Chapter 1.1 International partnership in development of a local community as a condition of the sustainable development of rural communities in the Russian North

Oksana Romanova is leader of the Thematic Network on Local and Regional Development in the North", chair of the Master's program on "Public and municipal management" of the North-Eastern Federal University (Republic of Sakha, Russia), director of the Expert-consulting Center of the Institute of Finance and Economics of the NEFU, professor, PhD in Sociology. Her research interests are management of Northern territories. She also works on developing socio-economic development programs and development strategies of Northern municipalities and regions.

Klavdiya Barashkova is a head of the Educational and Scientific Project Laboratory of the Institute of Finance and Economics of the North-Eastern Federal University (Republic of Sakha, Russia). She holds a Masters in Public Management. Her research centers on social and cultural adaptation of the Indigenous youth of the North to conditions of globalization.