Northern Future Forum, a meeting of Nordic, Baltic and British officials and experts, will be held in Riga on February 28, 2013, to discuss competitiveness of green economy and opportunities for bridging the digital gap, as Diana Germane from the State Chancellery's Communication Department informed LETA.

The forum will take place in Riga at the initiative of Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (Unity).

Traditionally, the forum will be attended by experts from public, private and non-governmental sectors, as well as researchers from Great Britain, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Sweden.

The theme for this year's forum is determined by the importance of green technologies and accessibility of information and communication technologies for sustainable and stable growth of a country.

The first such forum was held in London in January 2011 and the second in Stockholm in February 2012.