The European Commission Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges is now inviting proposals, under the Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials work programme for its H2020-SC5-2016-2017 Greening the Economy Call. The first deadline for this call is 8 March 2016.

European Research Council (ERC) has opened its call for Consolidator Grants 2016. The call will close on 2 February 2016.

46 authors from various countries took part in publication of a collective monograph «Ethno-cultural education in the Far-Eastern federal district of the Russian Federation». The book was presented within the XIII Congress of Teachers on September 7 in Yakutsk.

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges is now inviting proposals, under the secure, clean and efficient energy work programme, for its H2020-EE-2016-2017 Energy Efficiency Call, topic: Socio-economic research on consumer's behaviour related to energy efficiency. The closing date is 21 January 2016.

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges is now inviting proposals, under the secure, clean and efficient energy work programme, for its H2020-SCC-2016 smart and sustainable cities call. The call will be opened 10 November 2015, the closing date is 8 March 2016.

On 23-24 September, 2015, the United States hosted the first meeting of the Arctic Council’s Task Force on Telecommunications Infrastructure in the Arctic (TFTIA) in Chicago.

The EU Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges will shortly be inviting proposals for its H2020-RUR-2016 call for a rural renaissance – fostering innovation and business opportunities. The call deadline is 14 February 2017.

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Excellent Science is now inviting proposals for its H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2016 European researchers’ night call. The closing date is 13 January 2016.

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Excellent Science is inviting proposals for its H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016 Marie Sklodowska-Curie innovative training networks call. The closing date for this call is 12 January 2016.

The new Horizon2020 Work Programme 2016-2017 has now been launched by the European Comission. Also the first calls for proposals have been published at the EU Participant Portal.

The Arctic Yearbook 2015 will be launcehd on October 16th, during the Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavik.

The latest issue of “Green Growth the Nordic Way” is published in connection with the pre-COP21 event World Efficiency in Paris, October 13-15. Under the heading of “Nordic Efficiency” the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic embassies in France present a number of green solutions – both from the public and private sector.

Thematic Network “Working in the Arctic” welcomes the new member - joint stock company “Meridian” 

The Russian State Hydrometeorological University invites you to the international conference "GIS software sustainable development of territories", which will be held in Saint-Petersburg, November 26-27

International Arctic Workshop on Online Case Based Learning will take place in Tromso, Norway on Monday 19th of October 2015.