The Barents Regional Youth Council

The countries in the Barents region have many common challenges when it comes to youth issues and this invites to increased cooperation about these matters. During an international youth seminar in Murmansk October 2003, the participants strongly signalised that young people want to participate more actively in the Barents cooperation. They concluded that the best way to ensure this would be to establish a new youth structure in the Barents cooperation, a council consisting of young people from the whole region. 

The establishment meeting for the Barents regional Youth Council (BRYC) was held in Kirkenes during the festival Barents Spektakel 2004. The council consists of one youth representative from each county, oblast, republic and okrug in the region and one representative for indigenous youths.

The 14 members of the council will work towards a strengthening of the youth cooperation in the Barents region. The members are chosen by their county administration based on the following criteria: - He or she must have an age fitting the category ”Youth” (over 18 and under 30 years) and speak English, have knowledge about youth issues in their region and be interested in international cooperation. 

Members