Within a year 8 sessions and 1 expanded scientific session of Presidium of the Centre and one session of General meeting of scientists (GMS) of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences were held, where 90 items were considered and 15 scientific presentations were heard (presented by: corresponding member V.K.Zhirov, professors Yu.L.Voytekhovsky, B.V.Efimov, V.D.Larichkin, A.I.Nikolaev, V.P.Petrov, V.A.Putilov, dr.sci. (biology) N.K.Belisheva, dr.sci. (geol.) G.Yu. Ivanyuk, dr.sci.(engineer.) V.A.Masloboev, dr.sci. (biology) P.R.Makarevich, PhD (engineer.) A.I.Kalashnik) about the results of research concerning relevant interdisciplinary issues.

        The main effort in administrative sphere was directed to the implementation of the second stage of the federal «Program of modernisation of structure, functions and mechanisms of financing of the academic sector of science»: updating of the statutory documents of the Centre and the organisations of the Russian Academy of Sciences united under it; streamlining of the legal basis regulating the land management and the basic funds of the Centre, as well as the control of intellectual property; development and introduction in the Centre of the co-ordinated system of assessment criteria of the scientific activity efficiency and methods of its stimulation. For improvement of interdepartmental interaction when carrying out scientific studies in the European North of Russia and in Spitsbergen archipelago three representatives of Presidium of the KSC (V.T.Kalinnikov, F.D.Larichkin and A.N.Vinogradov) were introduced into the structure of the Interdepartmental northwest coordination council established in 2007 at the Russian Academy of Sciences dealing with fundamental and applied research, and the Chairman of the Centre academician V.T.Kalinnikov was approved the first vice-president of the Working group on scientific research at the Governmental commission on maintenance of the Russian presence in Spitsbergen archipelago. With the purpose of enhancing the role of the academic sector in solution of issues of social and economic development of the North with account of increasing influence of non-profit organizations in the civil society, Presidium of the Centre supported the initiative of Chairman of Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician V.A.Chereshnev to establish the All-Russian public organisation «Northern social and economic congress» and took on the duties of the founder of the Kola branch of this new organisation (academician V.T.Kalinnikov was elected chairman of the Board). To achieve a better efficiency of the Centre resources management, Presidium formed a Scientific council of the KSC for analytics under the chairmanship of dr.sci. (engineer.) V.A.Masloboev.

        In the sphere of the scientific research organisation the primary goal of Presidium was to maintain the optimum conditions for implementation of the approved plans of research activity, coordination of institutes efforts within the framework of the Program of integrated interinstitute research activity under 10 integration projects, as well as formation on a competitive basis of regional and international programs providing scientific substantiation and support of the strategy of sustainable development of the Barentsregion. 108 subjects of research have been included in the base plan of the KSC research for 2007 in coordination with the dedicated Branches of the Russian Academy of Sciences. These subjects provided the performance of 78 tasks of priority programs of basic research of Presidium and the dedicated Branches of the Russian Academy of Sciences (the total amount of their target financial support has made 21.2 million rbl.). Besides it by means of additional financing in the amount of 202.0 million rbl. studies under 313 projects of different level have been carried out: 19 projects under 5 federal programs; 73 projects of the Russian Foundation of Basic Research; 12 projects of regional competition of the Russian Foundation of Basic Research and ÀÌÎ "North"; 59 international projects (including 8 projects of the International Polar year); 150 applied developments under contracts with industrial and administrative organisations. In the accounting year studies in 26 subjects of research of the base plan of basic research were finished. 17 sea expeditions to water areas of the Arctic ocean and Northern Atlantic were carried out; more than 30 field groups studied the geology and the condition of land ecosystems of the Kola peninsula and Spitsbergen archipelago. Reports covering the results of studies were heard at the expanded scientific session of Presidium KSC on December, 21-23, 2007.

