Two Japanese professors, Yoko Ogashiwa from Hiroshima University and Yuma Kawahara from Okayama University, spent five days on Hiiumaa to learn about the B7 network.
Yoko Ogashiwa, professor in social sciences, who has previously studied the Pacific Islands, thought of the B7 network as a valuable experience:
"The B7 network is a very interesting and quite a unique example of transnational co-operation between islands. There are not so many active networks of a similar kind to be found in the world."
The research on the B7 network is expected to be finished in 2011.