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Preface  (Russian)
• Foreword (page 3)
• Contents
• The Mission and Activities of the NRF (page 9)
• Introduction: Lassi Heininen (page 15)
• Opening Addresses: Mikhail Prussak (page 27) Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (page 29)

First Theme: Human Capital in the North  (Russian)
• Seppo Aho: Variations in Mobility Amongst Well-Educated People in the North - The Case of Finland (page 35)
• Robert C. Bailey: Shared, Parallel and Perpendicular Visions: North-South Partnerships in Research and Education in Canadian Environmental Science (page 41)
• Ingvild Broch: Higher Education and Research - Ways of International Cooperation (page 45)
• Anatoly A. Buganov: Telemonitoring in the Far North Health Care with the Use of Mobile Complexes (page 49)
• Esther M. Combs: Evolution of the Indigenous Community and the Concept of "Healthy" in its Development: Experience of Alaska Native People (page 53)
• Lee Huskey: Can High Tech be a Leading Sector for Arctic Economies? (page 57)
• Peter G. Johnson: Human Capital in the North - The Canadian Situation (page 62)
• Tanja Joona and Lassi Heininen: Calotte Academy 2002 (page 66)
• Kaarina Kailo: Gift and Give Back Economies - Cultural Sensitivity and Gender Awareness as Social Capital in the North (page 71)
• Sergei N. Khariuchi: Providing Legislation on Human Rights in the North -The Case of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region (page 80)
• Nikolai R. Toivonen: Innovation - The Challenge of the Russian European North (page 84)

Second Theme: Innovation in Northern Governance  (Russian)
• Johnny Adams: Building on Opportunities (page 91)
• Jeroen Dubois: The Northern Dimension of the European Union as a Dynamic Model for Managing Near Abroad Policies (page 95)
• Hiski Haukkala: Whose Governance? Challenging the Dominant Northern Dimension Discourse (page 105)
• Nina Häyrynen: Changing Strategies of Environmental Co-operation between Finland and Russia (page 109)
• Christian J.B. Hicks: Stallo's Knife?: An Historical Analysis of the Saami/United Nations Relationship (page 116)
• E.C.H. Keskitalo: Constructing the Arctic as an International Region (page 122)
• Yury V. Neyolov: Innovations in Governing the Northern Territories:
Experience of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region (page 128)
• Zaneta Ozolina: The New Triangle of the Northern Dimension - East-West-North: A Baltic Perspective (page 135)
• Fabrizio Tassinari: Putin's Russia in the Baltic Sea Region (page 139)

Third Theme: Applying the Lessons of History  (Russian)
• Joonas Ahola: North European Popular Heroes: Representing the Past? (page 151)
• Venjamin V. Alekseyev: From the Heart of Asia - to a Threshold of the European Arctic Region (page 154)
• Susan A. Crate: Cows, Kin, and Future Sustainability - An Evolving Research Agenda (page 157)
• Tuulikki Karjalainen: Arts and Culture as Development Agents in the Northern Periphery (page 161)
• Örnólfur Thórsson: Paper Vikings: Viking Voyages to the East in Written Accounts (page 167)

Fourth Theme: Economic Development in the Changing North  (Russian)
• Gérard Duhaime: Circumpolar Socio-Economic Comparisons - A Tool for Better Governance (page 175)
• Lee Huskey: Local Economic Development in the North: Three Hypotheses (page 179)
• Kirill Istomin: Oil and Reindeer - Traditional Methods of Pasture Selection among Komi Herders, and the Relevance to Conflicts over Land Use (page 184)
• Joan Nymand Larsen: External Dependency in Greenland: Implications for Growth and Instability (page 188)
• Tatyana Muravska and Tiiu Paas: Human Capital Development and Labour Market Adjustment with Reference to the Baltic States (page 195)

Summary Reports: Plenary Sessions, Day of Projects Sessions, and Participants´ Evaluation Results  (Russian)

Appendix  (Russian)
• Program of the 2nd NRF Open Meeting (page 225)
• Position Paper Authors (page 231)
• List of 2nd NRF Open Meeting Participants (page 232)
• The 3rd NRF Open Meeting - a Call for Participation (page 246)