        The results of the KSC are reflected in 2187 publications totally amounting to 1785 printer’s sheets, including 35 monographs, 22 collections of papers and conferences materials have been published, 325 papers have been published in the Russian journals recognised by Higher Attestation commission and 74 in foreign journals. The amount of the printed matter which has been issued by the KSC editorial and publishing division, has made 9340 copies of books and brochures with total amount of 706 publisher's sheets. 1298 presentations have been presented at conferences and seminars, including 733 presentations in the international events in the Russian Federation and abroad. 12 application for the grant of patents for inventions have been submitted, copyright certificates of the Russian Federation have been obtained for 13 inventions, the operation of 97 titles of protection for technological developments of the KSC have been supported. With financial support of regional administration a multimedia product «Scientific support of the development of the Polar regions technosphere: the knowledge base and a package of innovative offers – 2007» was prepared which includes over 260 works of KSC scientists totally amounting to over 200 printer’s sheets. It also includes video materials and booklets popularizing the role of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the development of rational strategy of wildlife management in the north. The information was placed in web sites of the KSC and the Murmansk scientific and technical information centre, and was also widely distributed on CDs.

       As well as in former years, special attention was given by Presidium of the KSC to the expansion of a complex of research and to the upgrading of the facilities for operaton in Spitsbergen archipelago. In Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences and in the Governmental commission created in 2007 on maintenance of the Russian presence on Spitsbergen archipelago an application was submitted for carrying out in 2008-2010 of research under 8 projects with a total sum of 87 million rbl. These proposals were approved by the Working group for science and sent to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MERT) of the RF for formation of a target block of the program "World ocean", focused on establishing in the archipelago of the national high-altitude centre of geophysical research on the basis of the concept, proved by the KSC in 2004-2006. In 2007, the KSC spent in Spitsbergen more than 18 million rbl. (including 17,8 million rbl., provided as Target funds from MERT in the frame of Target Federal Program) to build the second stage of the Polar Geophysical institute observatory, the third seismic station of the Kola Branch of State Seismic Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, to provide summer field studies of MMBI and PABSI experts and all-year-round geophysical monitoring. As a result of modernisation of the communication system with the help of Norwegian Telenor company for the first time ever the Base of the KSC in Barentsburg has Internet Wi-Fi connection with throughput of 2 Mbit/sec, which allows to transfer the monitoring data from the archipelago to Murmansk and Apatity on-line. The results of scientific research for 2006-2007 are considered at the international conference, organised by the KSC and are covered in the seventh issue of the thematic collection «Complex research of the nature of Spitsbergen».

        In staff selection policy of the KSC the main tasks of the fiscal year were the maximum possible attempt to keep the scientific staff and replenish it with young people in the conditions of tough centralised regulation of the number of staff of scientific organisations of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the second stage of the pilot project. According to the standards, specified by Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences the number of permanent members of the staff of KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences during a year was reduced by 7 % - from 1664 persons at the beginning of year down to 1547 persons in December, the scientific staff (payroll) was thus reduced down to 3,2 % - from 650 to 629 employees. In the scientific staff the relative share of the highly qualified employees (4 academicians, 2 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 99 doctors and 298 candidates of sciences) has risen during a year from 61,7 to 64 %. There have arisen some changes in the age structure of the scientific staff towards a greater number of younger employees: The share of employees under 30 years old has risen from 14,6 to 17 %, the employees without degree "have become younger" on the average, 2 years younger – from 41 to 39 years, however, among doctors and candidates the "ageing" of employees was manifested – from 58 to 60 years old and from 48 to 49,8 years respectively.

        When electing the heads of institutes Presidium of the Centre supported the nominees Dr.Sci. (geol.) Yu.L.Voytekhovsky and Dr.Sci. (enginner.) V.A.Putilov who were elected by the specialized branches of the Russian Academy of Sciences and were approved by Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences for 2007-2012 as directors of the Mining institute (GoI) and IIMM of the KSC respectively. Presidium of the KSC approved to the post of assistants to directors for scientific work Cand.Sci.(biology) E.Yu.Poloskova (PABSI), Dr.Sci.(biology) G.A.Evdokimova and Dr.Sci.(biology) N.A.Kashulin (IPPES), as academic secretaries of the institutes Cand.Sci.(biology) O.B.Gontar (PABSI), Cand.Sci.(biology) O.I.Vandysh (IPPES), Cand.Sci.(geol.) I.A.Pogodina (MMBI). New structures of academic councils of IPPES and IKhTREMS of the KSC were approved.

