The Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, after having consulted the Association of World Reindeer Herders, has appointed members to the board of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry.
The term of the board has started on 10 October 2014 and it will last until 9 October 2018. The board members are:
Chair:
Inger Anita Smuk, Association of World Reindeer Herders (WRH)
Board members:
Roza Laptander, Russian Union of Reindeer Herders
Per-Jonas Partapuoli, Svenska Samernas Riksförbund och Sáminuorra
Mikhail Pogodaev, Association of World Reindeer Herders (WRH)
Mai-Britt Utsi, Sámi University College
Mauri Ylä-Kotola, University of Lapland
The International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry, locating in Kautokeino, Norway, provides exchanges and develops information and knowledge between different reindeer peoples, national authorities and research and academic communities at the national and international levels. The Centre thus contributes to enhancing understanding for world reindeer husbandry and reindeer peoples, their traditional knowledge and their future development.