About PORA

The Arctic Development Project Office (EC PORA) Expert Center was established on December 7, 2017. Our head office is located in Moscow. Our representatives work in St. Petersburg and in all 10 Arctic regions of Russia.

We aim to contribute to the implementation of state policy in the Arctic, carry out important research, educational, environmental, cultural projects, and assist numerous positive initiatives aimed at achieving sustainable development in the Russian Arctic.

During our work, we have created a scientific community of about 400 experts, organized a collection of ideas for the Arctic Development Strategy until 2035, together with the Ministry of Development of the Far East, and together with colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University, we have created the most authoritative rating of sustainable development of Arctic companies and regions – "Polar index".

We support the indigenous peoples of the North. The PORA Expert Center acted as the operator of ethnoexpertiza in Norilsk and the Murmansk region, organized a number of festivals of traditional Arctic culture "Welcome to the Arctic", launched a book publishing program of literature in indigenous languages. PORA specialists coordinated the development of the Enets script: with our help, the Enets, until recently a small, unwritten people, acquired the alphabet, received the alphabet and a training video course.

Our media: online portalGoArctic.ru and the scientific and practical print magazine "Arctic 2035: Current Issues, Problems, solutions", which cover a wide range of Arctic issues. The monthly audience of our information resources, including social networks, and materials about PORA's activities published in federal and regional media reaches 4 million.

Together with our partners, we carry out environmental and eco-educational events. Starting from 2022, together with the Federal Clean Arctic Project, we have been holding an annual Unified Arctic Clean-up Day in almost a dozen cities and towns in the Arctic. The Bely Mishka educational center in Norilsk, created by TIME, teaches schoolchildren free of charge to protect the nature of Taimyr and the environment. The Plastic in Business project, led by our partner organization Friends of the World, helps to instill healthy eco-habits in Northerners and promotes conscious environmental behavior.

Our grant program has enabled the implementation of more than 400 projects in all Arctic regions. Over the entire period of our work, we have provided grants to individuals and legal entities for more than 30 million rubles.

PORA interacts with leading federal and regional media, regional administrations, universities and public figures. We hold scientific, practical, educational and methodological conferences, seminars, and round tables. Numerous educational projects are being implemented on the basis of our Moscow site, which are carried out by our partners.