       The KSC is one of the main centres of preparation of highly skilled experts for scientific and industrial sector of the Barents region. In the interaction with the state higher education institutions of the region MGTU (Murmansk State Technical University), MGPU (Murmansk Teachers Training College), KF PetrGu (Kola Branch of Petrozavodsk State University) and AF INGECON (Apatity Branch of Engineering and Economic college) the activity of 19 basic chairs headed by leading scientists of the Centre is supported; in higher education institutions more than 200 KSC employees hold training courses. In the accounting year the VAK gave the rank of "professor" dr.sci. (engineer.) A.I.Nikolaev. In 2007 the KSC signed framework agreements with Eindhoven technological university (Netherlands) and the Krakow university of science and technologies on cooperation in preparation of scientific staff of the level of masters and doctors in chemistry and geoecology. Since January, 1, 2007 the KSC introduced a new “Provision about the preparation of scientific staff in the system of after-graduate professional training of the Kola science centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences». In 2007 doctoral studies were opened at the MI of the KSC in which 2 candidates are accepted. The postgraduate study centre of the KSC is training in 26 specialities, the total number of the trainees in the accounting year made 165 persons, of them 69 post-graduate off-job students. 33 persons (of them 28 – off-job postgraduate students) were accepted in 2007 in the postgraduate study centre; 26 post-graduate students have finished training, of them only 3 (11,5 %) defended their theses in time and 5 more (19,2 %) presented their theses by the end of term of training (these indices are better than in 2006, but they are behind the results of postgraduate study of the leading institutes of academy). 11 graduates of postgraduate study centre under age of 35 years old are employed in the institutes of the KSC. In 2007 the activity 4 dissertational boards of the KSC dropped twice those were boards for oceanology, economy and management, mining, chemical technologies and geoecology: in one year only 10 candidate degree and 1 doctoral degree theses were defended in these boards. In total the KSC employees during one year defended 17 candidate degree and 2 doctoral degree theses (35 % as less as in 2006). Conditions for the vigorous activity of scientific schools of academicians V.T.Kalinnikov and F.P.Mitrofanov and professor V.A.Putilov have improved thanks to the obtained grants of President of the Russian Federation and the Russian foundation of assistance to domestic science (2230 thousand rbl.).

        Operative informational interaction of the Kola scientific community with the Russian and European centres of science is provided by carrying out on the basis of KSC of 12 conferences, 5 seminars and 4 schools of international, all-Russian and regional level: The INTERNATIONAL events: the International conference "Minerals as advanced materials-I", on July, 8-12, Apatity, MI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with university of Bern and St.Petersburg State University, at the expense of funds of the Swiss scientific fund; The III-d international seminar «Sinergetic observation», on June, 5-8. Murmansk, MMBI of the KSC together with Institute of meteorology and Free university of Berlin (Germany), at the expense of INTAS funds.

        The ALL-RUSSIA actions with international participation: The XXX-th Apatity international seminar "Physics of auroral phenomena", on February, 27 - on March, 3, Apatity, PGI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences; II All-Russia scientific-practical conference «The theory and practice of system dynamics», on April, 3-6, Apatity, IIMM of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with ISA (Institute of System Analysis) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with support of the Russian Federal Property Fund and the Program of President of the Russian Federation «Support of scientific schools»; the IV-th International scientific-practical conference «Luzin readings – 2007: Rates and proportions of social and economic processes in Northern regions», on April, 12-14, Apatity, IEP of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences; the All-Russia conference and the IV Fersman scientific session «Geology and mineralogeny of the Kola region», dedicated to the 90-th anniversary from the date of birth of academician A.V.Sidorenko and dr.sci.(geol.) I.V.Belkov, on June, 4-6, Apatity, GoI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with Russian Federal Property Fund support; The international conference «Natural and invasion processes of formation of the biodiversity of water and land ecosystems», on June, 6-8, Rostov-on-Don, MMBI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with SSC (South Science Centre) of the Russian Academy of Sciences; the International conference «Plaksin readings – 2007: Modern methods of complex processing of ores and nonconventional mineral raw materials», on October, 1-7, Apatity-Kirovsk, GoI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with support of the Russian Federal Property Fund and "Apatit"JSC, «Kovdor GOK» JSC; the International conference «Large marine ecosystems of Russia in time of global changes (climate, resources, management», on October, 10-12, Rostov-on-Don, MMBI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences jointly with SSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with Russian Federal Property Fund support; the VII-th international conference «Complex research of the nature of Spitsbergen archipelago », on October, 31 - November, 1, Murmansk, MMBI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with support of MERT of the Russian Federation. Scientific schools: the International summer school of sociologists of Europe, Canada and Australia «Social production of space», on August, 11-12, Apatity, CGP (Centre of the Humanities) of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences jointly with the Centre of independent sociological research (SPb); the III-d All-Russia scientific school “Mathematical research in crystallography, mineralogy and petrography”. On October, 22-23, Apatity, GoI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences with support of the Commission on work with young people of the Russian Academy of Sciences; the VI-th All-Russia school in marine biology «The biodiversity of communities of marine and fresh-water ecosystems of Russia», on November, 1-2, Murmansk, MMBI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences jointly with SSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with support of the Commission on work with young people of the Russian Academy of Sciences; the IV-th scientific school of young scientists «Sustainable wildlife management», on November, 5-8, Apatity, GoI, IKhTREMS, IPPES and IIMM of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, under the program of the Russian Academy of Sciences «Support of young scientists for 2007».

