics Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF), its member associations and branches at local level, and the Murmansk Regional Committee of Sport are the partners of this project. Representatives from other Russian regions within the BEAR take part in competitions and conferences from time to time. The project co-operates with Kalottidrotten in Finland and Norrbottens Idrottsförbund. The project dates back to the 1990’s. It has been co-financed by the Barents Secretariat, NIF, the individual sports associations, and the three regions of Northern Norway. In the period covered by this evaluation the project has received 590,000 of which 160,000 from the Barents Secretariat (2002), 545,000/160,000 (2003), 550,000/160,000 (2004); 550,000/200,000 (2005), 665,000/230,000 (2006) (source: Annual Report 2006). Background. The sports co-operation has its roots in the North Calotte (Nordkalotten) co-operation established as early as 1950 (existing until 1997) and in the bilateral sports co-operation between Finnmark and Murmansk dating from 1959. In 1994 the Kalottcentralen in Finland, NIF/Kalottutvalget, Norrbottens Idrottsförbund and Murmansk Regional Sports Committee

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