A Comparative Study of Development, Environment, and Governance. These three regions make up a significant part of the circumpolar Arctic.
Several parallels characterize the three regions.
A comparative study of the three regions offers important opportunities to explore ways in which experience with regional and sub-regional initiatives in policy making, program development and more generally in the processes of governance, might be linked to Arctic Council roles and responsibilities. Special attention will be given to projects that focus on cross-sectoral and cooperative arrangements amongst interests in the circumpolar Arctic. Existing relationships linking the Arctic Centre, a research institute at the University of Lapland, the Northern Forum with members across the Arctic, and members of CARC offer a good basis for establishing a collaborative program of the type outlined here. Over the next several weeks we will be exploring specific project interests with these potential partners. An examination of how modern Aboriginal claims, as social contracts, have entrenched the principles of sustainable development and are therefore a key instrument in the evolution of the practice of sustainable development.