       Regional actions: the Russian-Finnish seminar «The role of public organisations in development of international cooperation in the Barents region», on February, 17-18, Apatity, CGP of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Conference of young scientists «Science and education - 2007. Scientific-practical problems of chemistry and technology of complex use of mineral raw materials of the Kola peninsula», on April, 9-10, Apatity, IKhTREMS of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with MGTU, under the program of RAS «Support of young scientists for 2007» and the regional scientific and technical program of the Murmansk region; the ÕÕV-th conference of young scientists on problems of biology and oceanography of northern seas, on May, 15-16, Murmansk, MMBI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with support of the regional scientific and technical program of the Murmansk region; the VII regional scientific student's conference «Natural-science problems of the Arctic region», on May, 15, Murmansk, PGI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences jointly with MGTU and MGPU, with support of the regional scientific and technical program of the Murmansk region; Conference of young scientists «Geosphere - biospheric interactions, biodiversity and the condition of biosystems at high latitudes», on September, 25-26, Kirovsk-Apatity, PABSI of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, under the program of RAS «Support of young scientists for 2007»; the Russian- Finnish seminar «Increase of nonprofite organizations role in a civil society», on November, 6-8, Apatity, CGP of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences; the Scientific-practical seminar «Archive –museum - library: experience of interaction in solution of problems of humanitarian development in the north. To the 50 anniversary of Scientific archive of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences», on October, 18, Apatity, CGP (Centre of the Humanities) and Scientific Archive of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

       The KSC cooperates with 110 organisations from 50 countries of the world, including the USA, China, Japan, India, Australia, Spain, Austria, France, Germany, England, Canada and all Nordic countries. 149 employees of the KSC went on foreign business trips, 105 foreign experts were recieved in the KSC. Scientists of the KSC participated in the work of large international teams implementing the programs of the International Polar year, the Arctic Council, UNESCO, IGCP, INTAS, NATO, ICA, «INTERREG III A NORTH KOLARCTIC», Ministerial council of Nordic Countries, ISTC, «Global partnership G8: Northern Dimension and Nuclear Window» and of some bilateral agreements of the Russian Academy of Sciences and KSC with foreign science centres. In the accounting year the KSC became one of co-founders of the World Wind Energy Institute (WWEI) of UNESCO, whereas a representative of CFTPES of the KSC G.S.Dmitriev was re-elected for the second term vice-president of World Wind Energy association. Members of Presidium of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences are in the management of some international organisations playing the leading part in the development of modern strategy of wildlife management in the Western Arctic regions: academician V.T.Kalinnikov – a member of the Board of the Barents Institute of Norway; academician G.G.Matishov – the co-chairman of the subgroup of the 1-st Russian-Finnish working group for the shelf, and a member of the board of experts of the Arctic Council about protection of the Arctic sea environment; the corresponding member D.G.Matishov was included into the expert group of the program of the United Nations «Global assessment of international water»; prof. V.V. Denisov – an expert on marine ecosystems of the Mixed Russian-Norwegian commission on cooperation in the field of the environment preservation; academician F.P.Mitrofanov and prof. Yu.L.Voytekhovsky – members of the organising committee of business forum “Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining”; academician N.N.Melnikov is a member of organising committee of the International congress on mining in the Arctic regions. The following persons take part in the editorial boards of international magazines: academician G.G.Matishov ("Oceanologia" Polish AS), N.A.Konstantinova (“Arctoa”), A.N.Vinogradov and V.A.Masloboev (Barents Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety, WHO&FIOH, Finland).

       For singificant contribution in the development of science the Chairman of the Centre academician V.T.Kalinnikov was given an award «Merit for the Fatherland of the IV degree» IV, dr.sci. A.S.Gershenkop and dr.sci. A.I.Nikolaev were awarded with an honorary title the «Honoured man of science of the Russian Federation», dr.sci. (phys.& maths) E.D.Tereshchenko was awarded with the Certificate of honour of the Federal agency on science and innovations of the Russian Federation. For the cycle of works «Paleogeography, ecology, biology and oceanography of the Arctic seas» Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences awarded O.Schmidt prize to academician G.G.Matishov. The national ecological award "EcoMir" (EcoWorld) for achievements in preservation of the environment and ecological safety is handed over to the employee of GoI of the KSC D.V.Zhirov. The association of miners and researchers of Fennoscandia (FEM) awarded academician F.P.Mitrofanov with «the Gold geological hammer» and the Honourable Diploma «For the outstanding contribution to research of geology of the Baltic schield». 12 employees of the KSC were awarded with Certificates of honour of Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Council of trade unions of workers of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 16 employees were offered incentives from regional authorities. The honourable medal of Presidium of the KSC of the Russian Academy of Sciences «For personal contribution in research and development of the North of Russia» was handed over to prof. G.V.Kalabin, prof. N.V.Lukina, dr.sci. (phys.math) E.D.Tereshchenko, cand.sci. (geol.) S.V.Ikorsky, cand.sci. (geol.) V.A.Pripachkin. Presidium of the Centre supported applications of institutes staff for to award some scientific leaders: academician N.N.Melnikov was given the award «Merit for the Fatherland of the IV degree»; prof. D.L.Motov was given the medal «Merit for the Fatherland of the IV degree», dr.sci.(engineer.) V.I.Zakharov and cand.sci.(chem.) A.G.Kasikov were given the honorary title the «Honoured chemist of the Russian Federation» -, to an honorary title «the Deserved metallurgist of the Russian Federation» dr.sci.(engineer.) V.M.Orlov and cand.sci.(chem.) B.M.Freydin, dr.sci.(engineer.) E.P.Lokshin and dr.sci.(engineer.) L.G.Gerasimov - the honorary title the «Honoured inventor of the Russian Federation».

       More than 30 applied developments of scientists of the centre were exhibited at 13 exhibitions in Russia and abroad in which 9 developments were given medals of exhibitions. At the VII-th Moscow International Hall of innovations and investments a CFTPES development «Compact electropulse desintegrator» was given a Diploma and a gold medal, while a development by GoI «Technology of production of valuable phosphorus-containing concentrate from a technogenic deposit of «Kovdorsky GOK» JSC - a Diploma and a bronze medal. At the exhibition-congress in St.-Petersburg «High technologies. Innovations. Investments» a development by IKhTREMS: «Nanosize powders of narrow grain-size category of ferroelectric complex oxides of rare elements of IV-V of groups and alkaline or bivalent elements» was given the Diploma of I degree and a gold medal in the nomination «The best innovative project in the field of new materials and chemical products»; a development by MMBI «The plantation-biofilter for treatment of sea water area of oil pollution » was given the Diploma of II degree and a silver medal and the development by CFTPES «The wind power – a promising power resource of the Murmansk region» - the Diploma of II degree and a silver medal in the nomination «The Best innovative project in the field of fuel and power». Medals were also given to Laboratory of radiation control of IKhTREMS for successful development and introduction of complex radiological studies and radiation safety of developments in prioritised directions of science development in the Kola region («Expo Laboratory`07» exhibition), and the development by IKhTREMS «Laboratory and industrial extractors" ("Bruxelles - Eureka - 2007").